Moments ago, we loaded vehicles with an increase of than 45,000 pieces of mail, and throughout the next few days, USC’s admission decisions for the class of 2017 are revealed.

As I reflect on our work, I notice how quickly the tables have turned: high school seniors have been waiting with stressed anticipation to hear from us, now we’ll be anxiously waiting to hear from them. We realize that the learning students we have admitted are among the list of most useful worldwide. All have actually many excellent alternatives for college and now we can hardly wait to find out who’ll accept our offer and join the Trojan Family.

Getting our decisions in the mail could be the culmination of numerous months (and tens-of-thousands of hours) of work. I am incredibly proud of the whole USC Enrollment Services team—for its dedication, work and professionalism. The team of pupils that we have identified for admission is the best in USC’s 133-year history!

And speaking of incredible students, listed below are just a few information regarding this year’s admitted freshman class:

• 19.6% of applicants were admitted
• significantly more than 3,100 different high schools are represented
• Our admitted students come from every U.S. state, the District of Columbia and 79 different countries
• Outside of California, the five most represented states are Texas, Illinois, ny, Washington and Massachusetts
• Outside the U.S., the most represented countries are China, South Korea, India, Canada and Singapore
• 1-in-9 may be the first within their family to attend college
• 64% are students of color
• 17% are worldwide students
• The typical admitted student comes with an un-weighted high college GPA of 3.8. With weighting, the GPA is more than 4.0.
• The conventional admitted pupil took 6-8 AP courses (assuming these people were offered by his / her senior school)
• 75percent of our admitted students have standardized test scores in at least the 95th percentile

Thank you for coming with this journey with us. Aside from the result, we have certainly enjoyed getting to know every single applicant on the year that is last. With respect to all of us at USC, I would like to wish every prospective student the very best of fortune as they start this next exciting chapter of these lives.

Fight On!

Timothy Brunold
Dean of Admission

P.S. do not think for a brief moment that any of us is going on vacation anytime soon! Between now and might 1st, we have been hosting fifty various admitted student occasions, many miles to travel and several a huge number of students and parents to meet up. And then there are the ones 8,000+ transfer applications; they aren’t planning to read by themselves!

I am a Spring Admit! Now Just What?

The hold off is finally over! You received the long-awaited envelope that is thick USC along with your admission decision inside and launched it excitedly to see you were admitted to the spring term. I’m sure many of you thought, ‘What precisely is a spring admit, anyway?’ I recognize that this might be a little of a surprise and quite possibly disappointing, that is exactly why We’m here to tell you that you’re truly loved and accepted just as much at the students admitted to the fall term! Believe me once I say we were excited to admit you and so are hoping you will join the Trojan Family.

Spring Admit and recent alumna Rachel Hirsch ’11 said it well:

‘I think what’s most important to get across to Spring admit students is the fact that that isn’t USC’s method of telling you they don’t now want you. They do. They accepted you and to even be considered as an applicant to the educational school can be an accomplishment in it of itself. And to be admitted! Kids would destroy for this place. I understand it feels like a little form of rejection but it is maybe not. We wouldn’t have traded my spring admit status for anything. It allowed me to truly have a little more time after high college to realize most of the change that is inevitable was ahead and it provided me with some real life experience (as cliché as that noises). You will have some of the most useful years of your life walking on campus and going to football games and creating a complete university experience for yourself.

If you want to visit here, go because it’s clear USC wishes you.

And of course, Fight On!’

So, congratulations! Students who are admitted towards the springtime term make up an important an element of the inbound freshman class. Although we are unable to admit every student to the fall semester, we’re able to acknowledge some students that are amazing the spring semester. We have discovered this approach to be exceedingly successful over the years, as numerous students relish the possibility to complete different things during the fall semester. Hopefully, i could provide some understanding of what it means to be always a spring admit and how to take advantage of your fall semester you start taking classes at USC so you can hit the ground running once.

If We’m admitted to the spring, what do during the fall semester?

As a spring admit, you have can utilize the fall semester in an assortment of ways. Perhaps you will decide to take college courses, maybe traveling abroad is appealing, or maybe it’s that you’re considering working or spending your time volunteering. Many spring admits gain college credits that may transfer to USC during this time so they are able to graduate using their class. We recommend that students simply take classes at their local community college or as being a non-degree seeking student at an university that is local. If you do determine to take university courses, be sure to consult your admission counselor to review which courses transfer to USC.

But, exactly what about planning to soccer games during the autumn?

Spring students are able to purchase football tickets after submitting the Enrollment Commitment Deposit on line.

Can I still live in university housing?

With regards to located in university housing for the springtime semester, it isn’t a guarantee. However we are usually in a position to accommodate all students that are first-year enter in the spring semester. The housing application will be available beginning July 1 if you’re interested in applying for university housing. We do perhaps not offer university housing for spring admits throughout the autumn semester, however some spring admits have plumped for to reside near campus in privately owned apartments in the past.

Ok, this seems like a fairly great option for me personally! Just how do I secure my spot as a USC spring admit?

It’s simple! Fill out the response card that came with your admission packet and send it right back to us by May 1. You will be asked to submit the $300 Enrollment Commitment Deposit by August 1.

What else do I have to know?