Accepted for Spring 2020.

TTPB: I am not the person below, but he or she is mostly referring to you.usc.edu You will receive an e-mail when they update your status there, but there have been times where the letter appears on the portal before you even get the notification mail, if at all.

TTTB: Which portal? Can you please share the link?

Results posted on the portal

To the recent admits. Did you get offers for 20Fall or 21Spring?

TTPB: You have a point there. I am considering rejecting my offer.

Finally!!

Telegram Group link for USC Admits: t.me/joinchat/FqpiyBjSIJy-Aj-iiS2Afg

Waitlisted on May 22nd. Was hoping to get Spring admit, but glad didn't get in. TTPB: Guys don't waste your money on USC, it is NOT worth it. The administration at USC is corrupted and they spend most of their funding on their upper level admin staff. Employers don't care about education anymore, you can find all the coursework online for free.

To all the rejected ones what are your cgpa's?? just wanted to know because i am also waitlisted.

USC MS program is a cash cow. It's not even that good. They make a shit ton of money from international students and I heard students struggle to enroll in classes because they are always full. Don't waste your hard earned money on an education that is available online for FREE. I reject you USC.

Thought I'd be getting a spring admit. Guess I won't be in debt anymore.

Got waitlisted in May, the wait was too long and after all this waiting, I got this email.

I did say not to read between the lines XD But there is a probability. Also, waitlist letter is so vague and the lack of clarity of it, one cannot determine the outcome. Some say waitlist is a spring admit and there are other rumours like USC doesn't even maintain a waitlist. I have spent the past couple of weeks researching about it and there are wild waitlist stories. In the end, the outcome has the same probability as the toss of a coin. You got to wait through it...no one knows anything. For me closure was accepting the defeat and keeping hopes all time low. I have one weakness in my profile that can be a deal-breaker. If you have some weak points in your profile, ask yourself, Is USC willing to ruin their stats just for you? If the answer No, you know very well whether to wait or not. In the end have strength fellow, I know it is difficult but we can't do anything. Best of Luck ;)

TTPB: Couple of days back, I talked to one of the Viterbi Staff. It was all random....they said being waitlisted partially means that to let you know that your application is not forgotten. I don't want to read between the lines but it seems like they got a lot of applications this year and they just waitlisted everyone whose application they couldn't reach/read. Now, this may not be the truth but this is what I feel.

They said that there is no available spaces in the program. Very disappointed after 5 months' waiting.