University of Southern California Physics Graduate School Admission Results

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University of Southern California

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Fall 2024 Admissions: 453
Mean Notification Date: February 19
Peak Acceptance Month: February

This data is estimated based on applicant submissions at The GradCafe.

School	Program	Added On	Decision	Newest Decision Date
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Accepted on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Accepted on 30 Nov F18 International
International US citizen. Just withdrew my offer. Good luck to those who have not received any response.
University of Southern California	"Physics" PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F18 International GRE 168 GRE V 148 GRE AW 3.50 GPA 3.80
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F18 American GRE 166 GRE V 151 GRE AW 3.00 GPA 3.65
Math and physics double major, 3.75 PGPA. Two publication. I don't know how I got rejected from them, I got better offers but what the.
University of Southern California	"Physics" Hep-th PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F18 International
All rejections !! Done with life
University of Southern California	"Physics" Hep-th PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F18 International GRE 170 GRE V 154 GRE AW 4.50 GPA 3.78
Rejected from almost all places! Though I come from Engg background, but still, what the....!
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F18 American GRE 168 GRE V 170 GRE AW 5.00 GPA 3.65
Quantum info/CMT/biophysics. 3.65 GPA at a top school, 3 years undergraduate research, 3 strong LoR, 1 publication on arXiv and under review. Not sure what went wrong, but okay. Fine. You do you, USC.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Interview on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Interview on 30 Nov F19 International GRE 155 GRE V 165 GRE AW 3.00
applied in hep theory and cosmology. got interviewed by a cosmology prof. on skype.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Accepted on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Accepted on 30 Nov F19 International GRE 166 GRE V 140 GRE AW 3.00 GPA 3.76
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Other on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Other on 30 Nov F19 International
Does anyone know when will USC send out their acceptances? Last year they had sent it on 8th-9th Feb but I have received no correspondence from them so far.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Other on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Other on 30 Nov F19 International
Told me that all offers are sent


University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Accepted on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Accepted on 30 Nov F19 International GRE 165 GRE V 161 GRE AW 5.00 GPA 3.90
Accepted for HET a week ago
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F19 American GRE 166 GRE V 164 GRE AW 4.50 GPA 3.42
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F19 International
fine
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F19 International
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Rejected on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Rejected on 30 Nov F19 International GRE 170 GRE V 161 GRE AW 4.50 GPA 3.69
Applied for HEP-th. One year research experience after master's, no publications.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Wait listed on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Wait listed on 30 Nov F19 International
Sincere request to the people who got an offer from USC but don't plan on attending. Please decline the offer as soon as possible. USC is my last chance.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Interview on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Interview on 30 Nov F20 American GRE 163 GRE V 159 GRE AW 4.00 GPA 3.76
Email from POI asking to have a chat over Skype today.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Other on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Other on 30 Nov F20 International
To the poster below, which field in physics did you apply to.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Other on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Other on 30 Nov F20 American GRE 163 GRE V 159 GRE AW 4.00 GPA 3.76
To the poster below: I applied for cosmology. My interviewer explained that the admissions process is broken down by subfield, and depending on your subfield you will talk to someone different. So I'm assuming that not all the profs in charge of interviewing by subfield have sent out their requests yet, but idk.
University of Southern California	Physics PhD	November 30, 2001	Accepted on 30 Nov	Total comments ... See More Report
Accepted on 30 Nov F20 American GRE 163 GRE V 159 GRE AW 4.00 GPA 3.76
Unofficial - got an email inviting me to the open house and saying they are putting together an offer for me.

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