Anonymous
Post 04/16/2026 02:24     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
USC needs cash ... badly.

They will take people full pay with sub-par stats in RD.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2026 01:27     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to USC EA with a 4.0uw, 1530, NMSF (now NMF), 13 APs/DEs, sports captain, two club presidents, part-time job all four years with promotion, and a few major-related ECs but no research/publications, no non-profits, no national awards, and no internships. Also never visited USC nor contacted our regional AOs.


How can you work at age 14?


Scooping ice cream making hot dogs at fun fair kinda job.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2026 01:08     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to USC EA with a 4.0uw, 1530, NMSF (now NMF), 13 APs/DEs, sports captain, two club presidents, part-time job all four years with promotion, and a few major-related ECs but no research/publications, no non-profits, no national awards, and no internships. Also never visited USC nor contacted our regional AOs.


How can you work at age 14?
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 21:24     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
Anonymous wrote:My kid goes to a feeder, friendly email exchanges with AO, lots of other DI.


What kind of DI?
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 21:10     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
My kid goes to a feeder, friendly email exchanges with AO, lots of other DI.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 20:18     Subject: Re:USC and demonstrated interest
My kid also got in EA with no demonstrated interest. Very high stats. Like all these schools, it’s something of a crapshoot.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 20:07     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
My kid was accepted to USC EA with a 4.0uw, 1530, NMSF (now NMF), 13 APs/DEs, sports captain, two club presidents, part-time job all four years with promotion, and a few major-related ECs but no research/publications, no non-profits, no national awards, and no internships. Also never visited USC nor contacted our regional AOs.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 18:40     Subject: USC and demonstrated interest
USC says they don't track demonstrated interest. So what is important to them? What have successful candidates had in their apps? Outreach to AO? Anything else?

https://oir.usc.edu/common-data-set-archive/common-data-set-2024-2025/