USC 2023 Admit Stats Posted

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So single digit acceptance rate?

Whoohoo!

Go USC!

It's still USC - the University of Spoiled Children that couldn't get into UCLA.

Maybe for CA residents who can pay instate.

People prefer USC outside of CA

This is not true of all people outside of CA.... Our DC applied to UCLA but not USC.

Of course not for every single non-CA person, however, here's a data

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1112632.page

USC is pretty popular, but UCLA or Berkeley NOT

Why would OOS go to a CA public college.
There are much better options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So single digit acceptance rate?

Whoohoo!

Go USC!

It's still USC - the University of Spoiled Children that couldn't get into UCLA.

Maybe for CA residents who can pay instate.

People prefer USC outside of CA

This is not true of all people outside of CA.... Our DC applied to UCLA but not USC.

Of course not for every single non-CA person, however, here's a data

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1112632.page

USC is pretty popular, but UCLA or Berkeley NOT

Why would OOS go to a CA public college.
There are much better options.

Based on the info you linked to -

USC - 284 Applied, 43 Accepted, 9 Attended (15% acceptance rate, yield 20%)
Berkeley - 338 Applied, 26 Accepted, 10 Attended (7.6% acceptance rate, 38%)
UCLA - 325 Applied 45 Accepted 16 Attended (14% acceptance rate, yield 35%)

Based on these numbers looks like the Berkeley and UCLA are preferred to USC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:USC takes a ton of transfer students every year. Just another way to game the system to make it look more elite. Of course, it’s working.

30% of Berkeley's new admission is transfer
Many from community colleges.

Admission as a 'Junior' not as a 'Freshman'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I guess there's not much of a chance that dc who applied RD is getting in. This is my last dc going through college process and it seems like it's just getting crazier. I CANNOT WAIT to be done with it.

Hope your DC will have some choices here. Only went through it once with twins and that was enough!

[Anonymous]

I knew USC people had an inferiority complex but didn't know it was this bad.

Just because your school is popular on social media doesn't make it more academically prestigious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew USC people had an inferiority complex but didn't know it was this bad.

Just because your school is popular on social media doesn't make it more academically prestigious.

Find better things with your life

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:USC = University of Spoiled Children, they'll accept those who can pay

Old view. Not accurate.

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Actually, it is. I've taught there. Vapid, beautiful spoiled children. USC has played the USNWR game very well. A cousin also went there. Exactly that type, including fancy car and fancy off campus apartment.

[Anonymous]

University of Student Carens. Private universities have the luxury of tweaking the variables that can boost their US News ranking much more quickly than public universities. No private university is more adept than gaming the US News ranking system than the University of Spoiled Children. Their 12% acceptance rate is laughable. In reality, it is 38%. I analyzed the scattergrams for acceptances and rejections for My child's high school. USC rejected a ton of applicants whose SAT scores were over 1460. Why would USC reject applicants with SAT scores that are so much higher than the USC mean? The answer is that USC analytics predicted that kids with very high SATs were using USC as a safety school and would go to Stanford, UC Berkeley, an Ivy, or Ivy equivalent. That is how USC artificially and unethically inflates its yield rate, while shrinking its acceptance rate. I don't know for sure, but wouldn't be surprised if two of the variables that US News uses to rank universities are acceptance and yield rates.

My kid is going through a love affair with USC, and hasn't even seen the campus and what a total shithole LA is. By available objective measures, USC is on the same level as University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Washington, or University of Illinois. However, USC ranking is much higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Student Carens. Private universities have the luxury of tweaking the variables that can boost their US News ranking much more quickly than public universities. No private university is more adept than gaming the US News ranking system than the University of Spoiled Children. Their 12% acceptance rate is laughable. In reality, it is 38%. I analyzed the scattergrams for acceptances and rejections for My child's high school. USC rejected a ton of applicants whose SAT scores were over 1460. Why would USC reject applicants with SAT scores that are so much higher than the USC mean? The answer is that USC analytics predicted that kids with very high SATs were using USC as a safety school and would go to Stanford, UC Berkeley, an Ivy, or Ivy equivalent. That is how USC artificially and unethically inflates its yield rate, while shrinking its acceptance rate. I don't know for sure, but wouldn't be surprised if two of the variables that US News uses to rank universities are acceptance and yield rates.

My kid is going through a love affair with USC, and hasn't even seen the campus and what a total shithole LA is. By available objective measures, USC is on the same level as University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Washington, or University of Illinois. However, USC ranking is much higher.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:University of Student Carens. Private universities have the luxury of tweaking the variables that can boost their US News ranking much more quickly than public universities. No private university is more adept than gaming the US News ranking system than the University of Spoiled Children. Their 12% acceptance rate is laughable. In reality, it is 38%. I analyzed the scattergrams for acceptances and rejections for My child's high school. USC rejected a ton of applicants whose SAT scores were over 1460. Why would USC reject applicants with SAT scores that are so much higher than the USC mean? The answer is that USC analytics predicted that kids with very high SATs were using USC as a safety school and would go to Stanford, UC Berkeley, an Ivy, or Ivy equivalent. That is how USC artificially and unethically inflates its yield rate, while shrinking its acceptance rate. I don't know for sure, but wouldn't be surprised if two of the variables that US News uses to rank universities are acceptance and yield rates.

