USC Transfer Decisions Thread 2015

@jasmine2468 Haha I’m more stressed out now that she called me. I had heard back from UCLA and LMU that they were rejecting me so I totally disregarded USC and Chapman and was making plans to stay at home another year, but now that she’s called me I’m obsessed and stressed out and confused. I don’t understand how every other school rejects me but USC, the most competitive one, is interested in me??? At east you got into UCLA! Thats so freakin exciting!

Accepted - Marshall/Business Administration

Decision Date & Time: April 29th, 2015

Stats:

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[] College transferring from: Out of state Four-year
[
] Entering as: Junior
[] GPA: about a 4.15 (so maybe just 4.0, not sure)
[
] Units completed: 47 (plus 24 from AP scores I think)
[] Units in progress: 14
[
] Pre-reqs completed: AP test completes Business Calc requirement
[] GEs completed: Writing, Math, Diversity, all possible GE Categories, will satisfy Language with placement test
[/ul]Subjective:

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] ECs listed on app: Intern for a USC organization, High School MUN Club Vice President
[] Job/Work Experience: working for my mom’s company that she started at USC; firefighter training; IT systems work
[
] Essays (subject and responses): Main one: why I see myself at USC- I think it was pretty good
Non-Academic Pursuit: talked about my love for crocheting; I know it sounds boring, but the essay itself was pretty awesome (if I can say that about my own essay, sorry!)

Academic pursuits: talked about how I want to double major in Business and Political Science, plus hopefully an Econ minor and continued foreign language study
[] Letters of Recommendation: two from professors, didn’t read them but I think they were probably positive
[/ul]Other: Trojan Transfer Plan applicant, and I know a few languages but I’m not sure that helped

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[li] Other schools applied to: None![/li][
] Comments: Woohoo!! So incredibly happy that I was accepted, can’t wait to finally be a part of the Trojan Family for myself- I’m a legacy so it feels like family, but getting to attend myself is really a dream come true. Can’t wait to see all of you guys there! :slight_smile:

@jamiethuy thank you so much! Yes I did :slight_smile: I could not be happier with my decision!! Brings tears to my eyes lol

Does anyone know how I can find a roommate? I heard USC sends out a fb page to all the transfer? I also found a fb group “fall 2015 USC transfers” but I still have not been accepted into the group. It says pending lol.

@nguod94 still waiting for usc. The wait is killing me :frowning: can I ask are you a boy or girl? I couldnt tell from your username

@jamiethuy I am a girl! Haha to be honest I made this account when I was in high school and I don’t even remember what the username stood for lol!

@jamiethuy & stay positive!! You got this!

[ color=orange][ b]Spring Grade Request - Keck School of Medicine/Global Health[ /b][ /color]

[ color=blue][ b]Decision Date & Time: (April 24- YouSC)**[/color]

[ b]Stats:[ /b]
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[ *]College transferring from: Orange Coast College
[ *]Entering as: Sophmore
[ *]GPA: 4.0
[ *]Units completed: 21 (and 6 during high school)
[ *]Units in progress: 18
[ *]Pre-reqs completed: All
[ *]GEs completed: All (will be done after current semester)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b]
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[ *]ECs listed on app: volunteered at hospital for past couple years, volunteer tutor
[ *]Job/Work Experience: nanny, tutor, retail
[ *]Essays (subject and responses): talked about how I am transferring even though i was accepted to schools last year, this is my second chance to get into school that has perfect program for me with my major
[ *]Letters of Recommendation: from spanish teacher where i got highest grade in the class
[ /list][ b]Other:[ /b]
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[ *]Other schools applied to: none
[ *]Comments: I spoke to the advisor for my area from USC and she said it’s very common for freshman to get SGR, so we should not worry at all even though it’s stressful! They just want to make sure we’re keeping our grades up so hopefully our acceptance will be based upon that after this semester!

also, has anyone heard financial aid info who was accepted??

@nguod94 It just I’m already got into other schools that I applied to and waiting for USC is killing me. Hopefully I can get in so I can at least know someone from the school. Did you find any roommates?

financial aid comes out a few days after you get accepted I believe. @Smoon12

Does anyone have “Eligibility Check” on their youSC portal under their aid section?

Thanks for everyone who shared! I love reading stats to see how I compare with others and see what kind of applicants get accepted. Although there’s never an assurance, anything helps! Thanks again guys! Please continue share more stats to help future transfer students like me!

Accepted - Marshall/Business Administration

Decision Date & Time: (Wednesday, May 6th)

Stats:

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[] College transferring from: CC from the bay area
[
] Entering as:Junior
[] GPA: 4.0
[
] Units completed: 51
[] Units in progress: 18
[
] Pre-reqs completed: [Calc, English, Micro, Macro, Financial Accounting]+ Managerial Accounting in progress
[] GEs completed: All, diversity in progress
[/ul]Subjective:

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[
] ECs listed on app: Not much…they were all from high school
[] Job/Work Experience: One retail job and one office job
[
] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about business administration and my retail job 6/10
[] Letters of Recommendation: 1 from counselor
[/ul]Other:

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[
] Other schools applied to: UCB, UCLA, UCI, UCSB - all accepted except UCB is a spring admit
[*] Comments: super excited to join the Trojan family! Best of luck to everyone! You can do it! Fight on!

congrats to everyone getting acceptances!!! @nguod94 ive started looking on roomsurf .com which seems pretty good! i was also looking on the usc housing website and they said they have their own program to help match up students so you can rely on that too

Did any UC students get their acceptances yet?

@Shortstop3 congrats! Did the letter have any stats on how many students got in?

**Accepted - Marshall School of Business/Business Administration (Pre-accounting) **

**Decision Date: May 5th **

Stats:

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[] College transferring from: Santa Monica College (International Student)
[
] Entering as: Sophomore
[] GPA: 3.73
[
] Units completed: 31
[] Units in progress: 14
[
] Pre-reqs completed: All of them
[] GEs completed: 3 categories completed
[/ul]Subjective:

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[
] ECs listed on application: Verified Member of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honour Society.
[] Job/Work Experience: Working as a French tutor at the Language Tutoring Center
[
] Essays (subject and responses): I think they made my application stand out… Very good essays.
[] Letters of Recommendation: One, from my Accounting professor.
[/ul]Other:

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[
] Other schools applied to: None
[li] Comments: I was not expecting an acceptance. I was convinced to get, at least a Spring Grade Request! I am delighted! I never had access to Oasis, and the acceptance came through the mail. The YouSC portal has not been updated yet.[/li]
Fight on!

Can we change the name of this thread? I feel like it’s so misleading and Inconsistent with the typical name, ‘USC Transfer Decisions Thread’.

@RAHforHEE Great suggestion it is tripping some ppl up here - does @1mHello1m have the ability change it they were nice to start it for everyone - not sure how that works?