TTP is only offered on the initial rejection letter. Not afterwards. A lot of legacy and some non-legacy offered it often when stats are high but major is pretty much full. Great summary by @grace27 above.
This thread still contains current and relevant info:
I have had a TTP thread for the last few years, the most recent got closed, so starting it up again with results coming out…
For those who got TTP in their denial letter - it is not offered to everyone. Some people think it is for legacies, but it goes well beyond that. It is often for great students that they just don’t have room for, particularly in certain majors. As space opens up after that first year, they are able to fill it with very well qualified transfers who they know are very likely to attend. So in a sense, you are “denied” this year but encouraged to apply next year as a transfer. You have a very good chance of being accepted (almost a guarantee so I wish they would make it one) as a sophomore transfer if you have a good gpa and take the right classes. You can attend a CC, a state school or any 4 year university for your first year. You can do study abroad through universities that USC partners with. They have more articulation agreements (a list of courses that are acc…
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