<p>yeah confucius37 keep me posted.
The new program sounds really great beammeup4.</p>
<p>Also, I dunno about the rest of you but I got a package from Viterbi with these exact words in it: "With help from your advisors you can push the envelope academically and combine your B.S. with an M.S. degree and graduate in five years."</p>
<p>the big question for me is if usc, for an undergraduate (key word), is really worth 40,000+ dollars. again, my likely major is biology, but that is not definitive. i am interested in politics as well.</p>
<p>if my chances of getting financial aid after my freshman year are good, i would lean towards sc.</p>
<p>If you like politics as well, you might wanna email or call the school and find out what kind of programs they have, perhaps you could double major, or maybe there is a 5 year program similair to the engineering one. If you could get 2 degrees or a BS and an MA then I would say that it could be worth it.</p>
<p>confucius37, I also got a package from Viterbi. Are you talking about their accelerated dual degree programs? Mine says the same too.
I think beammeup4 was talking about 3-2 program which allows students to get B.S/B.A in five years. Not entirely sure you can also get Master's in five year though.</p>
<p>no, I specifically asked about the 5-year BS/Master's program. It's a new university-wide program:</p>
<p>Being that I'm a current student and you're not, wouldn't you think I'd know better?</p>
<p>You can get a bachelor's and a master's in virtually anything. It's not restricted to engineering, but since I'm an engineer, I asked the engineering department. Current Trojans: this is what you miss out if you don't read the DT every day! But again, it's not that easy since you have to get a 3.5 GPA.</p>
<p>That seems like a different program to me it speaks of a "progressive degree prorgram" where you could get the bs/ms in four years. The letter I got specifically said five years. Also in the article that you posted it states that:</p>
<p>"USC already offers several dual degree programs for specific combinations, and students must get both degrees at the same time, Servis said."</p>
<p>If you look in the undergraduate bulletin you recieved is says that "students can complete both a bachelors and a masters of science in the same engineering field in a reduced amount of time" page 10</p>
<p>Notice the article said "in AS LITTLE as four years". The engineering curriculum is much more rigorous and demanding than the other schools, so in the UG bulletin, they say 5 years.</p>
<p>Plus, this program wasn't officially approved at the printing of the UG bulletin. At that time, there was a program in place known as the "4+1", which means if you're in aerospace, you get a BS in aerospace and an MS in aerospace and so on. That's the dual degree program "USC already offers." Whether or not the bulletin was implying the old program or the new one, I'm not sure. But it doesn't matter. USC offers a program here where you can get 2 degrees in AS LITTLE as four years, but for engineers, it will probably take at least 5.</p>
<p>Again, the details are a little shady right now because they are in the process of changing from the old program (current juniors and up) to the new program (sophs, freshmen, and you guys).</p>
<p>Ok I see, so if they are going to change to this new program, will I still be able to get a BS in EE and an MS in EE as with the old program?</p>
<p>yes, you'll still be able to do that! All the new program did was expand your options and eliminate the need to do a lot of pre-planning.</p>
<p>Ok I see, thanks for the info. Now my next question becomes, how hard is it to get a 3.5 GPA</p>
<p>sorry beammeup4, I didn't mean to say that you are wrong. I was just saying what I saw in the booklet. :(</p>
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lol, I usually don't read the whole paper everyday :o</p>
<p>And confucius, it's hard to get a 3.5. My 1st semester grades were all Bs, and I have a 2.9 gpa. And thanks to my *****ed up midterms from last week, it's probably going to go down. :(</p>
<p>Man now this really sucks because I just found out that UCSD has a 5 year B.S/M.Eng. program for EE and now I am REALLY torn. the UCSD program calls for a minimum of 3.0 gpa, but to actually have a chance at getting in its more like 3.5. I wonder how competitive both of these programs are. I am determined to do a 5 year masters program, but I can't decide which school will give me a better chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Well, I know the USC one is simply "if you have a 3.5+ GPA, you're in." There's no admissions process to be done.</p>
<p>consider also the fact that at UCSD, you're competing with a much larger class for the good grades.</p>