<p>Accepted into Marshall School of Business as pre-accounting.</p>
<p>Transferring from: University of South Florida
GPA: 3.96
Units completed: 83</p>
<p>EC:</p>
<p>Internship at law firm
Tutor at non profit organization
Student Government Senator for College of Business
Research position at university engineering department</p>
<p>Spring Grade Request – MARSHALL/BUSINESS ADMIN</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: May 12, 2014 ~5:00 PM</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Sierra College, (Rocklin, CA)
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.91 College GPA, 3.5 USC Transfer GPA
[</em>] Units completed: 56
[<em>] Units in progress: 16
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Writing, Diversity and Accounting complete. 2nd semester Calculus in progress.
[<em>] GEs completed: USC Cat. I & III
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteered as music director/conductor for youth theatre groups, Political campaign volunteer/organizer, played with many bands & orchestras.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 6 years corporate accounting / project management.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Discussed my personal development, transitioning from an unmotivated high school failure to an intellectually curious college student and my respect for the power of education to advance human knowledge and better the world.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from my college band conductor. Good, not great.
[/ul]Other:
[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Accepted to UCD, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD; Rejected from UCB, UCLA.
[li] Comments: I expected to receive a SGR since I have not yet completed calculus. I started out community college weak with a lot of W’s and F’s but that was 8 years ago, but since I returned as a full time student (while also working) I have had three consecutive straight-A semesters, so I hope they will recognize the positive trend and dedication. Good luck, everyone! I hope to meet you all on campus soon! FIGHT ON! :)>- [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - DORNSIFE/PSYCHOLOGY</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: May 1st</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Wheelock College (Boston, MA), but took this past year off
[</em>] Entering as: hopefully a sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.6 or 3.7, don’t remember
[</em>] Units completed: considered 32 at Wheelock
[<em>] Units in progress: none
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: not sure, Wheelock’s courses were really different from most schools. Intro to Psych at least.
[li] GEs completed: not sure[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Honors Program, Acting
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Mentorship senior year, Jumpstart program, volunteering at an elementary school
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): very boring. talked about my experiences having to do with my major, why I took a year off and what I’ve done, and what specific courses or subjects I intend to explore at USC
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my mentor from high school
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other:
[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: LMU (accepted), Occidental (haven’t heard back, waitlisted last year), Stonehill College (accepted), Emmanuel College (accepted), Manhattan College (accepted), Stony Brook University (accepted)
[</em>] Comments: I really didn’t think I would be accepted, it was a complete shock to me, so stay positive!
[/ul]</p>
<p>** Spring Grade Request - Marshall **
**Decision Date: May 14th **</p>
<p>Stats:
Transfer From: El Camino College/UC Santa Barbara
Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.47
Units Completed: 58
Units In Progress: 15
Pre Reqs Completed: All (1 in progress)
GE’s: All except science w/ lab.</p>
<p>Subjective:
I had a 3.24 at UCSB as an econ major. 6% of people in department get A’s on the curve so GPA naturally is lower. 4.0 this year at CC. Had health issues while at UCSB, 4 major surgeries.
My dad went to law school at USC and my mom got her bachelor’s at SC. </p>
<p>Comments: If USC doesn’t work out I’ll be attending USD.</p>
<p>Spring Grade Request - Marshall/Business Administration</p>
<p>**Decision Date & Time: Thursday, May 15, 2014 **</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Orange Coast & Santa Monica Colleges
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Units completed: 93.5
[<em>] Units in progress: 13
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All of them apart from Calculus
[li] GEs completed: All[/li][/ul]Subjective:
[ul] Had I passed Calculus with an A already, then I would most likely be looking at an acceptance. </p>
<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors club leadership, volunteer services, and college awards.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Years of sales experience (including internship with medium-sized firm).
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
Personal story of tumultuous upbringing, the relationship of helping build my father’s business, and seeking the wonderful education at USC.
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation:
From close Alumni family friend, internship employer, and private client.
