From the Director's Chair

This week is a furious week for the admissions office as we are making our final admissions decisions so they will all be in the mail by this Friday March 13.  Nearly 8,000 admissions decisions are being mailed this week, which should be arriving over the next several days.  But, some won't be mailed until Friday afternoon (it takes a long time to print that many letters) so don't be surprised if it takes until early next week to receive your admission decision.   The following decisions are being sent:

1)  Admitted - If you are a high school senior applying for Fall 2009, this is, obviously, what you hope to receive. 

2)  Not Admitted for Fall but there are options- Admission for fall is extremely competitive this year, and we cannot take everyone.  Many students will be offered admission in the spring term, which starts January 2010.  Another option is to attend another USC System campus, or particiate in our Statewide Bridge Program.

3) Your application has been canceled -  Typically an application is canceled when it is incomplete, because we have not received test scores or high school transcripts, or because it was submitted past the application priority date and we are out of space.  Canceled applications can be considered for Spring admission.

So if you haven't heard yet, please be patient, you should hear from us very soon.  

Oh, and next week we will start sending out invitations to be in our Capstone Scholars program!