<p>If you got into UCLA, did you get into USC as well? Or just one or the other? i know one is public and one is private so they have nothing to do with each other, but I'm curious.</p>
<p>I was accepted into UCLA but because I'm out of state I'm hoping the financial aid will be better at USC so I really want to get in....</p>
<p>How do the two schools admissions relate? Do you usually get into both?</p>
<p>I was accepted to both UCLA and USC on scholarship. Although the average stats (GPA/SAT/ACT) are similar at both universities, I have seen people get rejected from UCLA but admitted to USC, and vice versa. The UC system as a whole is very GPA oriented, whereas, USC is entirely holistic. I’m not saying the UC’s don’t care about your essays, ECs, etc, but I definitely feel that USC looks for more well-rounded individuals than the UCs do. </p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Not in my case. I am a transfer student and I got into UCLA and was denied by USC. So, an acceptance from UCLA is not a sign of acceptance from USC.</p>
<p>Anyone who would bother applying to UCLA is not a Trojan! J/k. Good luck to you…</p>
<p>Applied to both for transfer from out of state and USC ended up being cheaper and had a better program for my major. Being from out of state and the way financial aid is currently with both schools I imagine you’ll get a better financial aid package from USC. This worked out because USC is where I wanted to be :)</p>
<p>DS applied to both UCLA and USC as an engineering major. Rejected at UCLA and accepted at USC. I think holistic application process at USC benefited him. He only applied to UCLA to please family. USC was dream school. Here now and loves it!</p>
<p>hahaha Legacy Mom! 
Even though students do apply to both schools, a good fit SC student would not be in a good place at UCLA (and the other way around).</p>
<p>My son got into both. 25% scholarship for SC. But only $2,500 Regent for UCLA. However Cal grant and Pell grant will make it almost cost free.</p>
<p>Lol legacymom (and racedad)- S looked at both and refused to apply to UCLA. He has been firm about school choice since kindergarten and we have never regretted it!</p>
<p>OP, same position as you. I applied OOS to UCLA and got accepted but just to make parents happy really. Would much rather go to USC. We’ll see how it goes, but I don’t quality for need based aid so being a Trojan isn’t looking likely to me right now</p>
<p>Same story here squiggles. S1 had been dreaming about USC since 6th grade. When it came time to apply, we considered UCLA because they have a film school. I asked him if he were accepted to UCLA and got into their film school and got into USC, but not the SCA, where he would go. Without skipping a beat he said USC. So I told him not to even waste time with UCLA and he didn’t. (I’ve since learned you can’t apply to UCLA’s film school as a freshman anyway.) I’ll never forget the day he sent me an email thanking me for being a Trojan and, thereby, introducing him to USC. (It was the day after we beat the Duckies!)</p>
<p>I was rejected from UCLA. I heard that USC cares much more about the SAT than do the UCs, which would help me (I have a 2340 superscored). My GPA was average for accepted students at UCLA (4.15 UC GPA) and I don’t know which GPA USC looks at (my UW is a bit below 3.8, but I took 5 weighted classes junior year and 2 soph year). Do you guys think USC takes into account hardship more than UCLA? My father died when I was 11 and my mother had fairly serious breast cancer freshman-soph years, so I was basically independent. I also had 250+ volunteer hours and 100+ hours in an internship with a local assemblyman. I did have a bit of a problem first semester senior year related to one of my friends I have known my whole life committing suicide (yep, another hardship…) and I fell into fairly severe mental/emotional problems and got a D+ in AP Calculus B/C. I explained everything with a note from my counselor in a fax I sent to them and I have talked to my admissions counselor a couple of times, so hopefully they do not take my first semester senior grades into account much. You guys think I have a shot? I’ve been accepted to UCD and UCSD so far (rejected from UCLA).</p>
<p>Figuring out which schools will accept you and which won’t is never an easy thing. You might have the exact same scores, essays and EC’s displayed on each application, yet get accepted at one and not the other- even though they are very similar school with similar student profiles. It is not only about YOU, it is also the school trying to put together a class with all the elements they need. For example, they may have already accepted all of the tuba players that want that year, but you play trumpet. (Yes, that is a deliberately silly example). ADCOMS are trying to put together a well rounded and diverse class- if you are not accepted to one school, but at another that might puzzle you, but it may not be about YOU but about the school trying to put together a class of people with different interests and skills. Another year, you might have been accepted at the one you weren’t. Its hard to remember that if you don’t get in, it may not be about YOU but about the school and what they need at that moment.</p>
