USC c/o 2019 Applicants Thread (2015-2016) Forum

[lawrenph]

in today via email!

Complete 2/1
CR1 some time last week
CR2 2/17
Final Review 2/18
Finalized 2/19

[gunners94]

any admits thinking of negotiating scholarship any time soon?

I'm just waiting for scholarship info from UCLA and Emory, then I'm planning to negotiate.

[BirdLawExpert]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

[jumbo2016]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[oh lawd]

$105K from USC should be great leverage for a $105K scholarship from UC Irvine, right? But will an 80% scholly offer from ASU (which may go up this week) be good leverage for USC? Should I hold out to see what UCLA offers before pushing USC? If UCLA offers me a really weak aid package should I just go forth with ASU as my bargaining chip? If I could get off the Berkeley wait list in time would that be a better bargaining chip with the LA schools than any of these other offers, despite no $$$?

Sorry for tons of questions, what it all boils down to is given my situation as described above, what steps would you take moving forward? Assuming ASU, UCI, UCLA, and USC are all attractive options to me, which they are, and are all about even right now when factoring in aid offers, which they are.

[ProductofUnreality]

$105K from USC should be great leverage for a $105K scholarship from UC Irvine, right? But will an 80% scholly offer from ASU (which may go up this week) be good leverage for USC? Should I hold out to see what UCLA offers before pushing USC? If UCLA offers me a really weak aid package should I just go forth with ASU as my bargaining chip? If I could get off the Berkeley wait list in time would that be a better bargaining chip with the LA schools than any of these other offers, despite no $$$?

Sorry for tons of questions, what it all boils down to is given my situation as described above, what steps would you take moving forward? Assuming ASU, UCI, UCLA, and USC are all attractive options to me, which they are, and are all about even right now when factoring in aid offers, which they are.

UCLA will be the best leverage against USC.

[oh lawd]

$105K from USC should be great leverage for a $105K scholarship from UC Irvine, right? But will an 80% scholly offer from ASU (which may go up this week) be good leverage for USC? Should I hold out to see what UCLA offers before pushing USC? If UCLA offers me a really weak aid package should I just go forth with ASU as my bargaining chip? If I could get off the Berkeley wait list in time would that be a better bargaining chip with the LA schools than any of these other offers, despite no $$$?

Sorry for tons of questions, what it all boils down to is given my situation as described above, what steps would you take moving forward? Assuming ASU, UCI, UCLA, and USC are all attractive options to me, which they are, and are all about even right now when factoring in aid offers, which they are.

UCLA will be the best leverage against USC.

But if they offer me a comparatively weak package, wouldn't it be poor leverage?

[BirdLawExpert]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I refreshed the status checker about a dozen times just to make sure it wasn't a glitch.

[ProductofUnreality]

$105K from USC should be great leverage for a $105K scholarship from UC Irvine, right? But will an 80% scholly offer from ASU (which may go up this week) be good leverage for USC? Should I hold out to see what UCLA offers before pushing USC? If UCLA offers me a really weak aid package should I just go forth with ASU as my bargaining chip? If I could get off the Berkeley wait list in time would that be a better bargaining chip with the LA schools than any of these other offers, despite no $$$?

Sorry for tons of questions, what it all boils down to is given my situation as described above, what steps would you take moving forward? Assuming ASU, UCI, UCLA, and USC are all attractive options to me, which they are, and are all about even right now when factoring in aid offers, which they are.

UCLA will be the best leverage against USC.

But if they offer me a comparatively weak package, wouldn't it be poor leverage?

Yeah but you don't know their offer yet. Also even if their offer is a lower amount it might cover a higher percentage of tuition since USC is so expensive.

You could start now if you want to get the ball rolling, I'm just saying UCLA will give you the best bargaining chip if they offer a comparable scholarship.

[GrumpyYellowOgre]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

Yay, finally! Happy for you.

[BirdLawExpert]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

Yay, finally! Happy for you.

Thanks, Ogre! Where all have you heard back from? I saw that you're a fellow member of the Waitlist party happening up in Ann Arbor.

[GrumpyYellowOgre]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

Yay, finally! Happy for you.

Thanks, Ogre! Where all have you heard back from? I saw that you're a fellow member of the Waitlist party happening up in Ann Arbor.

Haha that was a big party. I've heard back from most of the schools I applied to by now. I gotta run but we can PM if you're curious.

[jumbo2016]

If I could get off the Berkeley wait list in time would that be a better bargaining chip with the LA schools than any of these other offers, despite no $$$?

Just my two cents - I brought up acceptances at higher ranked schools (2 T-14s but no money yet) to try and bargain with a T20 school and the way they answered made it sound like they really only took money from other schools into account, not just general acceptances, even if the other schools are higher ranked.

[Billy Madison]

Committee 1st read as of 2/19, submitted early Nov but retook Dec and Feb. Interested to see how this goes...

[gastronomy]

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[sjp200]

been in CR2 for a few days. Hopefully this gets the ball rolling on my last couple apps that I sent in around the same time

[capricasixx]

After three months and two weeks sitting at complete, I finally went to Committee 1st Read.

One would think that this info would keep me off the status checker for at least another week or so, given that I've only been complete since 2/4. But no, no I'm still gonna do my second daily check this afternoon.

[Purplepen]

Congrats to everyone who finally went under review!

In the meantime, I'll be huddling in my "complete" frozen tundra.

You have company to keep you warm, don't worry, my friend.

[gastronomy]

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[BirdLawExpert]

Congrats to everyone who finally went under review!

In the meantime, I'll be huddling in my "complete" frozen tundra.

You have company to keep you warm, don't worry, my friend.

Thank you, thank you. Maybe our apps. will move if I present them with a vial of tears.

I mean I've tried every other bodily fluid, so maybe tears will work.

[forlornhope]

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[Draconem]

Congrats to everyone who finally went under review!

In the meantime, I'll be huddling in my "complete" frozen tundra.

You have company to keep you warm, don't worry, my friend.

Thank you, thank you. Maybe our apps. will move if I present them with a vial of tears.

I mean I've tried every other bodily fluid, so maybe tears will work.

[LShopeful2016]

The lack of celerity from USC is getting a bit annoying. At this point, I'm just waiting on news from them so I can start the negotiation process with every other school on my list. After a week of "2nd Read" I'm going insane from this waiting. Maybe they'll surprise us all, this week.

only a week =')
two months for me. haha.

[ProductofUnreality]

The lack of celerity from USC is getting a bit annoying. At this point, I'm just waiting on news from them so I can start the negotiation process with every other school on my list. After a week of "2nd Read" I'm going insane from this waiting. Maybe they'll surprise us all, this week.

They really shouldn't post those incremental status changes - it only makes it worse, for me... My days at the office seem to be getting longer and longer.

Lol @ a week of 2nd read. I've been here over a month.

[forlornhope]

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