USC class of 2023 Applicants Thread

I’m in NY, you guys are so lucky

I just got an email from UPS saying I have a package coming today! I haven’t ordered anything online recently so here’s hoping haha. (I’m from NY, not that that matters because there’s little chance it’s actually from USC )

is the portal update about scholarship going to be on the “applyto.usc.edu” portal?

Has anyone from SCA gotten a white box? It seems like most are engineering and Dornsife majors but, I could be wrong.

@hsclassof2023 isn’t it coming from USPS?

lol now I see the change in font size

@CelestialDreams There has to be many more out there because haven’t seen any from Marshall or Annenberg either.

So I’m seeing that a Los Angeles student received the white box yesterday 1/25. Isn’t LA right by USC so wouldn’t they be in 1-day, as opposed to them receiving it 2-day? Does anyone think the deliveries are “behind” this year and that’s why there’s less posting?

@bartierbrina what is the name of the portal that you are looking at?

@breeeeew applyto.usc.edu/apply/status

i applied to Keck so i have no idea if they even follow the same schedule with merit i guess i’ll just wait for the portal update

Checked USPS scheduled delivery this morning , nothing comes from USC either under mail or package, someone says the write box won’t be scanned as it is too big and thick and it is not listed as a package under USPS, I hope it is true. My font size is dramatic - small, big, small, medium … as a lot of people here said. If Dean’s scholarship won’t come out in January this year as you guys said before, Presidential and Trustee Scholarship can only cover 300 people, so there won’t have a lot of posts this time- 300 this year vs. 1200 last year. I am at Midwest.

You’re right, there will be fewer Trustee and Presidential this year. But not just 300. About 975 people have been admitted in this batch.

@edomexchs All freshman applications follow the same general schedule. Applying to Keck makes no difference.

@s0meUSCkid95
So, the portal will be updated at noon pacific time today?

@jamgolf yes, it should be around noon Pacific today. Maybe around 12/12:30.

Oh, and for anyone reading this: font size is meaningless. Don’t bother trying to read anything into it. the admissions office has a new system this year and I believe that they are still tweaking things.

Does this mean someone will see the portal update before they receive the package, is it a true statement? Sounds like this year is so so different from last year.

Has anyone received a scholarship from the school of architecture yet?

@Cheesecake19 yes, it is possible that people will see the update online before seeing anything in the mail. This is the way that it has always been. The US Postal Service doesn’t always deliver things on time and sometimes loses things as well.

Has there been confirmation that the white box shows up in USPS informed delivery