I don’t think admissions decisions come from Financial Aid…they’d be from the Admissions Department, correct?
The anticipation is building up!! (Lol I’m like secretly hoping for the letter but it’s not likely)
Re: updating mid-year grades, do I have to send in a report card or does the common app mid-year report suffice? My report card has an error on it
The red “Maintenance notice” is gone from the portal, which means they did something last night … nothing changed inside the portal though.
I never got a financial aid letter and I live about an hour from USC. how weird. I applied for merit aid too. I submitted my fasfa months ago so maybe that’s why?
@tt8082 They want your guidance counselor to officially post to your Common Application portal, and they want you to self-report via the link within your USC admissions portal.
Anyone know if they were mailed out momday or today?
@WWWard does an updated official transcript work?
@tt8082 For the Common Application? I assume so. But your GC should know what to submit. In terms of self-reporting, they do not want you to send them anything. They want you to input the info into their online form.
I have to admit, my heart skipped a beat when I got the mail today and saw something from USC. It was a financial aid postcard, and I’m in the middle of the country, but still… 
I wonder if they realize how much this messes with us. 
^^^ and it is of course a shame that the U.S. Postal Service is not what it once was. Last year, my daughter’s “white box” arrived three days later than those who received them in our area… and even after the portal updated. Welcome to the season of stress.
Of all people to get it that late…we all breathed a sense of relief with that one!
Oops wrong thread
My mail woman knocked on my door yesterday with a large white package, and I immediately thought it was USC’s… that was until I looked at it and realized that it was an acceptance from my safety school. Still hoping for a white envelope coming from USC either today or tomorrow.
The anxiety…
Last year, according to the 2021 USC Discussion/Results thread, the first report was about 12:25pm (PST) about a friend who got the box on January 24th (they were mailed out on the 23rd). Another reported getting the box at 1:30pm (PST). Then another posted at 1:30 that they got it at around noon. The next one was posted at 6:30pm but said it arrived around 3:30pm.
Many will not be getting their mail til around 1pm today so we can expect a wait of at least 1 to 2 hours (if history repeats) if in fact they were mailed yesterday. Also, keep in mind that the majority here on CC will not get the merit award (due to a small sample size out of 30,000 applicants and the tremendous odds against getting it, given its maybe 3% chance?) so who knows how long before a student on CC gets it and reports, hopefully will post fairly soon after receiving it, if in fact today is the day!
@CADREAMIN As did we 
Just got mail (after 2 tries this morning and I usually look at my mailbox a couple of times a week :). Nothing from USC. We live in San Fernando Valley bordering Ventura…
I live in Vegas… gonna check today but expecting to have the portal update on Friday…
I applied to USC for the college of arts and science. It is my number one choice so staying positive! <3