Admissions Office Overview and Protocols

Objective

The Annenberg Admissions Office staff develops and executes short-term and long-range plans for the recruitment, selection, and yield of first-year, transfer, master’s, and doctoral students to meet the enrollment goals set by USC Enrollment Services (for undergraduate students) and the Annenberg School Dean (for graduate students).

Hours of Operations and Office Details – fall and spring semesters

• Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (individual staff hours vary).

Intern shifts: 9 a.m. – 12 noon and 1-4:30 p.m.

• Main Telephone (landline): 213-821-0770

Phone hours: 9-11:30 a.m. and 1- 4:25 p.m.

• Main Email: ascadm@usc.edu

• Office locations: Main location: ASC 140; Information session room: ANN 203 (drop-in office: ANN 202)

Intern Supervisor: Bryant Gomez, associate director of admissions, ASC 146, 213-740-2362

Admissions Officers (office number) *phone numbers start with 213 area code

Allyson Hill, Associate Dean (ASC 307C) 821-0766

Valerie Jones, Director of Admissions (ASC 148) 740-0890

Bryant Gomez, Associate Director of Admissions (ASC 146) 740-2362

Maeve Lee, Assistant Director of Admissions (ASC 175)

Taylor Trentham, Assistant Director of Admissions (ASC 145)

OPEN, Assistant Director of Admissions (ASC 145)

OPEN, Assistant Director of Admissions (ASC 173)

Admissions Program Specialist – Quyen Nguyen (ASC 172)

Admission Cycles and Major Activities

• Recruitment Cycle – July through December – primary (year-round – secondary)

• First-year, transfer and graduate information sessions; Prospective Graduate Student Day(s); first-year and transfer admission conferences for counselors and community-based organization leaders; progressive degree information sessions and application management; and USC Admission events on- and off-campus

• Other activities include virtual information sessions and graduate fairs, e-marketing, responding to general and progressive degree inquiry emails.

• Admission Cycle (Selection) – December through March – primary (April – June secondary)

• First-year scholarship candidate selection and interview process

• Graduate application processing and management of application review process

• Graduate application file review and scholarship award process by faculty admission committees

• Graduate admission decision coordination with USC Graduate Admission

• Transfer file review and merit scholarship selection

• Conversion (Yield) Cycle – February through April – primary (May – August secondary)

• Plan and execute programs in collaboration with USC Admission for admitted first-years

• Plan and execute graduate programs for Annenberg master’s degree admits

• Transition certified students (undergraduate and graduate) to Annenberg advisement for orientation and course enrollment

• Participate in graduate orientation and new student welcome events