USC sees jump in int‘l graduate admissions
While universities nationwide admitted fewer international graduate students than last year, USC bucked the trend by significantly increasing it’s international graduate admissions rate. On average, US...
View ArticleBucking trend, USC increases high school visits
As university admissions offices nationwide cut back on visits to high schools as a way of dealing with budgetary constraints, USC is taking the opposite route and increasing its number of visits in...
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Increased visits pay off for admissions
The push by USC Admissions to increase its number of visits to high schools around the world has led to a record number of freshman applications and a stronger applicant pool. Daily Trojan | Vicki Yang...
View ArticleUndergraduate applications from China up dramatically
For the past few years, USC has earned the honor of being the university with the largest international student population, but competition — even for this large number of spots — may be getting...
View ArticleAdmissions more selective than ever
Based on this year’s admissions numbers, earning a spot at USC was harder this year than ever before. Of the 35,730 applicants, 8,500 were admitted for the fall semester for a total acceptance rate of...
View ArticleDecision can be tough for spring admits
Over the past few months, 8,500 high school seniors have received the happy news that they have been accepted to USC. About 1,000 others, though, received slightly different letters — they have been...
View ArticleUSC has no problems with gender balance
Universities nationwide are grappling with how to balance the male to female ratio as the number of female applicants grows faster than that of males, but the trend does not seem to have reached USC...
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USC aims to recruit more native Chinese students
As USC continues its path toward becoming a more global university, the undergraduate admissions office has implemented new tactics to recruit students from Chinese public high schools. Daily Trojan...
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Acceptance rate continues to drop at USC
USC’s freshman admission rate hit an all-time low this year, as only 22.7 percent of the record-setting 37,200 applicants were accepted. Dean of Admission Tim Brunold said the university saw about a...
View ArticleUSC switches to Common App for 2012 applications
The dreaded college application process has caused sleepless nights for many high school students, but students looking to apply to USC in the future might be able to breathe a little easier. USC will...
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USC welcomes most non-US freshman class
The fall 2011 freshman class will be the most international in the university’s history and for the first time under half the class is from California. Director of Admission Kirk Brennan attributed the...
View ArticleUSC again more global than ever
USC has enrolled more international students than any other U.S. university since 2001, and this year’s freshman class is the most international in the school’s history. The trend in part represents a...
View ArticleUniversity median SAT score increases 20 points
Though national SAT scores were the lowest on record this year, according to College Board, USC’s median scores for the incoming freshman class rose 20 points, making the middle 50 percent of scores...
View ArticleTransfer acceptance rate falls
Admission for transfer students at USC is becoming more selective, according to the Office of Admission. Applications for admission increased by 131, while 26 fewer transfer students were actually...
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New AP cuts hurt low-income students
Advanced Placement classes have been a part of both public and private high school education since 1955. But recent federal budget cuts that decrease funding for AP programs beg the question: Who are...
View ArticleUSC acceptance rate drops four percent
The USC acceptance rate decreased by more than four percentage points this year. Of the 46,000 freshman applications received, around 8,400 applicants were accepted, Dean of Admissions Tim Brunold...
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Affirmative action counterproductive
As the Supreme Court seems once again poised to take up the topic of race-based affirmative action in college admissions decisions, America is reminded of the damage universities have inflicted in the...
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USC should pursue an Ivy League brand
A brand is a perception. The Ivy Leagues, eight Northeastern universities with primarily colonial roots, have leveraged that perception to improve the quality of their students and academics as well as...
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Colleges cannot wield political influence
For many high school students, the months after applying to college become an incredibly fragile time. Uncertainty about the future makes this group particularly vulnerable to external social and...
View ArticleIn-state apps in minority for first time at ’SC
Though USC has been inching toward it for nearly a decade, this is the first year that fewer than half of the applicants to the undergraduate freshman class are from California, according to the Office...
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