My kid is going through a love affair with USC, and hasn't even seen the campus and what a total shithole LA is. By available objective measures, USC is on the same level as University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Washington, or University of Illinois. However, USC ranking is much higher.

Truly. Kind of makes you wonder when someone revives a year-plus-old thread to spew bile. I guess they don’t live in sunny, happy Southern California. Maybe it would lower their BP if they did.

USC is ranked highly in film and music, and cuts tuition in half for NMFs to draw some spectacularly talented students. Good for them, I say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Student Carens. Private universities have the luxury of tweaking the variables that can boost their US News ranking much more quickly than public universities. No private university is more adept than gaming the US News ranking system than the University of Spoiled Children. Their 12% acceptance rate is laughable. In reality, it is 38%. I analyzed the scattergrams for acceptances and rejections for My child's high school. USC rejected a ton of applicants whose SAT scores were over 1460. Why would USC reject applicants with SAT scores that are so much higher than the USC mean? The answer is that USC analytics predicted that kids with very high SATs were using USC as a safety school and would go to Stanford, UC Berkeley, an Ivy, or Ivy equivalent. That is how USC artificially and unethically inflates its yield rate, while shrinking its acceptance rate. I don't know for sure, but wouldn't be surprised if two of the variables that US News uses to rank universities are acceptance and yield rates.

My kid is going through a love affair with USC, and hasn't even seen the campus and what a total shithole LA is. By available objective measures, USC is on the same level as University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Washington, or University of Illinois. However, USC ranking is much higher.

PP, you're so irrationally angry, I hope your kid gets in! And that it's their only acceptance!!!!

[Anonymous]

USC has taken the middle of the pack kids from our DMV Big 3/5 private this year. I thought it was a lot more selective before seeing who’s getting in!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Student Carens. Private universities have the luxury of tweaking the variables that can boost their US News ranking much more quickly than public universities. No private university is more adept than gaming the US News ranking system than the University of Spoiled Children. Their 12% acceptance rate is laughable. In reality, it is 38%. I analyzed the scattergrams for acceptances and rejections for My child's high school. USC rejected a ton of applicants whose SAT scores were over 1460. Why would USC reject applicants with SAT scores that are so much higher than the USC mean? The answer is that USC analytics predicted that kids with very high SATs were using USC as a safety school and would go to Stanford, UC Berkeley, an Ivy, or Ivy equivalent. That is how USC artificially and unethically inflates its yield rate, while shrinking its acceptance rate. I don't know for sure, but wouldn't be surprised if two of the variables that US News uses to rank universities are acceptance and yield rates.

My kid is going through a love affair with USC, and hasn't even seen the campus and what a total shithole LA is. By available objective measures, USC is on the same level as University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Washington, or University of Illinois. However, USC ranking is much higher.

Nope and nope. Good guesses, though, and thanks for playing.

[Anonymous]

USC only takes an average of 1 kid from our school each year. Some years, they accept. I one. It’s easier to get I to UCLA from our HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Student Carens. Private universities have the luxury of tweaking the variables that can boost their US News ranking much more quickly than public universities. No private university is more adept than gaming the US News ranking system than the University of Spoiled Children. Their 12% acceptance rate is laughable. In reality, it is 38%. I analyzed the scattergrams for acceptances and rejections for My child's high school. USC rejected a ton of applicants whose SAT scores were over 1460. Why would USC reject applicants with SAT scores that are so much higher than the USC mean? The answer is that USC analytics predicted that kids with very high SATs were using USC as a safety school and would go to Stanford, UC Berkeley, an Ivy, or Ivy equivalent. That is how USC artificially and unethically inflates its yield rate, while shrinking its acceptance rate. I don't know for sure, but wouldn't be surprised if two of the variables that US News uses to rank universities are acceptance and yield rates.

My kid is going through a love affair with USC, and hasn't even seen the campus and what a total shithole LA is. By available objective measures, USC is on the same level as University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Washington, or University of Illinois. However, USC ranking is much higher.

Truly. Kind of makes you wonder when someone revives a year-plus-old thread to spew bile. I guess they don’t live in sunny, happy Southern California. Maybe it would lower their BP if they did.

USC is ranked highly in film and music, and cuts tuition in half for NMFs to draw some spectacularly talented students. Good for them, I say.

DP- Born and raised there. Grew up a couple of miles from UCLA in Brentwood, attended undergrad at UCLA and USC for grad school. The vast majority of LA and the Valley is indeed a shithole. Unless you live on the North and South side of the San Mo Mountains from Los Feliz to the Pacific Palisades in the Sunset Corridor it's garbage. Even the West LA corridor between Venice and Santa Monica is spiraling into oblivion. Still good North of Wilshire and Montana but the rest is getting rough.