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Good Luck! Hope it went well!

Congrats Sherbear! Great decision! And yes, the west coast (Southern California) is amazing! See you in the Fall!

Allyba, I completely agree with you. Since I work at SC, I (thankfully) will be receiving educational benefits. One of the best perks about being an SC employee is that the university will be paying for a great portion of my grad school. It pretty much will be cutting my tuition in half. So I'm in a great program with a huge discount...I can't say no to such an opportunity. But yes, if it wasn't for this, I would have been in major debt post-grad school and most likely would have applied to all CSU programs. Thanks for the advice!

Congrats JSP! Good luck and all the best to you!

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Can't wait to make a difference! Anyone planning on going to the new Grad orientation?

I would expect there to also be a difference between your overall GPA vs. the GPA of your major and/or last 60 units. Believe it or not, my overall GPA was 3.10 (my first two years of college was all about having a social life and trying to believe that a major in Biological Science was for me...) but my last 2 years made up for it. My GPA for my last 60 units was 3.70 under the Human Development and Psychology majors. I think admissions take into consideration the dedication and effort you put into your upper division courses, specifically your major courses. In regards to work experience, I worked full-time as a retail store manager throughout my undergrad. I have over 3 years of intern/volunteer experience, most of which were in the healthcare settings. As much as I thought that my overall GPA was not competitive, I still got accepted to USC's program (one of the top programs in the nation). However, I had 3 letters of recommendation (2 academic professors and 1 internship supervisor) and I earned many honors/awards for my involvement and service to the community during my undergrad. Overall, admission based on GPA and experience differs case by case. What I recommend to my friends who have doubts about their GPA is to make up for it in experience, service, leadership, and passion!

Got accepted to USC! Any other part timers with any new updates?

Any new updates on anyone accepting USC? I just sent in my deposit and I'm excited for orientation on August! Time to start meeting/making some new friends! :-)

Hey Josh, I just spoke to one of the representatives at USC and he said that all decisions will be letters via regular US Mail. He said all decisions will be made before next Friday (March 30). Good Luck!

Holy Crap! My younger brother just called me and said I just received mail from USC. He's refusing to tell me if the envelope is big or small! I need to get out of work already! The ironic thing is I work at USC and the School of Social Work is a walk away!!

I applied to the USC part-time program, and I haven't heard anything yet. Good luck to both of you. Any updates?