<p>Fastsauce: you sound like a really determined and talented person who has overcome a lot. I’m sure there will be schools that will love to have you, and where you will be very happy. Whether it is USC or another school, most students end up happy with the school that they choose to attend. I know that’s hard to remember at this stage, but chances are your WILL be happy wherever you end up.</p>
<p>Keep in mind UCLA is a public university funded by the taxpayers of the state of California. The mission at UCLA is to serve the students in the state. California residents are given priority.</p>
<p>USC is a private university. It is not funded by the state of California. Slightly over half of the students are from California, but it draws almost half of the student body from other states or from countries around the world.</p>
<p>These are the SAT scores posted by each university for the class that entered in August of 2011. </p>
<p>Number in freshmen class:
UCLA 5825
USC 2931</p>
<p>SAT Scores
UCLA Critical Reading
560-690
USC
610-720</p>
<p>UCLA Math
610-740
USC
670-770</p>
<p>UCLA Writing
590-710
USC
650-740</p>
<p>ACT Scores-Both use best single score
UCLA ACT Composite
25-31</p>
<p>USC ACT Composite
29-33</p>
<p>Faculty Student Ratio
UCLA estimate 1/18 2010 was 1/17
USC 1/9</p>
<p>Each school has different missions and are building classes that fit their “campus culture”. Admittance to one has no bearing on admittance to the other.</p>
<p>I was accepted to UCLA yesterday, but the only real reason I applied was due to the name-dropping effect it has on people (which I know is less effective now due to the economy) and because I took a trip to Cali over the summer and my uncle drove me around all the UC campuses in one week (he asked me to apply since he used to work in a UC)! (Most epic trip EVER I must add.) I must admit that I was more amazed with USC than UCLA. I have a lot of relatives who went to USC and still contribute financially and academically. What I think separates a Trojan from a “bruin” is that a typical Trojan is a consistent, well-rounded applicant who wants a reliable private education; a typical bruin is one with talents (which vary), but that is willing to risk having an adjunct for two years in every class at a public university (which is questionable). All I can really say about SC is that it’s on the upswing in terms of educational opportunities and notoriety, while UCLA is beginning to really tumble under economic pressure. With that said, I really hope to get a big package from SC in the coming days! My Trojan senses are tingling again as it is that time of the year:)</p>
<p>Just to reaffirm what peeps are saying about admits. My son was accepted to every UC he applied to, even UCLA. USC also accepted him but Stanford turned him down. However Stanford took only one student from his HS and that person’s SAT and class standing were below my son. So you never know.</p>
<p>Applied OOS to some of the UCs, got into San Diego and Santa Barbara, but got the boot from LA last night. If it is true that USC takes a holistic approach(fresh and soph years GPAs werent so great since i wasnt “allowed” to take any accelerated courses) with their applications, i can only cross my fingers that i can go to Southern California for college and hopefully stay there for good.</p>
<p>Get this. If you want to see the difference between USC’s holistic admissions and UCLA’s by-the-book mentality:
I received a nomination for the Trustee scholarship from USC in January, and was recently waitlisted for UCLA.
2320 SAT/4.44 GPA
So the admissions at USC and UCLA are very different, guys.</p>
<p>It’s okay though, since USC is my top choice.</p>
<p>I’m really hoping so too- I was waitlisted at UCLA last night- 2030 sat, 4.2 GPA, lots of ECs, summer internship at CAL, Varsity lacrosse, succeeded despite the fact that I’ve been in constant pain for over a year now and have had two surgeries in the past year- there’s also been a small upward trend in my grades (I couldn’t get much higher grades than I already was getting). Really hope I will get that Trojan acceptance soon though!</p>
<p>I was accepted to UCLA (and honestly I was shocked; my stats are average for UCLA and I thought their numbers-heavy admission would kill me) but I reeeaally hope I get into USC. It’s my 1st choice :’(</p>