What Students Say
Likes
- The environment, experience, coursework, people. The best things are the events that keep on happening in the campus to make sure students don't feel alone and have the feeling of fun by having free food, games etc.
Dislikes
- I think the university is in a not so good area. There are regular petty crimes but that's the in general state of the USA. Other things include lesser meal options for vegetarian but that's again the in general state of the USA
"I think the key in general is to ask the professors under whom you have worked to write a recommendation letter so that they can relate and write exactly what you did for LORs. For SOPs I think dictating your like and showcasing the skills required and core values of the universities to your profile makes a lot of difference. I had made it to the final round of Dartmouth just based on making my profile align with the uni values. CV: should be professional one with college and professional work properly filled. " "USC, the main reason was the tag of MEMPC for my program and it's reputation, and the second reason was the flexibility of the course to go through marshall school of business to pick and choose my course. Other factors included the location and weather as well. " I like the overall experience of the university. There's so much to learn, live and experience. It's thrill for sure can be stressful but at the same exciting to learn how to make your own path.
Course Curriculum
I think the coursework can be improved a lot and the required courses should be updated but other than that the Marshall courses are superb in the data science and finance departments.
Faculty
In general mem has a cohort of 70 students per semester. For grad level of classes in viterbi the average batch size is of 50 students per class. Hence 1:50
Campus Life
Campus life is really live I would say. Lots of events and things to enjoy, it's really an experience with the sports extra activities.
Placement
There are regular career fairs in the campus and all the main companies regarding analytics,management, defense have come during the last 3 months of me being here. Average package depends on the semester and market situation. You can expect anywhere from 100k-180k placement depending on the course and position.
Accommodation
Currently I'm in a sharing room, since Cali is one of the most expensive places you can expect the shared rent cost per person to be around 700-800 including utilities per month.
Exams
"My scores: IELTS:8 with a class average of 7 in my undergrad university Gre: 310 with 160 quants and 150 verbal and 5 in writing. " No, there wasn't any interview done for USC, But for my other admits like uiuc, ucsb I had to go through two rounds of interviews.
Fees
70k (28 units)
Scholarship
Nope I didn't get any scholarships. I think I had a superb gpa but that's the case with private universities