[/ul]Other:
[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: CSUF, CSULB, Cal Poly Pom., UCLA, UCI, UC Berkley, Chapman, and Pitzer
[</em>] Comments: Got into all schools besides Berkeley (due to a last minute change of major). Will know my Pitzer decision within the next few days. At this time will highly consider Chapman due to the generous scholarship.
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ color=orange][ b]Spring Grade Request - Dornsife/Biological Sciences[ /b][ /color]</p>
<p>[ color=blue][ b]Decision Date & Time: Saturday, May 17th**[/color]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] College transferring from: Mt. San Antonio College
[ *] Entering as: Junior
[ *] GPA: 3.6
[ *] Units completed: 45
[ *] Units in progress: 13 (+4 for Summer 2014) = 17
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: All except Physics and second semester of Gen. Chem (Will be completing the last Bio pre-req during Summer 2014)
[ *] GEs completed: All (maybe missing one)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Extensive volunteering at community hospital during high school
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Nothing special
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Decent essays. They could have been much better.
[ *] Letters of Recommendation: 2 (One from biology professor, one from philosophy professor)
[ /list][ b]Other:[ /b]
[ list]
[ *] Other schools applied to: UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCR (All rejected)
[ *] Comments:
[ /list]</p>
<p>Accepted USC Annenberg
Public Relations major
Transfering from Ventura College
82 units completed
All general Ed completed
3.65 GPA
Applied to University of Oregon only and got in there as well for sports business.</p>
<p>Accepted - SCA Film Production
Decision Date & Time: May 20, 2014
Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: OCC
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.77 cumulative (3.81 transfer)
[</em>] Units completed: 81
[<em>] Units in progress: 15
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All
[<em>] GEs completed: All but Category V Arts & Letters and foreign language
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Sigma honors societies; Tae Kwon Do 3rd degree black belt; visual arts; piano.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Bagger at grocery store for almost 4 years
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I mainly wrote every essay about visual arts, my experience at an arts high school, wanting to be an editor and what all those mean to me and how they shaped who am I today. My SCA creative writing was a 2 pg. script with no dialogue about an animatronic nanny that is rented out to couples to watch their infants while they’re away.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: Two family friends (one in “the business”) and my college english teacher who happens to work at my high school. I didn’t read them but they must have been good.
[/ul]Other:
[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: (Accepted) CSULB, CSUF, CSUN, UCI, UCB, UCSB. (Rejected) UCLA, SDSU. (Pending) Chapman
[li] Comments: My Stars report on Oasis was filled out 5 days prior to receiving my acceptance package. My USConnect has not been updated to allow me to enroll or submit the deposit nor did it indicate “decision reached.” You can apply for housing before you formally accept and put down a deposit. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - SCA Interactive Media & Games</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: 15th May</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Mount Holyoke College
[</em>] Entering as: Junior(Not sure how many credits can be transferred though)
[<em>] GPA: 3.81
[</em>] Units completed: around 60+
[<em>] Units in progress:22
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Basically all
[<em>] GEs completed: Foreign language, social science, science
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:Internships, school clubs,programming and game design contests
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Marketing Intern at a game company, on campus job(Media and technology consultant)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Com App essays and essays required by SCA
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: two from my professors, one from my uncle who is working in a renowned IT company
[/ul][ b]Other:**
[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Brown
[li] Comments: I am international student from China. I was computer science major in my old college. I feel that for SCA,Portfolio and essays are extremely important, if your academics are not so strong,don’t worry, they care about your talent, creativity and potential. My GPA is average, but I did spend a lot of time on my essays. Frankly speaking I am lack of skills/tools to build an impressive portfolio, that’s why I think they admit me mainly based on my essays,and also, being a girl studying video games could be a plus:P[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Spring Grade Request - Price/Planning, Policy, and Development</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (May 06, 2014)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: UC Davis
[</em>] Entering as: Rising Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.65 (Fall & Winter)
[</em>] Units completed: 24 Quarter Units
[<em>] Units in progress: 15 Quarter Units
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: None
[<em>] GEs completed: Category II, Writing, Diversity [Category I and V in progress]
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: National Honors Society [HS], Internship for Congressman, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Discussed my internship, as well as USC’s urban setting in relation to Price’s accomplishments in real-estate.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from a statistics professor here at Davis, nothing special, I barely knew him.
