<p>i saw on the other thread that if they don't ask for senior year grades then you are a scholarship candidate, is this true?</p>
<p>Some of those who were invited to interview for scholarships found out before mid-term grades were available (approximately at the end of January.)</p>
<p>"we have completed a preliminary review of your application..." </p>
<p>yikes....I am so nervous now!</p>
<p>Finally Mine Says!</p>
<p>We have completed a preliminary review of your application. We sometimes request additional information (senior-year grades, for example), so be sure to watch the mail. You may submit senior year grades at <a href="http://www.usc.edu/MDYResponse%5B/url%5D">www.usc.edu/MDYResponse</a>, even if we did not specifically request them. We are continuing to review applications and expect to mail notification of a decision by April 1st.</p>
<p>Click here to submit mid-year grades online.
Status last updated: 1/15/2008 4:18:03 PM </p>
<p>I can not believe i have to wait as late as April 1st to find out!</p>
<p>a preliminary review has been completed.</p>
<p>i may not get in, but there is still a chance!</p>
<p>So is the last update going to be the one that says they have finished a prelimanary review? Mine has said that since 12/21</p>
<p>Yeah, mine's been that way since 12/19. ^^;</p>
<p>I submitted Jan 10</p>
<p>Mine says:</p>
<p>We have received and are currently reviewing your application. We recommend you check here occasionally for an update on the status of your application.
Status last updated: 1/17/2008 9:54:07 AM</p>
<p>I'm confused. What is the order of messages? Is the 'currently reviewing' before or after 'completed preliminary review'? Where are you in the process if it says:</p>
<p>Your application is being reviewed by the admission committee. We will mail notification of their decision by April 1. If for some reason you don't receive our written notice, we will be happy to provide the results over the phone beginning April 11th.</p>
<p>Here is my suspicion. The preliminary review is just someone in the office making sure that all of the parts of your application (letters of rec, grades etc.) are in. After that is confirmed, then the admissions committee can actually review your application.</p>
<p>rondafaye-
I believe that "currently reviewing" comes after "completed preliminary review." My status page had the latter message until yesterday; it was updated and I now have the message as the one you posted.</p>
<p>Uhhhhh what the eff. Mine has been saying completed preliminary review since 12/21</p>
<p>Yeah, my status says that they have done a preliminary review since 12/3. I applied for the 12/10 priority deadline and submitted my application in late-October.</p>
<p>Ugh..."preliminary review" since 12/13...submitted late October...I really cannot stand waiting anymore. I can't help but think that the message is different for those who they've already picked for Trustees/Presidential interviews.</p>
<p>This sucks not just because of the waiting, but also because if I don't get some kind of money there is no way I can afford USC. I say they pull a Harvard and release their endowment!</p>
<p>Submitted it on 6th jan..</p>
<p>We have received application and are preparing your file for review. We recommend you check here occasionally for an update on the status of your application.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>This is strange. Why are there so many different types of ways to state the same status? So far, I've seen like five different versions of the same "We have completed your preliminary review...yadda yadda.."</p>
<p>So is mrniceguy the only person whose status went from "we have completed a preliminary review" to "we are now reviewing"? My son's status has been the preliminary one since 12/13; he applied 12/7. Since we're all trying to read the tea leaves, I hope everyone whose status changes will report back.</p>
<p>Do students who apply to the RHP (which requires a paper application by 12/10) get a status page? And if so, how do you find it?</p>
<p>Hmmm, is this significant - like does this have anything to do with scholarship consideration?</p>
<p>"Your application is being reviewed by the admission committee. We will mail notification of their decision by April 1. If for some reason you don't receive our written notice, we will be happy to provide the results over the phone beginning April 11th."
Status last updated: 1/19/2008 4:13:27 AM</p>
<p>I have no idea what it said before =/</p>
<p>D's status has also remained at "preliminary review" since 12/03.</p>