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mustangrolla

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Lets make this the official thread for waitlisted ppl for USC.

So i guess the class of 2010 is completely filled unless some people from the 3/18 interview (35 of them) declines their acceptance. Please do us a favor by letting us know if u decide to drop USC.

Anyone know if USC offers acceptance up until the start of classes?

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The admin lady told me that ppl on active consideration were suppose to mail in something to get a waitlist number. Has anyone received this yet or know when we'll be receiving it? My guess would be sometime early in May since they would have a better idea of how much room they still have after ppl accepted for the 3/18 interview send in their deposit.

I hope by this time, those ppl have already been committed to other schools. 😀

Did anyone recently decline USC to go to other schools???
 
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yeah... the 'expression of interest in fall 2006' form should come in the mail soon after you receive the waitlist letter.
 
bugslife said:
yeah... the 'expression of interest in fall 2006' form should come in the mail soon after you receive the waitlist letter.

Isn't the form included with your waitlist letter?
 
no... they actually sent me two separate letters.
 
bugslife,

did you get accepted anywhere else? is usc your first choice?
 
I'm officially joining the USC waiting list club! I can't believe they rejected 244 people who have interviewed, leaving 119 of us to battle it out...sad. usc is my first choice because I only got into 3 out of state schools.
 
mustangrolla said:
bugslife,

did you get accepted anywhere else? is usc your first choice?

no usc is actually not my first choice. i also applied to loma linda, touro, and western. what about you?
 
bugslife said:
no... they actually sent me two separate letters.

How interesting....They must have been in a rush in sending out letters. The waitlist form is specific for each person (file number typed at the bottom of the form).

Yay! More waiting for me!
 
bugslife,

USC is my first and my ONLY choice because they were the only school that was kind enough to offer me an interview. If i don't get in, i definitely will reapply. But how will it work if i want to reapply as early as possible but at the same time, wait out my chances of getting in from the waitlist? Doesn't USC accept apps starting July? I really don't want to reapply until i know i'm DEFINITELY not getting in. What should i do??

btw, they totally could have saved an extra 37 cents by sending the letters together..
 
Joining the waitlist club too...they actually were my only choice since I ended up with a lot of "incomplete" applications for numerous reasons, and a lot of my applications went out too close to the deadline. I guess you could say I was unprepared for the application process, and I was surprised when I got an interview from USC.

I have the same problem as you do, mustang, I don't want to reapply (or start searching for a job/apartment here for next year) until I know I'm definitely not getting in, and I want to reapply as early as possible...I'm not sure what to do at this point either =/
 
I just called USC this afternoon, and asked how many people were on the waitlist last year and how many people were admitted from it. The lady told me, on average, there were 100 students on the waiting list and only 20-30 got off the list.

I asked her if she can give me the exact number, but she didn't know. And she went on to ask me "why is is so important for you to know how many people were on the waitlist?" I could not believe she asked me such a lame question! Dude, the whole time she was speaking to me, she had a bad attitude.

Not only do I have to deal with the wait list nightmare, I have to deal with insensitive people. It has definitely been a challenge for me.
 
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mustangrolla said:
bugslife,

USC is my first and my ONLY choice because they were the only school that was kind enough to offer me an interview. If i don't get in, i definitely will reapply. But how will it work if i want to reapply as early as possible but at the same time, wait out my chances of getting in from the waitlist? Doesn't USC accept apps starting July? I really don't want to reapply until i know i'm DEFINITELY not getting in. What should i do??

btw, they totally could have saved an extra 37 cents by sending the letters together..

yeah i gues reapplication is just the safe (and costly) thing to do...

well, hang in there! and best of luck 🙂 who knows... maybe we'll get off the waitlist.

and meesathuy, i think i spoke with the same lady... someone that was really impatient in explaining the waitlist process...
 
Just heard about my waitlist number today. It's ridiculou!!!! Number 92 out of 105. Guess I should make plans to take PCAT and apply to out of state schools this time around. Argghgh!!
 
