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They'll have better "credentials" if waiting 4 months? (Unless admission is contingent upon further coursework, a different matter.)
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<p>No, there will be space for them. Some students will withdraw, others will be elsewhere for the semester or graduating. USC (in LA but the same holds true for the USC in Columbia according to the article above) gets to keep its population up, and the qualified students get into a school that might otherwise reject them. Where's the problem?</p>