U.S. university applications for the fall semester of 2022 are about to begin, and many students have already begun to formulate their own university application plans and strategies. We found that the University of Southern California, ranked 27th in U.S. News, has quietly added an Early Action (EA) application round!
Early Action is a common early approval policy for American university applications. It is characterized by early deadlines (the EA deadline for most universities is November 1) and early admission results (results are released in mid-December).
Therefore, many students apply for EA, hoping that the offer will be settled as soon as possible, and they will make plans after the application process for the coming year is finalized.
ED: is a binding contract unique to American universities, with exclusivity ;
EA: has no binding effect, and students can freely decide whether to accept the offer;
REA and SCEA: can only apply to this private university during the early approval stage. , but it does not affect EA applications for other public universities. You can choose not to go after admission.
carefully checked the official website of USC and found that this time USC has added EA applications, and plans to give 20%-25% of the admission quota to EA applicants . This is not a small proportion!
Screenshot of the official website of the University of Southern California
Therefore, applicants who have fully prepared before November 1st (paperwork, GPA, SAT/ACT, etc.) can apply!
University of Southern California has only one application round in previous years, which is Regular Decision. The RD deadline for most majors is January 15th. Students applying for RD have more time to prepare their application materials, and of course, they get the results of their applications later.
2022 USC application timeline is organized as follows:
November 1, 2022: Early Action deadline for early action
World Bachelor in Business project deadline
December 1, 2022: College majors deadline (portfolio required)
Iovine and Young Academy
Kaufman School of Dance
RoskiSchool of Art & Design
School of Architecture
School of Cinematic Arts
School of Dramatic Arts
Thornton School of Music
In addition, regular batch applicants who want scholarships must also submit
2022 Mid-February: EA application list begins to be released
January 2023 15th: Regular Decision regular batch deadline
February 10, 2023: Financial Aid priority application deadline
April 1, 2023: RD application results announced
In the last application season, USC welcomed nearly 79,000 applicants. In the end, Only 8,198 people were admitted, and the admission rate was less than 12%, the lowest point since 2019. However, the average GPA was the highest in history, 3.91 (unweighted), which has gradually become unreachable.
In addition, USC also announced the deadline for transfer applications this year - February 15th (except for majors that require a portfolio). The admission rate of USC transfer students is much better than that of freshmen. is almost twice as difficult as , and it is also very friendly to transfer students from community colleges.
