Accepted - Dornsife/Neuroscience (First)
Spring Grade Request - Dornsife/Neuroscience or Human Biology
Decision Date & Time: April 28 SGR
Decision Date & Time: May 28 Accept (Portal did not update until 31st)
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[] College transferring from: Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte NC
[] Entering as: Sophomore
[] High School GPA: 2.1
[] SAT: 600R/650M/640w
[] GPA: 4.0
[] Units completed: 36 CPCC, 15 AP (USC accepts only 12 of my AP)
[] Units in progress: 7 (Summer)
[] Pre-reqs completed: I think all but physics, and I am currently in Calculus for the summer
[] GEs completed: Not a lot of them
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[] ECs listed on app: Job -Starbucks
[] Job/Work Experience: Starbucks 35 hr/week
[] Essays (subject and responses): The Common App I wrote about what I want to do in neuroscience; the USC essay’s I wrote about work and why I’m interested in Neuroscience
[] Letters of Recommendation: One from my AP Chemistry teacher, one from my English Professor
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[] Other schools applied to: Boston University (Accepted), UNC Chapel Hill (Denied), Appalachian State University (Accepted)
[li] Comments: Did so bad in high school but turned it around haha straight to USC![/li]My AP’s were Chem 4 Psych 4 Bio 3 USH 2
**Accepted - SDA, BA Visual and Performing Arts Studies **
Spring Grade Request - None, Took This Year Off To Work
**Decision Date & Time: May 28 Accept (Portal did not update until 31st) **
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[]College transferring from: Private 4 Year in Oklahoma
[]Entering as: Junior
[]GPA: 3.9
[]Units completed: 90 College; 9 AP
[]Units in progress: 0
[]Pre-reqs completed: May still need a semester of Spanish
[]GEs completed: Most
[/ul]Subjective:
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[]ECs listed on app: In a Dance Company while in college; Interned with a commercial Jazz Company in Chicago during a summer; Acting Improv, many ECs in high school.
[]Job/Work Experience: Retail Store, Dance Choreography (won awards), Teaching Dance at Studio, Nanny
[]Essays (subject and responses): Mostly wrote about why I was interested in transferring and changing majors, which was to gain broader exposure to the arts and use a wider range of talents
[]Letters of Recommendation: 3, all from professors/Dean at Oklahoma college
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[]Other schools applied to: Loyola Marymount (Accepted), UC Riverside (Denied), Cal State Long Beach (Denied), Chapman (Denied, Film Studies);
[li]Comments: I don’t think I had the prerequisites done for the California public schools, but decided to try anyway;[/li]My AP’s were Macro Econ 4 US History 4 English Lang & Comp 5
Accepted- Dornsife, Middle Eastern Studies (second choice, Annenberg was my first)
Spring Grade Request (5/22), send them in (5/26)
Decision Date & Time: May 28 Accept (Portal did not update until 31st)
Stats:
College transferring from: University of Miami
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.6 (fall) 3.72 (spring)
Units completed: 33
Units in progress: 0
GEs completed: Category I and the diversity requeirment
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: A lot of volunteering within the special needs community, journalism and media clubs, volleyball, sorority
Job/Work Experience: Retail and restaurant jobs
Letters of Recommendation: 2, my professor and my advisor at Miami
Other schools applied to: None
Comments: Don’t give up, I was certain I was in store for a rejection but was happily surprised! I also had a W in my math class first semester, which I thought would hurt me. Basically, you never know what SC is looking for and seriously believe in yourself and be patient! Fight On!!!
Accepted - Undecided, dornsife
Spring Grade Request - 4/28
Decision Date & Time: May 28 Accept (Portal did not update until 12:00 am 5/31)
Stats:
College transferring from: ccc
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.75
Units completed: 30 College;
Units in progress:
Pre-reqs completed: all
GEs completed: Most
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
Job/Work Experience: RA job
Essays (subject and response): L very USC specific and how I grew up only loving USC
Letters of Recommendation: 1 college academic advisor
Comments: also put phi theta kappa honors society, on presidents honor roll two semesters, RA job is a pretty impressive job and was fortunate to be on TTP. Good luck to all! This has been my dream since 4th grade I can’t wait to be a Trojan! Up for any questions
Accepted - Marshall School of Business. Major: Business Administration
Spring Grade Request on 5/6. Sent my grades 5/13
May 31 notified by USC Portal. PDF dates 5/28
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[ *] College transferring from: CC in Hawaii
[ *] Entering as: Junior?
[ *] GPA: 3.9
[ *] Units completed: 66
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: Business Calc, Accounting 1
[ *] GEs completed: All except Arts and Letters
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[ *] ECs listed on app: Work as a reservationist at a hotel, PTK.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Sales associate and reservations
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about strengthening my social skills
[ *] Letters of Recommendation: One letter of recommendation
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[ *] Other schools applied to: None. USC or die.
