Does anyone know when scholarship notification is. Also, did any scholarship kids receive an email or postcard from their interviewer.
@moviefan5911x yes i think i did. i don’t remember their names but i got a postcard
@“Georgia Girl” wait so decisions are coming out on March 25th? I thought they come out on April first since that is what is written on the portal and website
@FutureCSstudent USC said today, on instagram, that decisions will be uploaded to the portal on the 25th. Mailed decisions will ship from USC on the 22nd.
I love this school so much but it doesn’t seem like anyone’s ever gotten in with less than a 3.7 and ~1200 sat 
@moviefan5911x I read on another thread that last year, the scholarship announcements were posted to the portal on the day they mailed the RD decisions, at about 4pm (PST).
There’s no way to know for sure if the same will hold true this year. At the very least, you know that RD decisions will be mailed out on March 22.
This will be interesting - My boys start Spring Break on the 23rd. We are in NorCA, so I would expect to see something on Saturday, if they are accepted.
WHAT?
Regular Decision is coming and WE KNOW THE DATES! They probably didn’t like that CCers were ahead of them and had good idea of dates, ha. This is a repeat post, with a few updates.
Over 63,000 students have applied and acceptance rate is down to 13% per statements made at recent USC events by the AD.
WHEN?
Bam, I had guessed March 21st - 23rd and it landed right in the middle. Whew (always nervous to set expectations and relieved when in the ballpark). Mailing is on the 22nd, wooohooo. So they will start arriving in Socal between 10:30am-11:30am on the 23rd. Obviously depends on your mail time. Much of Socal receives first day but a lot in San Diego don’t get theirs until second day so don’t freak out there. Norcal is always second day so will arrive there on the 24th. The surprise is how fast these things move and how they reach a great part of the country on the second day after mailing including major metros, the east coast and FLA - all on the second day. So the majority around the country do receive them the second day after mailing, but that said, there are plenty of folks (hello @wwward) that don’t get them until later which is after the portal update later that night 12:01am March 25th. For the last couple years portals start updating right after midnight. The portal process has been painful, with it staggering throughout the morning, but most acceptances come within the first 2-3 hours. Late night, at least its a weekend!
THE PACKAGE
The packages have been sent in white boxes that fit in most mailboxes, some are left on porches if not. They are a little bigger than a piece of paper and about a half inch thick. They are impressive and beautiful packages that are gorgeous on the inside.
The package includes an acceptance letter, a certificate of acceptance, and tells you which major/school you were admitted. It also includes some general school/housing/marketing pamphlets.
YELLOW Package - In recent years they have used a light yellow box to indicate a spring acceptance.
HOW?
It is sent United States Postal Service - the good ol’ mailman. It is not UPS (the brown trucks). Since they come USPS, meaning postal service, and in your mailbox, setting up a My UPS account won’t get you anything here. International packets are sent DHL, some of those arrive quickly (areas of China reports early, sometimes on day 2) but some take weeks (reports of some places in India). Internationals should plan on portal update.
USC does not enable tracking on these packages, so you cannot track it. The SENDER (USC) has to enable tracking. But ahhh some of you think - “we have have Informed Delivery Daily Digest” - the postal service that tells tells you what is coming in your mail that day. HOWEVER - these packages are not scanned into that system, because USC doesn’t want them to be. This was again tested during the scholarship period in January, no one saw it in the Informed Delivery Daily Digest. There will be many conspiracy theories on findings ways to beat the system and find out early. It never works or hasn’t so far.
SHOW ME THE MONEY
Folks awaiting scholarship news - last year, the portals updated with scholarship interview results the same day as packages were mailed, at 4:02pm. If they stick to last years model it will be the 22nd. Years prior they came out the Friday before mailing which would be tomorrow. But I would put money on the 22nd so you don’t lose your mind and think of getting it any earlier as a bonus.
MERIT & FINANCIAL AID AWARDS - Financial Aid come out March 27 per reports. It is usually within a week or so of decisions so this fits. It is not with your acceptance package, so some will be very excited to get in then have the big downer when they find they can’t attend because they don’t get the aid they thought they would. So if you interview for let’s say Presidential, you will find out if you get that scholarship (yay) with the regular decisions, and you will not know until April what your financial aid award is (if you applied for FA). So this process is complex, and final answers about merit $$ vs FA will come through separately.
I would really let your student have this moment if you can. You don’t swing for them in t-ball or open their presents for them, they did the work, let them discover this if it can work that way. While I understand the anxiety, I would sit back and let it happen likes USC intends - see if it the package comes to your mailbox! Seeing it online or through a text defeats the mailbox moment which can be spectacular.
Good luck all! USC is utterly fantastic, I wish there was room for all that want to attend.
USC’s is mailing decisions on my dad’s birthday. Hopefully he’s sending some good juju from Heaven lol. I want this so badly!! (As I’m sure you all do).
NMF Scholarship - when does USC pull the NMSC 1st choice college? I found on USC website they say awarded April 1. Does that mean the decision comes approx 1 week AFTER the interview scholarship candidate results (which is 3/22)? Thanks and good luck to all!
To add onto the above, the packages they posted on Instagram today are white. Also, the portal states that financial aid packages will start rolling out on the 27th.
13%??! Dang I have no shot lol. Frick
The NMF info does not come with the acceptance package, in the past it has come the first week in April. You have till May 1st to declare USC as #1 choice with NMSF.
DO THEY SEND A LETTER IF DENIED?
Last year they still sent letters with the news that a student is not being admitted which go out same day as packages, but they are sent first class which is slower than the priority mail of packages. However, they tend to catch up with the packages and some in Socal do get it the first day, the same day packages start arriving.
Always wonder if they will stop sending these letters and just rely on portal update, but as of last year, they were still sent.
Oh no… I just logged into the portal and it said I submitted the wrong document under the Schedule e financial thing in my CSS profile. I already submitted my fafsa in the fall but does this incomplete CSS profile mean I won’t get aid?? Help
Jk USC emailed me back and said there isn’t a due date for the CSS profile and to just do it when I can. Hmm?
10 more days until I get rejected from USC!!
Same!
Does anyone know how long mailed admission decisions would take for OOS students (Midwest)? Based on prior experience?
@squirly7 On the usps website there’s a thing where you can see how long it takes for priority mail to get to you (I would google it since I don’t know how to find it on the website) and you just need to type in USC’s zip code. I believe that if you live close to a city in the midwest you will be in a day two zone (march 24?), I live on the border of Columbus city limits and I’m in a day 2 zone.