<p>Students who are offered the chance to interview for Merit scholarships are first notified of their acceptance to USC in late Jan and early Feb. Trustee, Mork, Stamp and Presidential scholarship decisions are made after the accepted student has been interviewed by a committee made up of 3 people - normally a current merit scholar, a prof or chair of the dept the student has applied to and and someone from the Admissions office.
I cant put my fingers on how I learned that merit scholarships are spread out among different colleges at USC-I probably first learned it at an accepted scholars event at USC. But I’m not the only USC parent who has learned how and by whom Merit scholarship decisions are made.</p>