[/ul]Other:
[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Vanderbilt University (Accepted)
[li] Comments: Not surprised that I received an SGR, considering I had less than 30 semester units upon applying- definitely struggling a bit in the Spring, seeing as it’s my toughest course-load this year. Recently got accepted to Vanderbilt, but SC is still definitely my #1 choice. We’ll see what happens![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>** Spring Grade Request - Viterbi - Computer Science (Games) **</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: East Los Angeles College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore (maybe Junior? I’m not sure if it’s 60 or 64 units needed to be a junior)
[<em>] GPA: 4.00
[</em>] Units completed: 42
[<em>] Units in progress: 21
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Bunch of programming classes, but not sure if they count
[li] GEs completed: Writing, Sociology (the diversity requirement I believe), and one English literature course that met another one of them.</p>[/li]
<p>[list]Subjective:
[list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Talked about volunteering at LAC Medical Center (even though it didn’t really relate to my major). May have accidentally insulted the hospital - I said in my essay that I only volunteered because my family never had any insurance, so when I would go wait with relatives, I’d be there for 7+ hours and felt that I should see if I could actually do anything while waiting so long.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought that they were pretty decent until I noticed a few major typos after submitting.
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation: Asked my Java professor, but I don’t think she actually completed the process sadly.</p>
<p>[li] Comments: Pretty nervous admittedly. I’m looking at a pretty average semester by the looks of it. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - MARSHALL/BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: May 20 (USC Connect Updated 5/22)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>College transferring from: San Diego State
Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.94
Units completed: 74 (58 when applied)
Pre-reqs completed: All
GEs completed: Not sure what will transfer. Should have at least a couple of them.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Internship; Started own business
Essays (subject and responses): Good.
Letters of Recommendation: None
Other:</p>
<p>Other schools applied to: None. Only USC.</p>
<p> b]Accepted-Marshall/Business Administration**</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time:(5/21/2014)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ist]
[<em>]College transferring from: OCC baby
[</em>]Entering as: Junior
[<em>]GPA: 3.867
[</em>]Units completed: 64
[<em>]Units in progress: 17
[</em>]Pre-reqs completed: All
[<em>]GEs completed: All
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b]
[ul]
[</em>]ECs listed on app: 2 Honor societies
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Military Vet
[</em>]Essays (subject and responses): Solid
[<em>]Letters of Recommendation: 2 never saw them
[/ul][ b]Other:[ /b]
[ul]
[</em>]Other schools applied to: A ton of other schools. Torn between USC, UCLA, Cal and Chapman
[li]Comments: Dedication, hard work and humbleness are the key to success in life. Never give up my friends.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE/ARCHITECTURE</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: May 22nd, 2014 at 10:30pm</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: local 4 year private university in LA
[</em>] Entering as: Freshman
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 (fal grades only sent in, they do not have my spring grades yet)
[</em>] Units completed: 13 first semester, 5 AP classes from High School
[<em>] Units in progress: 15
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Math
[<em>] GEs completed: Diversity, Foreign Language
[</em>] High School GPA: 3.9 UW/4.1W
[<em>] ACT/SAT Score: 31 composite one sitting.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**
[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: peer tutoring, my blogs I (landscaping and art blog), volunteering, track in high school, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve worked part time since I was 16, currently working at a local restaurant as a server/busser/host.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good - talked about how I applied last year and was rejected, but wanted to pursue academic and professional opportunities that only USC could offer.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from my Spanish professor, one from my first year seminar teacher.
[/ul][ b]Other:[ /b]
[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: University of Cincinnati DAAP
[*] Comments: I CANNOT BELIEVE I GOT IN. I’M IN SHOCK. For future architecture applicants, let it be known I did not include ANY ARCHITECTURE WORKS in my portfolio. I also never took a single architecture class. I uploaded some photography and some studio art works into my portfolio - including some perspective, portraiture and landscapes. [/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - Marshall/Business Admin!!! 
