USC Transfer Decisions 2009 OFFICIAL THREAD

ShooShuShoeShou · May 5, 2009, 7:40pm

Spring Grade Request - CLAS/Chemistry

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: Emory University
[] Entering as: Sophomore
[] GPA: 3.253
[] Units completed: 21
[] Units in progress: 16
[] Pre-reqs completed: English 1, Math, Gen Chem II, Calc I
[] GEs completed: Diversity, Category III
[] Major Courses/GEs/Pre-reqs In Progress: Gen Chem II, Calc II / Category V / English 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: All HS ECs (a lot), & a few college ECs, LOTS of volunteer work
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked Every Summer & Had Fundraising Job @ Current College
[] Essays (subject and responses): About doing Katrina Relief work for 4 months – seemed good in my opinion
[] Letters of Recommendation: 2 letters: Chem Professor, USC Board Member
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: None
[] Comments: GPA is slightly lower from a “C” in Econ101 but would be 3.64 if I had dropped the course
[/ul]

AMorrison · May 6, 2009, 10:31pm

Spring Grade Request - CLAS/International Relations

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: Pasadena City College
[] Entering as: Sophomore (will complete 5 units in summer 2009 to bring me to 31).
[] GPA: 3.8
[] Units completed: 20
[] Units in progress: 6
[] Pre-reqs completed: None.
[] GEs completed: Categories 1, 2 and the Writing Requirement. Diversity is in progress.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: National Charity League, Cheerleading, Crew (high school). Several industry awards/committees as part of my job today.
[] Job/Work Experience: 4 years of a full time job as an interactive marketing/new media producer at a major television network. Before that, two internships in the entertainment industry in production and marketing. I’ve been working since I was 15.
[] Essays (subject and responses): Newton, explained my career path and my passion for business.
[] Letters of Recommendation: None.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: None.
[li] Comments: I’m very excited to have gotten a SGR and I hope it turns into an acceptance![/li][/ul]

Yuta · May 6, 2009, 10:32pm

ACCEPTED - CLAS/ ECONOMICS

Stats:
College transferring from: Edmonds Community College
Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.82
Units completed: 64
Units in progress: 3
Pre-reqs completed: All
GEs completed: All
Major Courses/GEs/Pre-reqs In Progress: None

Subjective:
ECs listed on app: A foreign exchange student during 11th grade in AR, 72106

Founder and President of Vietnamese Student Association (two years, awarded as a dedicated leader)

Vice-President of Scholarships of Phi Theta Kappa, National Honor Society (one quarter)

Club Officers assistant of the Global Volunteer Club (one year) -Go visit nursing homes and elementary schools, clean up Jetty Island’s shoreline…

International Assistants for 3 quarters during the Welcome Orientation Week. (Voted as a best IA once)

An active member of Le Club Francophone (volunteering for the French Film Festival and the International Education Week 2008_2009)

volunteer at Stevens hospital’s cafeteria (preparing drinks and table wares for patients, delivering foods and orders to patients’ rooms…) 100 hrs

Lots of volunteering on campus

Job/Work Experience: Classroom and Lab Assistant- 18 hours per week

<pre><code> Front Officer of International Student Services- General Assistant-19 hours per week @ Current College
</code></pre>

Essays (subject and responses): The Edison one, I wrote about how I have overcome fear of Math and shown improvement from a 0.0 in Pre-Cal I to solid 4.0(s) in Pre-cal II, Cal I, II and III

Letters of Recommendation: None
Other:
Other schools applied to: Seattle U (Accepted), Northeastern (Accepted), Bentley (Accepted), Columbia (Pending), Lehigh (Pending), Fordham (Pending), WUSTL (Rejected)
Comments: Happy and praying that my bf will also get in Marshall

collegehopeful21 · May 6, 2009, 11:32pm

wait how can freshmen–> sophomores be accepted already, aren’t we all suppose to get SGR first?

