USC Thornton School of Music BM students!

College Majors Music Major
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<p>I recently auditioned at Thornton... </p>

<p>For those of you already in the school:</p>

<p>1) Is it possible to be accepted into Thornton but rejected from USC?</p>

<p>2) How hard is it to keep up with the general education if you are a BM student?</p>

<p>3) Did you have really good grades in high school? Did Thornton take high school grades into consideration?? </p>

<p>4) How is the financial aid? Are they generous?? </p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>To answer your questions:

  1. I do not work in the admissions dept. but I think that you need to meet the general academic requirements of USC in order to be considered and accepted in to Thornton. However, talent is a significant factor and it does weigh heavily on the admissions decisions. As with all talent majors at USC, talent is very important but a candidate must demonstrate academic ability.
    2)So far my S only has room to take 1 general requirement/semester so it isn’t that difficult.
  2. Strong grades in HS are important but talent level is even more important. My S went to a highly competitive private HS and got respectable grades but definitely not straight A’s.
  3. I can’t answer this question, sorry.</p>
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<p>I agree with poprockmom’s assessment. It is possible to be admitted to USC, but not to Thornton (you will be admitted as an “undeclared”) but if the opposite happens the only thing you will get is a general rejection. If your stats are borderline, sometimes a good audition isn’t enough to get you over the hump. If you’re audition is phenomenal, top of the list, Thornton will fight for you when they meet with admissions. But it’s said they do have a “bottom line” in academics. </p>

<p>It is a total of one GE per semester for BM students, and it seems doable for my son as well. But a lot of hours go into ensembles, practicing, etc that “regular” students don’t have.</p>

<p>As for your FA question, you’ll get a lot more replies with more info on the USC forum on cc.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you so much both for your answers!!!
It was very helpful!!
I guess I just need to hope for the best, mixture of :slight_smile: and :frowning: </p>

<p>But what a beautiful school it is :)</p>