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Website. usc.edu. The University of Southern California (USC, SC, Southern Cal [a]) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert Maclay Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, [ 11 ][ 12 ] and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students.
In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal prosecutors.
Early decision (ED) or early acceptance is a type of early admission used in college admissions in the United States for admitting freshmen to undergraduate programs.It is used to indicate to the university or college that the candidate considers that institution to be their top choice through a binding commitment to enroll; in other words, if offered admission under an ED program, and the ...
Currently, the Ivy League institutions are estimated to admit 10% to 15% of each entering class using legacy admissions. [20] For example, in the 2008 entering undergraduate class, the University of Pennsylvania admitted 41.7% of legacies who applied during the early decision admissions round and 33.9% of legacies who applied during the regular admissions cycle, versus 29.3% of all students ...
USC was one of several universities involved in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. [29] [30] On March 12, 2019, three coaches and one athletic director were charged with having accepted bribes from wealthy families in return for fraudulently facilitating their children's admission to USC. Among the 12 university personnel charged for ...
Graduates from a high school in Connecticut in 2008. College admissions in the United States refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's colleges or universities. [1][2] For those who intend to attend college immediately after high school, the college search ...
Need-blind admission in the United States refers to a college admission policy that does not take into account an applicant's financial status when deciding whether to accept them. This approach typically results in a higher percentage of accepted students who require financial assistance and requires the institution to have a substantial ...
Admission rates vary according to the residency of applicants. For Fall 2019, California residents had an admission rate of 12.0%, while out-of-state U.S. residents had an admission rate of 16.4% and internationals had an admission rate of 8.4%. [128] UCLA's overall freshman admit rate for the Fall 2019 term was 12.3%. [129]