The University has mailed decisions to first year applicants and we know that for many of you – you didn’t get the news you wanted or expected. In fact, the grand majority of our first-year applicants (roughly 80%) did not get admitted.
We know it is incredibly frustrating and disappointing to receive bad news. None of us on the admission team enjoy this aspect of our job. It is incredibly difficult to deny admission to strong applicants. The fact of the matter is that we can only admit a small portion of applicants and we turn away a lot of strong, interesting, and well-qualified students.
Please know that the admission decision is not any reflection on your character. We know that you will continue to be successful wherever you end up next year.
If you would like to attend USC, we want to help you get here. More than 20% of the Viterbi School of Engineering’s incoming class are transfer students and this is a great way to end up attending USC. Transferring to USC is much simpler than you think. If you do everything right, you can be joining us after just one year.
The Viterbi School of Engineering has dedicated counselors to assist students interested in transferring to USC.
Check out the Viterbi Transfer Admission page to familiarize yourself with the process.
The basics of it are as follows:
- Check out our Transfer Planning Guides and/or Articulation Histories with other colleges around the country and figure out where you are going to attend for Fall 2013
- Enroll in Calculus, Lab Based Sciences, The USC Writing requirement equivalent, and a few GE equivalents
- Get good grades (As and Bs) throughout all classes
- Apply as a transfer student for Fall 2014
- A s a transfer applicant you will be evaluated on your college coursework – not on your previous high school career (such as your high school grades, ACT or SAT, scores, etc.).
Let us help!
You shouldn’t have to figure this out on your own. Feel free to contact us as early as Mid-May to discuss which courses you can enroll in this fall. Any of our admission counselors will be happy to help you figure your personal plan for transferring.
