<p>Accepted - Marshall / Business Administration</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Irvine Valley College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophmore
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Units completed: 59 (47 transferable)
[<em>] Units in progress: 0 (didn’t take spring semester due to work)
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All
[<em>] GEs completed: All
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: High School: Football, VICA, several others</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Numerous jobs ranging from 40-80 Hours/Week (sometimes working two jobs).</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): “What Matters to Me and Why.” I described my family hardships: noting that I had 4 Ws from a previous attempt at school and maintaining a household. I extrapolated on how I built values upon that before I could realistically start college. I incorporated how I worked mostly 55 hours a week while maintaining school full-time – sometimes not sleeping for 3 days straight.
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from my English instructor (who went to UCLA – haha) and one more from my economics teacher describing my insight of a real-world investment firm, work ethic and overall knowledge of markets, economies and investments.
[/ul]**Other: **[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: None.
[</em>] Comments: I’m an older student and the first in my family to attend college.</p>
<p>For future applicants: being a successful transfer starts with sacrifice. This is different for everyone, but the rule applies to anyone who wants to be a Trojan. Whether you’re a student only or concurrently work and go to school, you will sacrifice time and incur opportunity cost.</p>
<p>The bottom line lessons:
-Be realistic with yourself.
-It is not a numbers game by any means if every applicant is lackluster or has a perfect 4.0 with no character.
-Be someone with a positive outlook at all times.
-Maintain your goals. This is what will keep your nose to the grindstone. When your friends want to go out, you will have your nose in a book or a pencil to paper – or both.</p>
<p>Good luck to my current and future fellow transfers and Trojans!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Santiago Canyon College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.73
[</em>] Units completed: 15
[<em>] Units in progress: 17
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: none since i’m undeclared
[<em>] GEs completed: Lower division writing, bio, anthro, chem [done after this semester]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: varsity swimming, piano competitions, volunteer 3 hours a week for a year at an elementary school
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Thomas Edison essay; swimming basically saved my life.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: n/a
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: none
[li] Comments: Family and I are still debating on whether or not I should transfer :([/li]I skipped my senior year in high school to go to cc early.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - Marshall/ Business Administration</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: UC Santa Cruz
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.76
[</em>] Units completed: ~91 q units
[<em>] Units in progress: 15 q units
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All
[<em>] GEs completed: idk…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
College Senate Executive Board Member, Delta Sigma Pi VP Finance, Student Union Assembly Rep, Honor Society, Dean’s List, Varsity Boys Swim Captain, KEY Club VP, French Club VP, AP Scholar
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Resident Assistant, Lifeguard/Swim Instructor
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Thomas Edison - Extremely rough transition to college, and how I overcame it to become a student leader.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: nah.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Berkeley Haas - Rejected, UCLA Biz Econ - Rejected
[li] Comments: I hope I get good financial aid! BUT YAAAAY.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Irvine Valley College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Units completed: 22
[<em>] Units in progress: 15
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Microeconmics (Macroeconomics, Business Calculus, and Writing 2 are in progress)
[<em>] GEs completed: A few . I have finished financial accounting (Managerial in progress), and Ill complete the rest over summer
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Numerous community service projects, PTK, Honors Program, Accounting society, internship at accounting firm, along with various other ECs completed in high school.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): What Matters to Me and Why essay. I wrote about my experience during a summer program through Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore that introduced me to poverty like I had never seen before and how it motivated me to create social change through business enterprise.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: N/A
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Indiana-Bloomington (Accepted)
[li] Comments: Due to the pre-reqs in progress, I was hoping for a SGR. Now that Ive received one, Im just hoping to finish strong and secure a 4.0. Hopefully Ill be able to join the rest of you during orientation as a fellow Trojan![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
College transferring from:Orange Coast College
Entering as:Junior
GPA:4.0
Units completed:53
Units in progress:15
Pre-reqs completed:All except Microeconomics (in progress)
GEs completed:All</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: International Business Club, Adapted Physical Education Assistant, Alpha Gamma Sigma Club Member
Job/Work Experience: Waitress, Intern at computer software company
Essays (subject and responses): Thomas Jefferson perseverance. Talked about my experience with Adapted Physical Education–working with a stroke victim.
Letters of Recommendation: none</p>
<p>Other:
Other schools applied to: UCLA, UCSD, UCI --Accepted to all.