International student :D</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>College transferring from: Sierra College (Rocklin, CA)
Entering as: Junior?
GPA: college GPA 3.82 when applied
Units completed:48 transferable units
Units in progress: 16
Pre-reqs completed: All
GEs completed: All (after spring semester)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays (subject and responses): I wrote it very sincerely about how I want to prepare myself for taking over the family business. I also mentioned my drama performance during high school.
Letters of Recommendation: no</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>Other schools applied to: Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UCD Rejected:UCLA
Comments: So glad to be a trojan. I really think my essay won it for me! Good luck to everyone. FIGHT ON!!</p>
<p>Accepted - Dornsife/Neuroscience</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (May 21st, 2014)]</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>College transferring from: Monterey Peninsula College
Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.91 CC, 3.6 Overall
Units completed: Too many to count
Units in progress: 12
Pre-reqs completed: All
GEs completed: All
ECs listed on app: Coaching, Guitar, Swimming, Crossfit, videography
Job/Work Experience: Coaching, Lifeguarding
Essays (subject and responses): I spent a lot of time on all of my essays. Each of them went through five or six rounds of editing before I was okay with them. I wrote about how my experiences influenced my passion to go into the work I want to do after USC. I’ll be double majoring at USC within SCA as well.
Letters of Recommendation: 3 or 4.
Other schools applied to: USC (accepted), UCB (rejected), UCSC (accepted)</p>
<p>Accepted - Dornsife/Psychology</p>
<p>Decision Date: (May 23rd,2014)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Lone Star College: CC in Texas
Entering as: Sophmore
GPA: 3.55 CC. 3.7
Units completed: That transfer 30
Units in progress: 0
Pre-reqs: math and psych stuff
GE’s completed: Not really sure
EC’s: Head of Honors College at my CC, Head of Psych Club, Psi Beta, PTK
Job/Work Experience: Multi jobs customer service stuff
Essays: These essays took literally the whole fall semester I worked and worked on these with multiple professors. I wrote about my background and talked about how moving from PA to TX was an eye opener and I learned what I wanted in myself and where I wanted to learn and that was SC. I wrote about joining the wrestling team and ROTC. I mentioned the mission statement and how I fit their mold.
Letters of Recommendation: 3 One was from a former faculty member who taught there and was my professor, One was from a former alum who was also my professor, and one was from the director of my honors college.
Other Schools applied: University of Texas at Austin (Accepted), University of Wisconsin Madison (Accepted), NYU (Accepted), Lehigh University (Accepted). USC was my number one school and it was the only one I thought I wouldn’t get into and now that I did I hope financial aid is manageable. </p>
<p>Rejected - Marshall</p>
<p>Decision Date: May 22nd</p>
<p>My stats are on page 2.</p>
<p>Accepted - Marshall School of Business/Business Administration</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (23rd May, 2014)</p>
<p>My Information:
Other:
[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: Stanford University (Accepted)
[</em>] Comments: I usually don’t post in forums but felt thankful towards CollegeConfidential for helping me gauge my education level compared to those that apply to USC, so I would like to return the favor with a small act.</p>
<p>If you ever read this, please do not worry in your abilities and hard work, no matter whatever school you may apply to. Decisions threads always make me feel more stressful after seeing them; those that post their decisions are usually those that got accepted, and, well, let me tell you that you’re not alone when all you see is 3.8 to 4.0 GPA, and work experience like “being a CEO” or “managing my own company.”</p>
<p>Coming to terms with myself even before my application process, I realized that I would never gather enough impressive work merits in time for my application to Transfer, so I used what was available to me, and tried the hardest to present myself in the best manner possible as a Transfer student.</p>
<p>So don’t worry about your low GPA, or your next-to-none experience, or anything that isn’t important. Believe in yourself, and know that if you truly deserve to be at USC, or Stanford, or even a random university that I haven’t heard of, you will be accepted. What is left at the end of the day is this question: are you able to communicate your passion and dedication within your application? And to those that truly do have passion and dedication, I think you already know the answer.</p>
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<p>@transfer919191 Did you get reject marshall but accpet econ major? </p>