#27... i don't think i should get the hopes up...
 
bugslife said:
#27... i don't think i should get the hopes up...


Is the waitlist thing "first come, first serve"? Do you have to acknowledge that you want to be waitlisted ASAP so you can be considered?

Also, do you have to pay a deposit? I have to pay 200 bucks to Temple and i am wondering why this is necessary when i do not even have a real admission yet. 😕
 
how many do they typically take anyway?
 
I called the admissions department today and was told that since I got an "on hold" letter back after my interview in December, I was on the waitlist. But then, I asked if I could find out my number on the waitlist and was told it was unranked. Soooooo, if that's what they told me and you have numbers...???
 
LiliaKT said:
how many do they typically take anyway?

The office of admissions said they took ~20-30 people last year. Good luck those who are waiting like myself!
 
sistahmanda said:
I called the admissions department today and was told that since I got an "on hold" letter back after my interview in December, I was on the waitlist. But then, I asked if I could find out my number on the waitlist and was told it was unranked. Soooooo, if that's what they told me and you have numbers...???

hmm, that doesn't sound good. i think you may have been placed on the active consideration list. however, they've already sent out rejections and wait list letters in and around the same time to those who were actively considered. a couple of weeks later, they sent letters informing everyone placed on the official wait list of their positions.
if you are indeed placed on a ranked wait list, they WILL have your number and you're entitled to know. i'd call them back if i were you and ask them about your status.
 
meesathuy said:
The office of admissions said they took ~20-30 people last year. Good luck those who are waiting like myself!

i was wondering... how does the school rank people on the waitlist? is it mostly by GPA?
 
bugslife said:
i was wondering... how does the school rank people on the waitlist? is it mostly by GPA?

i dont remember really clearly, but i remember hearing that the rank does depend on how many of the pre-reqs you had already taken and whether you will be likely to finish in time before school starts, but there may be other factors that im forgetting. 😕

but i could be wrong..
 
lnmelon82 said:
i dont remember really clearly, but i remember hearing that the rank does depend on how many of the pre-reqs you had already taken and whether you will be likely to finish in time before school starts, but there may be other factors that im forgetting. 😕

but i could be wrong..

i think # of prereqs would be really tough to rank b/c most would be done.

i think its more GPA + pharm experience. maybe also if u have a BS & # of units.
 
doublehh03 said:
i think # of prereqs would be really tough to rank b/c most would be done.

i think its more GPA + pharm experience. maybe also if u have a BS & # of units.

Jim did say that they looked at how my courses were missing and takes that into consideration. i doubt its a big factor.
 
I need some advice.

So I have two more classes to take for USC (speech and mole bio). At first, I made plans to take these two classes over the summer just in case I do get placed pretty high on the waitlist. With a ridiculous waitlist number of 92, I know I don't have any chance of getting tin his year. So now I feel like I should devote my summer time to taking other classes, like retaking ochem or anatomy (for 3 other schools im reapply to).

Which is a better summer plan? Retake classes so that at least my C's will be averaged out to B's or take new classes so that my overall Pharmcas GPA will improve by the end of summer?

Any advice is apppreciated.
 
tienn said:
Jim did say that they looked at how my courses were missing and takes that into consideration. i doubt its a big factor.

i was wondering...for those of you who are waiting for USC, by chance were u accepted to UOP? (im waitlisted right now for UOP)
 
mustangrolla said:
I need some advice.

So I have two more classes to take for USC (speech and mole bio). At first, I made plans to take these two classes over the summer just in case I do get placed pretty high on the waitlist. With a ridiculous waitlist number of 92, I know I don't have any chance of getting tin his year. So now I feel like I should devote my summer time to taking other classes, like retaking ochem or anatomy (for 3 other schools im reapply to).

Which is a better summer plan? Retake classes so that at least my C's will be averaged out to B's or take new classes so that my overall Pharmcas GPA will improve by the end of summer?