aaam90 · May 7, 2009, 12:41am

this is a stats only thread!! don’t ruin it!!! post your question on the actual USC thread!

jennnn · May 7, 2009, 12:44am

Spring Grade Request - CLAS: Philosophy (if accepted, switching to Philosophy, Politices & Law)

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: San Diego City College
[] Entering as: Junior
[] GPA: 3.5
[] Units completed: 71
[] Units in progress: 6
[] Pre-reqs completed: ALL
[] GEs completed: One missing plus two semesters of language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Planned Parenthood volunteer, Amnesty International Board Members at Miramar College, AI member locally in San Diego, Secretary of Treasure for Political Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Too many to list.
[] Essays (subject and responses): About being a decent human being via my human rights activism, instead of a sheep in this society.
[] Letters of Recommendation: A strong one from one of my philosophy professors.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to:
Cal [rejected]
UCLA [accepted]
UCSD [accepted]
Santa Clara University [pending]
University of San Diego [accepted]
University of San Francisco [accepted]
San Diego State University [accepted]
[li] Comments: Friends of Downtown Scholarship recipient. [/li][/ul]

jennnn · May 7, 2009, 1:12am

Oops, I spelled politics wrong.

Lakers09 · May 7, 2009, 3:04am

Accepted Marshall, 3.8, everything done

sprgtransfer · May 7, 2009, 3:20am

Accepted - USC THORNTON/MUSIC INDUSTRY

Stats:[ list]
[] College transferring from:Babson College
[] Entering as:Sophomore
[] GPA:3.38
[] Units completed:32
[] Units in progress:12
[] Pre-reqs completed:English, Language
[] GEs completed: All
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:Founder and current executive director of the second largest student run 501c(3) organization For Darfur. We promoted and produced a stop on Kanye West’s Glow in The Dark Tour. Raised the most money for Doctors Without Borders in 2007-2008. Have put on over 100 events since 2007 and still running strong.

Appeared in Time Magazine, MSNBC, NASDAQ, Miami Herald, and was an invited guest at the United Nations.

Started concert production agency and I am currently running as well a student transportation service on campus.

H.S.
GPA: 3.5
APs: 5 Aps (5,5,4,3,3)

I worked over the summer in as Asst. Marketing Director for a Credit card company, was a consultant to a start up software company, and produced my own music.

EC:

Radio Station DJ, Campus Activities Board Member and Concert Advisor, Member of a specialty living and learning community, Part of Band on Campus, Vice Director of Film Club, Won Pathfinder Business Award 3rd Place, and Interned at Live Nation in Boston.
[] Job/Work Experience: Look above
[] Essays (subject and responses):Passion/Music
[] Letters of Recommendation: 2 AMAZING ONES (KANYE WEST MANAGER)
[/ul][ b]Other:**[ul]
[] Other schools applied to:
NYU
BROWN
GU
EMORY
[li] Comments:[/li][/ul]

archieg · May 11, 2009, 7:34pm

Come on guys, let’s keeep this going!!!

Anybody got SGR or acceptance yet that hasn’t posted?

PLEASE DO SO! It’s for a good cause! lol

justchill · May 11, 2009, 10:43pm

Spring Grade Request - Biology

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: community college, prefer not to state :x
[] Entering as: sophomore
[] GPA: college: 3.5, high school: 3.7
[] Units completed: 15
[] Units in progress: 11, doing 11 in the summer, plus 4 ap classes, brings my total to 39 i think?
[] Pre-reqs completed: 1 year of chemistry, 1 semester of calc, 1 semester of biology
[] GEs completed: i think all, not sure about foreign language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: scouts, homeless shelter volunteering, senior class officer in high school, red cross club in high school, actively participating in relay 4 life for past 5 years, ran a blanket drive for the local homeless shelter, volunteering at a hospital on weekends, member of high school tennis team all four years, member of forensics team in high school
[] Job/Work Experience: summer job at dad medical office for past 4 summers
[] Essays (subject and responses): 8/10, the one about changing your path or some **** like that, i wrote about how i got into a great university, went there for a semester, didnt like it, and came back to community college, how i made the decision on my own, self guidance and discovery etc
[] Letters of Recommendation: 3, one from a college professor, one from high school counselor, one from 8th grade english teacher
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: none
[li] Comments: i hope i get in, but i have no expectations, so that if i do get rejected, i wont be too disappointed and i can reapply, and if i do get in, then it will be just that much more exciting[/li][/ul]

