just got my acceptance package and I’m freaking out !!
Live about 30 mins away from USC, didn’t get anything today. It’s too bad, I was banking on a scholarship and I thought I had the academics for one.
Good luck to all those on the east coast and midwest.
did anyone in NorthEast receive anything yet?
congrats @merrycamper where are you from?
I expect portals to update around noon tomorrow.
I’m a bit worried for all the angst for everyone hoping to get news on the portal tonight at midnight PST (3 a.m. East Coast) or thereabouts. Even though that has been a definite pattern the past four years, we’ve got insight that things have changed this year. As a veteran on this wonderful board, I see a VERY reliable poster who is on campus and has posted great info in the past tells us the Admissions office has a new email system in place–this is the first year–and that the plan is to send emails/post to the portal at noon tomorrow. Hang in there everyone! If they have a new system, they may (for the first time) be putting out the actual time the portal will update.
Meantime, congratulations to the amazing students getting invitations/admissions during this merit scholarship round, but everyone else, stay positive. There is very little difference AT ALL between the kids who are invited to interview for Pres/Trustee and those of you who will be admitted in March. We can never know the fine points of one or another’s resume and specialties, and sometimes factors outside one’s control tip the balance, but it’s not only about GPA and SAT scores. From what we see each year, there is often little difference between the stats of those admitted to USC at any time (now or in March) and many who are not admitted at all. The pool of applicants of insanely excellent students is deep and over the past decade I’ve seen many more tiptop students become aware of USC’s large merit scholarships and go after them, as well as many more of these can-choose-among-lots-of-top-schools kids who truly want to attend USC. Perhaps it’s the Common App. Perhaps it’s the economy. Perhaps it’s because USC’s rep is catching up to reality.
Hang on and try to enjoy the ride. A lot of us “older” parents still come around here and remember how precious (and sometimes exasperating, sometimes grueling, and sometimes joyous) it was to have these same experiences with our HS seniors.
@merrycamper Ccngrats! Please post where you’re from and what USC School/major you got into.
Thank you for that insight @madbean and also thank you to @CADREAMIN and @WWWard for all your patience and insight! We are in OR and will post if we hear anything from any friends (or ourselves!!) regarding mail deliveries tomorrow. So far nothing for today.
I’m from SoCal and was accepted into the Viterbi School of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)
@merrycamper Congrats! May I ask where in SoCal?
@memelover123 Los Angeles!
@merrycamper Thanks! And congrats again
hi guys. im from norcal if i didn’t get my package today, does that mean i didnt get the scholarship?
will the portal update tonight whether i got the scholarship or no??
thanks!
I’m in NY, no package here
@merrycamper, Congratulations! Did you get it today, 1/25?
Hey Everyone - let’s go with the noon tomorrow update for portals, like @madbean and @s0meusckid95 said, there is a new system in place so it will not be like it has been for the last several years which was always the wee hours for east coasters. Don’t want everyone staying up to early morning hours stressing it. Sleep in and check at noon your time tomorrow. Please spread the word…
PORTAL UPDATE NOON TOMORROW (SATURDAY)!
Ok but does everyone get an email that there’s an update or do you just have to keep checking?
I live in SoCal and if I did not get anything today, does that mean I did not get the scholarship? Or is there still a chance?
Did anyone from Washington State receive one (PNW)?
Also is tomorrow going to be the last day for scholarship decisions?
Thanks!!
Long Beach Ca, no white box 
Gosh, people start to post on instagram