Anonymous wrote:So single digit acceptance rate?

Whoohoo!

Go USC!

It's not unusual that a state schools such as U Of South Carolina is this popular. UCLA receives over 100,000. Many state universities are the only game in town.

Whew - I am glad my kids are on the Lori Loughlin plan.

Their website says "No one will be denied on January 20. Students will either be admitted or deferred to Regular Decision. RD applicants will receive an admission decision by April 1."

https://admission.usc.edu/

Anonymous wrote:Fight on! I hear if you can play some defense, it is easy admit. They sure need to start paying for a better defense to be competitive in the BIG 10.

Be nice.

Fight on! I hear if you can play some defense, it is easy admit. They sure need to start paying for a better defense to be competitive in the BIG 10.

Phew - glad my DC decided not to include USC on their list.

9.9% acceptance rate. Indeed times have changed.

Three years ago, the last year of scores-required, the acceptance rate was around 16%.

Do you mean why is the PP pleased the school is in high demand?

Anonymous wrote:So single digit acceptance rate?

Whoohoo!

Go USC!

Why are you rooting for kids to get rejected?

Yikes! That's disheartening. Maybe this will deter people from applying in 2 years.

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.

Ah, the delusional USC poster is back.

So single digit acceptance rate?

Whoohoo!

Go USC!

I would hope that cc would telll kids that had no realistic chance of acceptance to a school not to apply, regardless of popularity of the school.

USC sent this message to college counselors yesterday. Staggering # of applicants. Applications up 20% since last year. Admit rate to fall below 10%. EA decisions incoming tomorrow - first time they have done EA. Lower number of admits than last year since yield was surprisingly high last year. The hardest major there like Marshall and Film will be 1-3% admits likely.

at our local DC private, college office told kids that # of applicants in senior class to USC was at a level never before seen at the school. So much so that CC was discouraging kids below high 1400s SAT from bothering to apply unless hooked...

Exhibit 1000 in times have changed. For the early 90s college cohort parents, USC was 70% admit rate in 1991.

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1. Early Action First-Year Application Numbers

We received approximately 40,600 applications for Early Action admission and merit scholarship consideration. On Friday, January 20, we will electronically release our EA decisions via the students’ USC applicant portal. We will offer admission to approximately 2,400 students. All remaining students will be deferred to Regular Decision. An additional 40,400 students applied for the Regular Decision deadline last weekend. Our plan is to release another 5,500 first-year admission offers of fall admission, or about 70% of the total, in late March.

The deferral notification will include instructions on what students should (and should not) do next. Students who wish to be considered in Regular Decision can submit an Early Action Deferral form in their portal. We also remind students to submit mid-year grades if they have not already done so. These are the only things students need to do to continue being considered for admission. To ensure equity in the process, we will not consider any new materials (resumes, essays, updates), and we specifically ask students not to request additional recommendations or submit letters of continued interest. Please invite your students to submit the EA Deferral form only, and feel free to assure them they will receive full consideration.

2. Merit Scholarship Process

Our merit scholarship program is a bit complicated. We considered EA applicants for merit scholarships. The deferral notification also informs students that they will not be moving forward in the competition for our Trustee, Presidential, Deans, and Leadership scholarship funding (see the exception below for National Merit).

In early February, we will release additional information about merit scholarships to EA admitted students.

Roughly 900 students will be invited to proceed to the next phase of consideration for our top awards: the Trustee and Presidential (full- and half-tuition) scholarships. Their next step is to schedule their scholarship interview via their applicant portal. After interviews, final scholarship decisions will be released in late March.
200 students will be notified of the receipt of a smaller scholarship like our Deans Scholarship and Leadership Scholarship.
All other admitted students will be notified that they are no longer being considered for the above mentioned awards. Students can still apply for other scholarships found on our Scholarships 2 page.
Any applicant who is named a National Merit Finalist, offered admission and selects USC as their first-choice institution, will receive a USC Presidential Scholarship worth one-half tuition. This cannot be stacked with other merit scholarships awarded by the Office of Admission.
Scholarship decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
3. Portfolio Based Programs

Students who applied for a program that required a portfolio or audition, which are RD-only programs, will be notified by their academic area of interest regarding next steps in the process and merit scholarships. Decisions on admission and merit scholarships for these programs will be sent in late March.