Any advice is apppreciated.


Hi Mustangrolla,

Are you a Cal grad since I see you are in Berkeley? I went to Cal too, class of '98. I'd say take the molecular bio class this summer, try to get the anatomy and ochem classes done this summer and Fall (whichever way works out), and worry about speech for Spring, and definitely begin Pharmcas as soon as it is available and reapply this coming year.

I am an older student who is making a career change now, and maybe I can offer some advice on the USC application process. I got into USC this year and before I applied I went to one of their information sessions last Fall. They signed us in, I don't know if they note on your application if you came to the info session, but it is worthwhile to check out this coming year too. At the session one of the admissions director stated that unlike most other schools, USC will only look at the highest grade that you get for a course.

When they make up your prerequisites list which they use to rank your application with all the required courses and grades, they are only going to list the highest grade for the prerequisite completed/required.

So if you have time to retake those classes, do it! =) They also mentioned at the info session that it is definitely much more to your advantage to get those science pre-reqs squared away before the application cycle begins. If your science pre-reqs were taken a long time ago they may even ask you to retake them. And more preference goes to the applicants with more courses completed...and rolling admission really counts so get your secondary applications in at least a month or more before the deadlines!

I only had to take an English comp course this spring to complete all my pre-reqs but I got an admission in early February. They will weigh your interview/writing sample, your experiences and your gpa/application so all those things will require your attention!

I didn't have the best college GPA (3.2) but I did well afterwards in graduate school (after college 3.8GPA) and got As in many pre-reqs that I had to take which I didn't take in college. On the side I had a lot of research experience and publications, some interesting health related (but not pharmacy) volunteer work, and a really awesome pharmacist recommendation from a USC alum... gotta take advantage of the network from the start 🙂.

Good luck!
 
sweetemo said:
Hi Mustangrolla,

Are you a Cal grad since I see you are in Berkeley? I went to Cal too, class of '98. I'd say take the molecular bio class this summer, try to get the anatomy and ochem classes done this summer and Fall (whichever way works out), and worry about speech for Spring, and definitely begin Pharmcas as soon as it is available and reapply this coming year.

I am an older student who is making a career change now, and maybe I can offer some advice on the USC application process. I got into USC this year and before I applied I went to one of their information sessions last Fall. They signed us in, I don't know if they note on your application if you came to the info session, but it is worthwhile to check out this coming year too. At the session one of the admissions director stated that unlike most other schools, USC will only look at the highest grade that you get for a course.

When they make up your prerequisites list which they use to rank your application with all the required courses and grades, they are only going to list the highest grade for the prerequisite completed/required.

So if you have time to retake those classes, do it! =) They also mentioned at the info session that it is definitely much more to your advantage to get those science pre-reqs squared away before the application cycle begins. If your science pre-reqs were taken a long time ago they may even ask you to retake them. And more preference goes to the applicants with more courses completed...and rolling admission really counts so get your secondary applications in at least a month or more before the deadlines!

I only had to take an English comp course this spring to complete all my pre-reqs but I got an admission in early February. They will weigh your interview/writing sample, your experiences and your gpa/application so all those things will require your attention!

I didn't have the best college GPA (3.2) but I did well afterwards in graduate school (after college 3.8GPA) and got As in many pre-reqs that I had to take which I didn't take in college. On the side I had a lot of research experience and publications, some interesting health related (but not pharmacy) volunteer work, and a really awesome pharmacist recommendation from a USC alum... gotta take advantage of the network from the start 🙂.

Good luck!

hi i'm currently waitlisted for USC as well, but since i won't be able to finish all my pre-reqs by this summer, i'm reapplying for 2007. what are my chances? are there some things i should do to improve my apps besides just completing my courses?

thanks! opinions/advices are appreciated.
 
what's the deadline for people accepted to usc to drop out? I want to know when the wait list will start moving. Does anyone know? Thanks.
 
i gave up my spot just last week, so the list should move up one
 
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