University of Southern California: Non-Traditional Sophomore Admit

[Football Fan]

Posts on Greek Chat are anonymous. Sometimes a post may need a second look.

The Dean of Admissions at USC is a male as is the Director of Admissions. There are many women on the admissions committee, but the two senior administrators are men.

[adpiucf]

Your college GPA is what will be considered, so don't worry about your high school GPA being a factor. You have worked really hard and you have a great college GPA! You don't need to include your admissions essays in your recruitment application. However, you will need letters of recommendation for the sororities at USC. Please read the link in my signature for some great info on recruitment preparation, recommendations, and what to expect at the events.

I'd recommend that you edit your post to delete your name and test scores/GPA/etc. to preserve anonymity.

Be proud of yourself for coming as far as you have and continue to work on yourself. I wish I could tell you that your story is not unique, but there are a lot of women in college, and in sororities, with similar experiences. I hope you continue to heal and wish you the best at USC and in sorority recruitment!

[NextYearSC]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Your college GPA is what will be considered, so don't worry about your high school GPA being a factor. You have worked really hard and you have a great college GPA! You don't need to include your admissions essays in your recruitment application. However, you will need letters of recommendation for the sororities at USC. Please read the link in my signature for some great info on recruitment preparation, recommendations, and what to expect at the events.

I'd recommend that you edit your post to delete your name and test scores/GPA/etc. to preserve anonymity.

Be proud of yourself for coming as far as you have and continue to work on yourself. I wish I could tell you that your story is not unique, but there are a lot of women in college, and in sororities, with similar experiences. I hope you continue to heal and wish you the best at USC and in sorority recruitment!

Thank you so much AdPiUCF! I just edited my post, and will definitely check the link in your signature. I also responded to your PM

[NextYearSC]

Originally Posted by Football Fan

Posts on Greek Chat are anonymous. Sometimes a post may need a second look.

The Dean of Admissions at USC is a male as is the Director of Admissions. There are many women on the admissions committee, but the two senior administrators are men.

I posted under a different name. My name isn't actually Christina, because I figured as such, but wanted to come off as friendlier because it was a personal story.

The admissions officer who contacted me and was originally my counselor was Anne Aubert-Santelli, but she recently left the school for another opportunity. I'm now working with another USC counselor who is advising me on my coursework and is male, Mark Rasic, but understand your possible reservations and claiming that this post "might need a second look.". I figured it would be okay to post a few details about myself despite my situation's uniqueness, because the sophomore admissions letter I received mentioned that I was one of 2 dozen students who received this special agreement for the 2012 year. In addition, I wanted to fully explain the nature of this situation and make it clear that I wasn't one of the many USC students accepted for spring admission due to my unusual circumstances. I'm genuinely sorry if I came across as suspicious to you.