[ *] Comments: I had my doubts of being accepted because I took the easiest Calculus class and I don’t have the strongest EC’s as other applicants but I am in! Also, I only took one class in the Spring semester. I’m glad I emailed my counselor and bugged her about my application otherwise she wouldn’t have asked me why I was only taking one class and I wouldn’t have been able to explain what other activities I was involved in. 
**Accepted - Viterbi/CS[ /b]
Decision Date & Time: May 28, 2015
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[] College transferring from: Top 80 public 4-year
[] Entering as: Junior
[] GPA: 3.78
[] Units completed: 55
[] Units in progress: 15
[] Pre-reqs completed: Most of them? Not totally sure, but definitely not all of them
[] GEs completed: See above
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[] ECs listed on app: Nothing too special, some high school robotics stuff and volunteer work
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship freshman year, and e-mailed my admissions person after and told her I’d be working as a software engineering intern at a pretty big company
[] Essays (subject and responses): Decent common app essay but the USC supplemental ones were kinda meh
[] Letters of Recommendation: Two from CS professors
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[] Other schools applied to: Rejected from LA and Berkeley
[*] Comments: Good luck to whoever’s reading this!
Question: It would seem counterproductive to send out SGRs to people that USC would reject right? I mean, I got a SGR in the beginning of May and just submitted my transcripts last week, and I was certain I would’ve been rejected last month because my essay really sucked, but I guess not? I ended my freshman year with a 3.92, and took 20 units (6 classes) my spring semester. So in all likelihood, wouldn’t they have rejected me in the first place rather than send me a SGR if they didn’t want me?
Accepted - Business Administration
Marshall School of Business
Decision Date & Time: 5/28/15
Stats:
Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.9
Units completed: ~61
Units in progress: none
Pre-reqs completed: All
GEs completed: All
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Community service, achievements/internships/jobs, student government
Job/Work Experience: Student Ambassador at CC Admin Office
Essays (subject and responses): Researched about the programs offered at Marshall, tied it back to my career aspirations
Letters of Recommendation: 2. One from my Accounting Professor (USC Marshall MBA Grad) , one from my employer
@emwrbrtn @notphil @piano1900 i also got an sgr but my semester just ended last week so i was wondering how long it took to get usc decision after you sent your grades in? also did u just send in unofficial transcript so it would be done faster? congrats to all of you!!
@Smoon12 about 2-3 weeks! And i sent an official transcript.
@Smoon12 I emailed my unofficial one and found out in 2 weeks
Accepted - English; USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sent in u/o transcripts on May 26
Decision Date: May 30
Stats-
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.92
HS GPA: 3.3 weighted
SAT: 1490
Units completed: 39 (including a 3 unit AP score)
Units in progress: none
Pre-reqs completed: Not sure
GEs completed: No clue
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Intern at magazine, contributor to online publication, sales associate at Old Navy, published author of children’s book, started anti-bullying club in high school, danced my entire high school career, don’t remember what else I put
Essays (subject and responses): Meaningful but not my best essays, solid 6 out of 10
Letters of Recommendation: 2, one from journalism teacher, one from my magazine editor
[ color=green]Accepted - USC Marshall FOR SPRING[/color]
[ color=blue]Decision Date & Time: (June 3rd)[/color]
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[] College transferring from: Gettysburg College
[] Entering as: Sophomore (Assumption)
[] GPA: 3.75
[] Units completed: 32
[] Units in progress:0
[] Pre-reqs completed:I believe all
[li] GEs completed: I believe 5[/li]
[] ECs listed on app: I started a few businesses that have been relatively successful I think that is what put me over the hump. I also played college basketball for a year.
[] Job/Work Experience: Listed above
[] Essays (subject and responses): Thought my essays were solid
[] Letters of Recommendation: got 2 from a well respected Econ professor, and one from a senior member of a large financial firm
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[] Other schools applied to: UVA accepted
[] Comments: If you make an application that genuinely sets you apart you will have a chance. Had around a 3.0 high school GPA and 1910 SAT.
@WhitneyJoy There are multiple reasons why you would get a SGR and no one except the admission counselors know exactly why. But many applicants have speculated over the years. I’m assuming that you’ll be entering as a sophomore if you’re offered admission? That doesn’t give USC a lot of information to base their decision on, hence the SGR. Also, did you take any GEs or major prep courses during the Spring? If so, that’s another reason why they may have SGR’d you. Keep in mind that while SGRs aren’t as heartbreaking as rejections, they don’t indicate an acceptance either. Some people on this forum have been rejected after an SGR. So basically, it’s not bad & it’s not good. It’s simply a request for more information (think winter grade request).
On a side note, USC is known to use a holistic review while looking at applications so a “sucky” essay wouldn’t automatically call for a rejection. A 3.92 GPA is pretty high! I applied with a 3.2 (haha). Anyways, hope this helped and good luck to you!