Part 1 submitted.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Mount San Antonio College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.91
[</em>] Units completed: 45
[<em>] Units in progress: 22
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Everything except Microeconomics (taking it this semester)
[<em>] GEs completed: finished everything except Category I
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: VP of Honors Ambassadors Club, Project Manager of SIFE, Marketing Team Secretary of Chinese Culture Club, AGS, President’s List
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: E-commerce supervisor at Superco Int’l Inc
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Visions and Voices, talked about my trips to Thailand where I volunteered at the School of the Blind, then came back and created a project with SIFE to get the school more donations. Articulated my vision that every person is equal, where no handicap renders an individual inadequate or incapable.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from the director of Honors Program
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: UCLA, UCSD (accepted) UCI, UCB (rejected)
[li] Comments: now I have to decide if I want to go to UCLA business economics for free or USC. depends on my financial aid. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! hang in there </p>[/li]
<p>Part 1 submitted.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: San Jose Comm. College (CCC)
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.83
[</em>] Units completed: 18
[<em>] Units in progress: 9
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: n/a
[<em>] GEs completed: in progress
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Associated Student Body Class Representative, Award-Winning Spread Designer in Nationally Recognized Yearbook, Inner Core Member of Christian Service Program, JV Track, Work Grant recipient, PTK (CC Honor Society), Student Volunteer - Reading Tutor.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): “What Matters to Me and Why.” I wrote about growing up as a homosexual male in a Catholic household, with 4 older brothers, attending all-male Jesuit preparatory schools, and how those uncontrollable human qualities can forcefully strengthen a person.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: n/a
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: n/a
[li] Comments: I left high school my junior year. I immediately tested for and received my GED High School Equivalency Certificate and enrolled in my local Community College.<br>[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Accepted - CLAS - Philosophy, Ethics and Value Theory/Pre-Law [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College transferring from: Los Angeles Pierce College
[ *] Entering as: Junior
[ *] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Units completed: 47
[ *] Units in progress: 18
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: All
[ *] GEs completed: Most</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Started thriving non-profit organization in 2005, published author
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Lots
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): 9.5/10 I’ve been told
[ *] Letters of Recommendation: Great</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Other schools applied to: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, NYU, UCI, UCSB, UCD
[ *] Comments: Accepted at every school, waitlisted at Stanford. I’m extremely happy about all of my decisions, have no clue where I’m going yet and think this is proof that anyone can achieve their dreams if they refuse to give up on them. </p>
<p>**Accepted - CLAS - Philosophy, Ethics and Value Theory/Pre-Law **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Los Angeles Pierce College
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Units completed: 47
[<em>] Units in progress: 18
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All
[li] GEs completed: Most</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Started thriving non-profit organization in 2005, published author
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lots
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 9.5/10 I’ve been told
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation: Great</p>
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, NYU, UCI, UCSB, UCD
[</em>] Comments: Accepted at every school, waitlisted at Stanford. I’m extremely happy about all of my decisions, have no clue where I’m going yet and think this is proof that anyone can achieve their dreams if they refuse to give up on them.
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Pepperdine University
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: ~3.7
[</em>] Units completed: 18
[<em>] Units in progress: 16
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All (there was only one haha)
[<em>] GEs completed: not sure i think 3 or 4?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: a bunch from high school. lots of volunteer hours in college
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: one job, 10hrs/week my first semester @ Malibu Theater
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): the thomas edison one (every failure is a step toward success…); wrote on an extremely personal experience, something i’ve never even told my parents about. it was a huge risk, but i think it’s what got me in.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: none
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: university of michigan (accepted), ut austin (haven’t heard)
[li] Comments: I applied both my senior year and this year with average stats. Difference is, last year I think I tried too hard to impress the committee in my essays and short answers, saying what I thought they wanted to hear. This year I kinda took them out of my mind and wrote what I felt and I think it made all the difference. Good luck everyone :)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - Viterbi/Computer Science (Pre-Law Emphasis)
Stats:
College transferring from: University of Oklahoma
Entering as: Transferring Freshmen(should be sophomore after my spring credits go through)
GPA: 3.75(when applied)
Units completed: my guess is around 16. I haven’t gotten the report yet
Units in progress: Not sure yet.
Pre-reqs completed: Calculus I
GEs completed: Diversity, 3, 2(in progress)
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: 4-year letterman in high school varsity wrestling. Student Council and National Honor Society. brown belt and help instructing children in judo. Eagle Scout. Assistant wrestling coach.