justchill · May 12, 2009, 12:30am

i cant edit that for some reason…
but since im a sophomore transfer i guess i should put my SATs

SAT I - 2060
US history - 690
English - 690

molamann · May 13, 2009, 4:58pm

Spring Grade Request - CLAS/Eastern Asian Area Studies

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: Community College of the Air Force / Rose State College, Oklahoma
[] Entering as: Sophomore
[] GPA:3.8
[] Units completed: 30
[] Units in progress: 6
[] Pre-reqs completed:
[] GEs completed:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Various involvement in humanitarian assignments
[] Job/Work Experience:Prior military service in the USAF
[] Essays (subject and responses): External influence (a person, an event, etc.) that affected you and how it caused you to change direction. Pretty much wrote how my service in the military steered me in the right direction in life, etc.
[] Letters of Recommendation: None
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: None
[li] Comments: Accepted could’ve been better but I’ll settle for SGR[/li][/ul]

speez011 · May 13, 2009, 6:53pm

Accepted - USC/Marshall

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: CSU- Fresno
[] Entering as:Sophomore
[] GPA:3.83
[] Units completed:45
[] Units in progress:20
[] Pre-reqs completed:Macro/Micro econ, both accounting, Engl comp, and two literature classes
[] GEs completed: all done
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: member of Delta Sigma Phi, few volunteering jobs, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: 2year at my father’s company. peer advisor at the international student office, etc.
[] Essays (subject and responses): 8.5 out of 10, I guess…
[] Letters of Recommendation: none
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: Cornell(rejected), UCB(rejected),Boston college(wait listed),NYU(pending),IUB(pending),OSU(pending)
[li] Comments: good luck to everyone.[/li][/ul]

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alarasus · May 14, 2009, 11:40pm

Accepted - ARTS AND SCIENCES/BIOPHYSICS

Stats:[ul]
[]College transferring from: Cal Poly Pomona University
[]Entering as: Junior level Transfer
[]GPA: 3.88 (transferable)
[]Units completed: 50 (75 quarter)
[]Units in progress: 9 (13 quarter)
[]Pre-reqs completed: about 7.5/10
[li]GEs completed: Most, lacking foreign language[/li]
[]ECs listed on app: Nothing great: helped/looked after autistic children
[]Job/Work Experience: Tutored math
[]Essays (subject and responses): Straight foward
[]Letters of Recommendation: No recs
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[]Other schools applied to: UCB(REJ), UCLA (REJ), UCSD (REJ), UCI (ACCEPT)
[]Comments: Couldn’t get in 60 semester units by the end of spring, so I was rejected to most the schools I applied to. They rejected me because of 1 unit deficiency–unreal. Anyways, USC was one of my top choices, so I dont need or want anything else.
[/ul]

Yelnats · May 15, 2009, 7:05pm

Accepted - CLAS/Psychology

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from:PCC
[] Entering as:Sophomore
[] GPA:4.0
[] Units completed:20
[] Units in progress:14
[] Pre-reqs completed:all
[] GEs completed:most
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app:a lot
[] Job/Work Experience:n/a
[] Essays (subject and responses):wrote the newton’s first law prompt
[] Letters of Recommendation:none
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to:none
[li] Comments:i feel sooo relieved. good luck to everyone who’s still waiting![/li][/ul]

GLOR_lt_3 · May 16, 2009, 12:54am

Spring Grade Request - CLAS/Art History

Stats:[ul]