@woahwhat yeah thanks for your message! Actually was accepted yesterday!
** Accepted - Marshall/Business Administration SPRING ADMIT **
Spring Grade Request - Marshall/Business Administration April 28 Sent Spring Grades on May 22
**Decision Date & Time: June 2nd **
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[] College transferring from: CSULB
[] Entering as: Junior/Sophomore???
[] GPA: 3.73
[] Units completed: 59
[] Units in progress:
[] Pre-reqs completed: Business Calc, English
[] GEs completed: All
[] ECs listed on app: Volunteered at a bunch of different places
[] Job/Work Experience:Manager of a local property
[] Essays (subject and responses): I felt my essays were pretty good;the essays really allowed me to show them the type of person I am without directly saying it.
[] Letters of Recommendation: Got 2 I assume they where good
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[] Other schools applied to: USC or Bust
[*] Comments:
Accepted - Dornsife/International Relations
Decision Date & Time: (June 2nd)
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[] College transferring from: University of California, Irvine
[] Entering as: Junior?
[] GPA: 3.35
[] Units completed: 80 Quarter Units (Don’t know which counts)
[] Units in progress: 16 Q
[] Pre-reqs completed: all of them (for my 1st choice major at least)
[] GEs completed: Many, not sure which atm
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[] ECs listed on app: Job, personal business, founder of a club, high school stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at an internship, worked on my own business
[] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about my business work. They could have been better tbh.
[] Letters of Recommendation: One from accounting professor.
[/ul]Other: Legacy (father), International Student (Korean)
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[li] Other schools applied to: USC, UCLA, UCB, BU / Got into USC and BU[/li][] Comments: My gpa is an EPIC FAIL, but I still got in. Never lose hope. I was expecting a straight up rejection until today.
**Accepted - Marshall/business admin. SPRING ADMIT **
**Spring Grade Request - 5/2 **
**Decision Date & Time: 6/5 **
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[] College transferring from: Pasadena City College
[] Entering as: sophomore
[ ] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Units completed: 33
[ *] Units in progress: 0
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: Calc 2/ English
[] GEs completed: 1
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[] ECs listed on app: volunteer for rose parade, baseball in high school, Alpha Gamma Sigma honor society
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Essays (subject and responses): 6/10
[] Letters of Recommendation: 3–2 from high school teacher/counselor
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[] Other schools applied to: n/a
[] comments: fight on!! So happy it all worked out. Now I get to take more GEs at PCC and save money 
Accepted June 4th, 2015- Dornsife/ Global Studies
Spring Admit
College transferring from: CSUF
[ *] Entering as: Junior
[ *] GPA: 3.13
[ *] Units completed: 53
[ *] Units in progress: none
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: some
[ *] GEs completed:some
Essays: Focused on poverty alleviation, tied it in with my own community.
Rec Letters: Global studies professor, and ethnic studies professor
EC on app: ASB, on campus clubs, and work with NPO’s
Other schools applied to: USC or bust!!!
Congrats to all !!!
**Accepted - Dornsife for Sociology (my second choice major) and Spring Admit **
**Decision Date & Time: Letter dated June 5, 2015 and received in the mail June 6th **
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[] College transferring from: East Los Angeles College/West Los Angeles College (plus four other CC’s)
[] Entering as: Junior
[] GPA: 3.9 (3.97 if we have to be more precise)
[] Units completed: 76
[] Units in progress:17
[] Pre-reqs completed: Just one for sociology. I had 5 anthro classes, so it’s weird that they accepted me for sociology instead of my first choice.
[li] GEs completed: Diversity and all categories with the exception of the science + lab course.[/li] [/ul]
Subjective:
- [] ECs listed on app: Volunteer at LAC+USC Medical Center and had my own little business in which I would get clients from this volunteer job for a computer repair gig I did at home.
[] Job/Work Experience: None aside from my little “freelance” computer tech business.
[] Essays (subject and responses): 9.3/10? I talked about how I failed to transfer last year and how people from East LA don’t really value education all that much - that it’s not really a priority for the majority of people in my age/neighborhood.
[] Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my linguistic anthropology professor, but according to the Common App, she never sent it in.
Other:
- [] Other schools applied to: UCLA (accepted), UCSD (accepted), and CSULB (accepted)
[] Comments: It was tough to apply again. I was really crushed about not getting in last year. I guess they really do admire people that have the guts to try again. I really am disappointed that I got in for spring as it wasn’t really my fault - I didn’t even get an SGR, so they just got to my application late. USC really is my dream school, but I just don’t know if I can wait until the spring - I want to start as soon as I can. I’m grateful to know that they did want me this time though. Hopefully I can somehow get in for fall. If not, I guess I’m headed off to UCLA (and I really don’t want to go there) 