<p>I don't know why, but I am predicting a higher than usual yield at USC for Fall 2006.....which may not be a good thing.</p>
<p>Last year, 33% of their 8000+ accepted students enrolled.....Since this was a tough year for college applications, I am predicting the yield will go dramatically up and the University will be having a slight problem accomodating all students.....I take my assumption from not reading a lot of "going somewhere else"s on this forum.....</p>
<p>What do you say? 8400 were accepted......maybe a 40% yield? Maybe more?</p>
<p>I actually think that it might go down. I think USC is accepting more and more qualified people every year, because they're trying really hard to boost their ranking on US News (thank goodness, let's see USC slip into the top 20 sometime in the near future). However, the majority of the people accepted do not receive merit scholarships. Thus, if they don't get a good financial aid packet, they might opt for a UC. And I know plenty of people who got into USC but went to another school because more of their friends were going there.</p>
<p>Though I can definitely see where your viewpoint is coming from :) I think it could swing either way. I guess we'll just have to wait and see for official stats.</p>
<p>With the difficulty at tops schools, USC is going to benefit. Especially with the merit scholarships to those who were borderline (like me), which will influence them to pick USC, which is becoming a really good school. </p>
<p>I'm really interested to see what happens, since this process is full of twists and turns.</p>
<p>As of a result of recent hypercompetitiveness, people are applying to more and more colleges because they are apprehensive about their chances at top schools. Each year it gets more and more difficult and so people apply to more and more schools on average.</p>
<p>This may actually cause an effect of lowering the yield rate because students have so many others choices to pick from.</p>
<p>I still think the yield rate could go up, but the effect I outlined above might offset that a little bit. I'm sure USC is on top of these things and will base their acceptances on whatever they predict the yield rate will be.</p>
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<p>Yea, with regards to in-state students. Still, because of California's fantastic weather, relaxed lifestlye, and plentiful job opportunities, many out-of-staters attend private colleges in Cali.</p>
<p>I think people who decide against USC just stop visiting this forum, and that's why you don't hear many people saying that they're not coming.</p>
<p>Personally, my issue was not that I got accepted to better schools, but rather that I couldn't afford USC, and so I will probably have to go to a lesser-ranked school.</p>
<p>The yield will actually go down. USC is undergoing a heavy campaign to reduce the class size and increase the quality of matriculants/applicants. If you havent noticed, the SAT I average for USC goes up about 30 points every year. You can definately expect USC to be top 25 within 5 years or so.</p>