USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16

[Anonymous]

DD's deferral letter said that only those accepted EA would be considered for merit aid, so I assume most of the EA pool (minus athletes sponsored with coach support and celebrity kids and legacies) had really high merit-worthy stats.

[Anonymous]

I feel like 1440-1540 is the sweet spot for USC. Haven’t looked at their accepted students profile recently but anything higher I feel gets a deferral as a yield protect - unless athlete, legacy, geographic diversity, or underrepresented minority low income is at play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like 1440-1540 is the sweet spot for USC. Haven’t looked at their accepted students profile recently but anything higher I feel gets a deferral as a yield protect - unless athlete, legacy, geographic diversity, or underrepresented minority low income is at play.

Not correct. USC accepts high stats students early --(IEC)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD's deferral letter said that only those accepted EA would be considered for merit aid, so I assume most of the EA pool (minus athletes sponsored with coach support and celebrity kids and legacies) had really high merit-worthy stats.

Only a small percent of EA admits receive merit aid. Many get need-based financial aid. Some are full pay.

[Anonymous]

USC has a mixed reputation for most people not living outside California. Lots of celebrity kids, admissions scandals, and tons of community college transfers. It is crazy to me that a school like USC gets 70,000 applicants eager to pay $90,000 a year. Absolutely blows my mind! I get the appeal of warm weather, but this is bonkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USC has a mixed reputation for most people not living outside California. Lots of celebrity kids, admissions scandals, and tons of community college transfers. It is crazy to me that a school like USC gets 70,000 applicants eager to pay $90,000 a year. Absolutely blows my mind! I get the appeal of warm weather, but this is bonkers.

*for most people living outside California

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD's deferral letter said that only those accepted EA would be considered for merit aid, so I assume most of the EA pool (minus athletes sponsored with coach support and celebrity kids and legacies) had really high merit-worthy stats.

Only a small percent of EA admits receive merit aid. Many get need-based financial aid. Some are full pay.

Well many of USC's EA accepts are also athletes. They field a lot of big teams and sports (Big Ten Conference).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USC has a mixed reputation for most people not living outside California. Lots of celebrity kids, admissions scandals, and tons of community college transfers. It is crazy to me that a school like USC gets 70,000 applicants eager to pay $90,000 a year. Absolutely blows my mind! I get the appeal of warm weather, but this is bonkers.

They are very generous with need-based aid, and don’t include home equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC has a mixed reputation for most people not living outside California. Lots of celebrity kids, admissions scandals, and tons of community college transfers. It is crazy to me that a school like USC gets 70,000 applicants eager to pay $90,000 a year. Absolutely blows my mind! I get the appeal of warm weather, but this is bonkers.

*for most people living outside California

I think you may be the perennial heckler on this board, but my niece just graduated usc and whenever the school name comes up, people are impressed. I travel a lot for work and the reaction is the same - from Seattle to dc. Like ‘wow if my kid got into usc…’ So I’m not so sure about your ‘mixed reputation’ comment. Maybe you’re old stuck in the 90s and a bruin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD's deferral letter said that only those accepted EA would be considered for merit aid, so I assume most of the EA pool (minus athletes sponsored with coach support and celebrity kids and legacies) had really high merit-worthy stats.

Only a small percent of EA admits receive merit aid. Many get need-based financial aid. Some are full pay.

Well many of USC's EA accepts are also athletes. They field a lot of big teams and sports (Big Ten Conference).

Athletes are already committed prior. We know an athlete who been committed for what seems like a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC has a mixed reputation for most people not living outside California. Lots of celebrity kids, admissions scandals, and tons of community college transfers. It is crazy to me that a school like USC gets 70,000 applicants eager to pay $90,000 a year. Absolutely blows my mind! I get the appeal of warm weather, but this is bonkers.

*for most people living outside California

I think you may be the perennial heckler on this board, but my niece just graduated usc and whenever the school name comes up, people are impressed. I travel a lot for work and the reaction is the same - from Seattle to dc. Like ‘wow if my kid got into usc…’ So I’m not so sure about your ‘mixed reputation’ comment. Maybe you’re old stuck in the 90s and a bruin.

Stuck in the 80s and went to Cal, now in DC. I would never pay 90,000 to sent my kid to USC, but I get the appeal.

[Anonymous]

From the reaction I would think they got into Stanford or MIT but then the stats show how competitive USC as well as other schools have become.

[Anonymous]

If cost was the same, would people prefer USC over UCLA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two friends of DD were accepted EA, strong stats but not extraordinary, both are legacy.

Interestingly, USC along with Stanford decided to defy CA's new law outlawing legacy so they are continuing to weigh legacy highly. The All other CA private colleges are complying with no legacy.

So much for nobody’s above the law. At least they are doing it for a noble cause.

[Anonymous]

Is it true they only accept physically attractive applicants?