UCLA/USC Secondaries

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UCLA is screened more heavily than USC. Pretty much everyone receives a USC secondary, but I'm sure there are some applicants that are screened out by GPA or MCAT.
 
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Just to re-iterate what's said above, USC sends secondaries to everyone. Really not sure what UCLA looks for when they screen. I was a UCLA alum and received secondaries/interviews for PRIME and Drew but not even a secondary for David Geffen.
 
neekzg said:
Just to re-iterate what's said above, USC sends secondaries to everyone. Really not sure what UCLA looks for when they screen. I was a UCLA alum and received secondaries/interviews for PRIME and Drew but not even a secondary for David Geffen.
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Hm, that is interesting. I only ask because I am reapply this cycle, but receive secondaries at UCLA and USC (and not a Drew). I was trying to cut down my schools list to schools that I actually had a shot at.

Thanks for your response.
 
UCLA interviews A LOT less. UCLA pretty much as a full class by late November/mid December but USC usually doesn't have a full class until mid January/February. USC also has a lot of waitlist movement but I don't even think UCLA has a waitlist.
 
Ioannes Paulus said:
UCLA interviews A LOT less. UCLA pretty much as a full class by late November/mid December but USC usually doesn't have a full class until mid January/February. USC also has a lot of waitlist movement but I don't even think UCLA has a waitlist.
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I think you got it wrong. UCLA interviews more people. UCLA most definitely had a waitlist. In the past two years UCLA has had much more WL movement than USC. Additionally UCLA doesnt accept people until the new year.
 
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Ioannes Paulus said:
UCLA interviews A LOT less. UCLA pretty much as a full class by late November/mid December but USC usually doesn't have a full class until mid January/February. USC also has a lot of waitlist movement but I don't even think UCLA has a waitlist.
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Last cycle, the first, very small number of ucla acceptances didn't come out until February. The class definitely isn't full until MUCH later.
 
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