Anonymous
01/16/2026 23:51
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
4.0 uw, 4.5 w, 1530, 13 AP/DE, mostly 5's, some 4's, one 3, NMSF from KS/OK/AR region, president of a musical group, captain of a sports, same job all 4 years, science major, pre-med, accepted EA to USC.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 23:32
Subject: Re:USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
4.0 UW, 4.3 Weighted, 10 APs, 1560 SAT, NMSF deferred for Cognitive Science.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 20:39
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What kind of stats got in? My kid with a 1550 SAT and all 5's on APs got deferred.
would your kid have gone to USC? top choice? with those stats, I would think your kid is waiting for top 5? top 10? schools
These are about median admit stats for our private at USC, plus top 15% GPAs. Some kids in the same Naviance scatterplot area are rejected. Maybe they just don’t love our school, but it’s a very tough admit for their top majors.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 20:21
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What kind of stats got in? My kid with a 1550 SAT and all 5's on APs got deferred.
My kid with a 1570 SAT and all 5’s on APs got in.
My child with 1580 SAT, GPA 4.36, National merit semifinalist got deferred
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:45
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:If your DC was accepted by USC EA ...
It's a great news! Congrats!
But if your DC was deferred by USC EA ...
It is not necessarily a bad news, if your DC is high stats.
USC is very good in yield protect. They defer many many high stats kids to RD. The fact that your DC is deferred indicates USC doesn't believe they will come to USC after acceptance.
This is good news.
That just isn’t true
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:40
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:What kind of stats got in? My kid with a 1550 SAT and all 5's on APs got deferred.
My kid got into Viterbi with similar stats.
Assuming the rest of their application was good as they were already accepted early to a HYPSM.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:35
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
If your DC was accepted by USC EA ...
It's a great news! Congrats!
But if your DC was deferred by USC EA ...
It is not necessarily a bad news, if your DC is high stats.
USC is very good in yield protect. They defer many many high stats kids to RD. The fact that your DC is deferred indicates USC doesn't believe they will come to USC after acceptance.
This is good news.
It's a great news! Congrats!
But if your DC was deferred by USC EA ...
It is not necessarily a bad news, if your DC is high stats.
USC is very good in yield protect. They defer many many high stats kids to RD. The fact that your DC is deferred indicates USC doesn't believe they will come to USC after acceptance.
This is good news.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:27
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:Seems like they're giving decisions to merit winners first. DS's friend (with a 1600 SAT) just got in.
Many people might not be aware that USC is relatively new to offering EA. Historically, USC only offered RD, with merit-seeking RD applicants having an early deadline and hearing in January. USC's EA is really only a new name for that same old process.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:24
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:What kind of stats got in? My kid with a 1550 SAT and all 5's on APs got deferred.
My kid with a 1570 SAT and all 5’s on APs got in.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:22
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:What kind of stats got in? My kid with a 1550 SAT and all 5's on APs got deferred.
would your kid have gone to USC? top choice? with those stats, I would think your kid is waiting for top 5? top 10? schools
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:12
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
What kind of stats got in? My kid with a 1550 SAT and all 5's on APs got deferred.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 19:00
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:I wish they actually reviewed all the applications early like EA is supposed to do. Instead, EA is used primarily for recruited athletes and legacy (which the interim head has reinstated).
They also make you manually enter grades on the common app rather than just send a transcript so they can pre-screen applications for EA by computer. They'll only have time to review appications with stats that qualify for top merit aid. Those are the only ones that get read for potential EA acceptance, along with athlete recruits and legacies.
The rest just get marked as "deferrals" and moved unread to RD.
So unless your student has 3.9+ unweighted GPA plus 1500+ SAT/34+ ACT, they will get moved to deferral unread and be part of the RD round.
Not true! My kid is in. Its not his first choice tho.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 18:55
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
dd is deferred ... sigh.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 18:49
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
DS got deferred.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 18:47
Subject: USC EA decisions out tomorrow, 1/16
Anonymous wrote:Seems like they're giving decisions to merit winners first. DS's friend (with a 1600 SAT) just got in.
You have to apply early to get merit for most majors there.