[] College transferring from:GCC
[] Entering as:Sophomore
[] GPA:3.6
[] Units completed: 19
[] Units in progress:14
[] Pre-reqs completed:all
[li] GEs completed:all[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Internship at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000+ community service hours, bilingual competency award, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Deans Honors
[] Job/Work Experience: Urban Outfitters up until July 2008, Tutored at an after school from July 2008-present
[] Essays (subject and responses): wrote the newton’s first law prompt as well
[] Letters of Recommendation:none

[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: none
[] Comments: I really hope this means I get accepted. Good luck to everyone!!
[/ul]

WRChris84 · May 16, 2009, 4:31am

Accepted - USC / Marshall

Stats:[ul]
[] College transferring from: CSU East Bay
[] Entering as: Junior
[] GPA: 3.85
[] Units completed: ~90(Q)
[] Units in progress: ~16(Q)
[] Pre-reqs completed: All
[] GEs completed: Some
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Volunteered in an orphanage in Africa, President University Honors Society, Member University Honors Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Currently manage a restaurant, Financial Services Intern
[] Essays (subject and responses): I spend months working on my essay and my short takes and I was lucky to have the friendliest librarian in the world, who proof reads books professionally, help me with my essay!
[] Letters of Recommendation: Didn’t know they accepted them
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Other schools applied to: UCB, UCLA, Santa Clara
[/ul]

Go Trojans!

marco911 · May 16, 2009, 5:02am

Spring Grade Request - Undecided

Stats:

<pre><code>* College transferring from: College of Lake County

Entering as: Sophomore
GPA:4.0
Units completed: 12
Units in progress: 14
Pre-reqs completed: some
GEs completed: most
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Band officers, drama department, German Club president, etc.

Job/Work Experience: PetSmart, local police department
Essays (subject and responses): How I have recently discovered my passion for writing through a particularly tough college writing course
Letters of Recommendation: 2, said writing professor and psych professor
</code></pre>

Other:

<pre><code>* Other schools applied to: None

Comments: Freaking excited for the SGR, really for an acceptance. Kept my GPA up during spring semester. Still waiting for my chem grade, otherwise I will maintain my 4.0
</code></pre>

bamified · May 16, 2009, 2:56pm

Accepted - Thornton School of Music
Program: B.S. in Music Industry

Stats:

<pre><code>* College transferring from: Citrus College

Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.83
Units completed: 39 transferable units, 43 units including non-transferable
Units in progress: 13 transferable units, 17 units including non-transferable
Pre-reqs completed: Category I, II, and V completed / Category III in progress
GEs completed: All, save for foreign-language as it wasn’t necessary for my program. Though I plan on taking German
</code></pre>

I was not asked for Spring Grade Reports.

Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: AGS Secretary / AES student representative/ DJ Club Secretary

Job/Work Experience: Virgin Megastore
Essays (subject and responses): “Newton’s First Law of Motion” - wrote about how certain aspects and events of my family shaped me into who I am today
Letters of Recommendation: One from a music professor; I originally had two, but upon reading the second one from my history professor/honor’s dean, I realized he put the wrong name at the end of my letter. It was too late for corrections since I had to send in my letters, so I was left to only turn in one XD
</code></pre>

Other:

<pre><code>* Other schools applied to: For this and the previous academic year, none

Comments: Before deciding to go to a community college, I was accepted at CSU Monterey Bay and UCSB in my high school senior year. I was rejected from UCLA and UCSD, which didn’t bother me much since those were applications I chose on a whim. Going to a community college instead was probably the best decision in my life. This year, I only applied to USC because they were the only school to offer a degree in what I wanted to study. I had never considered it before; USC wasn’t even a speck in my mind until Fall of last year. Had I not been accepted, I probably would’ve applied again this coming Fall and to east coast schools…
</code></pre>

Congratulations to the newest generation of Trojans <3

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