omg @alamemom Great to see you back on here!!!
I get that the packageâs image would not show up on the informed delivery but donât I still get the message that there is a package coming w/o the image? Worried because there is nothing on my informed delivery TT
Ok, come on Socal, donât make me post the Jeopardy theme song again.
One more time, Informed delivery does not work for this bulk mailing. Tracking is not enabled.
@CADREAMIN classic ?
@dkdlqlfh I donât think so because based on the intel USC doesnât enable tracking so you probably wouldnât be notified of a package.
This is way more info than needed, but to mail 6000 packages you do it at a discounted bulk marketing rate that also varies for non-profits. To enable tracking on the packages, the sender would pay a higher rate, USC does not do this.
At least on here, in the last two years and thousands of posts, less than 5 people mentioned it showed up and they all seem to be Thornton applicants, so it was likely sent directly from the school, separate from the bunch. When sent independently, it was handled as regular priority mail (not bulk priority mail) so a couple of these random pieces could show up, where the 6,000+ as part of the bulk mailing will not.
None of the scholarship packages in January showed up per posts on here. Maybe someday they will all show up, but that day is not here yet. So donât stress informed delivery, 99.99999% of time, it doesnât apply. Hope that helps.
@CADREAMIN yes, I auditioned on campus for classical trumpet performance.
No packages yet?
Good luck @Ericksonra! I have a music industry major there!
No packages at all, none of my SoCal friends got packages today either. Yikes.
@CADREAMIN - late March I always have a strange compulsion to watch the mailbox! I am a USC mom again, as lamedaughter has returned for her Masterâs!
My thoughts now are that these schools are not just about wealth and privilege. They are about the very rich and the very poor. I am finding that if you are white and middle class, you arenât getting accepted to these schools. If you are white, rich and Elite, youâll be accepted. On the other hand, if you fulfill a racial quota, youâll be accepted. If you are a recruited athlete, youâll be accepted. If youâre white, middle class (especially if youâre male, your parents are married and youâre from a Red State), you ainât gettinâ in.
@CADREAMIN Asking you this because youâre a higher power on this thread - I am a transfer applicant to USC. It says that transfer applicants will get an admissions decision by May 1st, but the program I applied to accepts students as a cohort each year so technically itâs as if Iâm a freshman. Will I get notified tomorrow?
@SlimJim005 I have never disagreed with something more. They have a holistic process and are a need-blind school after all. Your income is not taken into account at all.
@alamemom Wow, we have missed your financial expertise on here, that is not my strong suit. I know what you mean about the mailbox, that stress is haunting! I donât have one being admitted this year and canât get anything done today - waiting for the package dropâŠwish I could go back for my masters, these lucky kids.
I am trying to figure out how to pass time! Itâs going to be a long day as we get mail around 5-5:30. Also we live in SoCal and we will be watching everyone else get theirs!??
@oregonkiddo lol to the higher power commentâŠjust been around for awhile and ya pick up on thingsâŠI donât know what you mean in terms of program, like WBB or something? Not sure I can crack this one.
@CADREAMIN Just when I thought we didnât have to stress/check the informed delivery site tomorrow AM, you post that the few kids who did see something were from Thornton. My D is waiting to hear about about Pop Music Drums lol. So maybe Iâll split the difference. Iâll check once but not put any stock in it 
Itâs Thorntonâs pop music program. They accept a certain amount of kids each year and those kids go through the four years together as a cohort. So technically Iâd be as sophomore next year, but I still would have four years of USC if I were to get admittedâŠif that makes any sense! @CADREAMIN