Job/Work Experience: worked at a retail store 10-12 hours a week for about a year.
Essays (subject and responses): the first one about what matters to me and why. I wrote about the life lessons my father taught me after his death. Nothing fancy, just emotional and personal.
Letters of Recommendation: none
Other:
Other schools applied to: None. Would have stayed at OU
Comments: AAAAAHHHHH!!!</p>
<p>College transferring from: Cal Poly Pomona
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.6
Units completed: 71 Quarter, including some that do not transfer
Units in progress: 13
Pre-reqs completed: Some Biology, Physics, and Chemistry
GEs completed: 4 </p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Athletic Training Internship, Honors Societies, JV/Varsity Lacrosse, etc
Job/Work Experience: Unless summer babysitting counts, then none
Essays (subject and responses): Obstacle Overcome Through Persistence–> Wrote a narrative on my childhood passion of snail-farming, speaking of a particular experience in which all of my beloved creatures got away
Letters of Recommendation: 1 from a professor who made me look like the Golden Child</p>
<p>Other:
Other schools applied to: Nada
Comments: I’m still extremely surprised that I was able to obtain admittance. Honestly, I saw my chances as 50-50 at best, and was already preparing for another year at CPP, especially as time passed and I was given no status change. Ultimately, I’ve realized that nothing is impossible, and cannot wait for the years ahead of me in which I am a member of the Trojan Family. Fight on!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Sierra College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Units completed: 23.5 units (19.5 Transferable)
[<em>] Units in progress: 19.5 units (3.5 from baseball) - They are all completed now, but were in progress when I received the SGR.
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: 3/4 when I got SGR; All completed now (Microecon, Macroecon, English, Business Calc)
[<em>] GEs completed: All completed (Categories I, II, III, V, Writing Requirement, Diversity)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Baseball, Community Service, FBLA
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Granite Bay Golf Club 15hrs/wk for the past 1 1/2 years
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Thomas Edison essay —> I thought it was good, I wrote about overcoming bad beats in poker and related it to the hard times I faced when my friend’s mom passed away from cancer and when my mom got cancer.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my econ professor and it was very personal…not just a generic recommendation
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: USC or Bust
[li] Comments: I will be 3rd generation if I am accepted (grandpa, mom, 2 aunts). I went to the Trojan Transfer plan after I was denied last year in high school, so hopefully all of my hardwork pays off! Good luck to everyone else and congrats to those of you who have been accepted!! [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - School of Policy, Planning and Development</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: community college in IL
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.64
[</em>] Units completed: 56
[<em>] Units in progress: none -all done with my sophomore year, but was taking 12
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Micro/Macro econ, -did not take pre-calc but they didn’t seem to care
[<em>] GEs completed: all probably?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: work at Disc Replay (used store for cds/movies/games)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): USCs speaker series “What Matters to Me and Why” asks faculty and staff to reflect on their values, beliefs, and motivations. Presenters talk about choices they have made, difficulties encountered, and commitments solidified. Write an essay about an event or experience that helped you learn what is important to you and why it is important.
I wrote about a motorbike ride up a mountain on my trip to Vietnam, and how important it is to bond with my family. I thought my essay would hurt me because it had nothing to do with my academic interests, but who knows, maybe they liked it.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: one from my manager of 3 years. She talked about my work ethic and grassroots political activity. Another was from my speech teacher who talked about how I gave a persuasive speech arguing against a public policy and successfully convinced her.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Cornell-rejected, Vanderbilt -wait listed, Illinois Urbana-Champaign -accepted, Loyola University Chicago -accepted, Depaul -accepted
[li] Comments: I can’t be happier. USC is my dream school, and I got into the major that I really wanted to study. Hope my info helps for next year’s transfer. PM me if you have any questions. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>College transferring from: Santa Monica College
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.85
Units completed: 42
Units in progress: 12
Pre-reqs completed: all completed
GEs completed: all done
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Operation Gratitude (high school), and tutoring 5-12 year olds
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about something personal that I had to overcome in my life I think it was pretty good.
Letters of Recommendation: none
Other schools applied to: Berkeley (accepted), NYU (accepted), Miami (accepted), Fordham (accepted), Northwestern (still waiting to hear back)
Comments: AHHHH I already paid my deposit ! Can’t wait to start !!! Look me up on facebook <a href=“mailto:guerreir@usc.edu”>guerreir@usc.edu</a></p>
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