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By ANDREA LLOYD
Staff Writer
Low grades and Scholastic
Aptitude Test scores in high school
don't always mean someone will
make a poor college student, a
freshman program at USC shows.
The Provisional Year program at
USC admits 250 freshmen each fall
semester whose college board
scores and class rank in high
school fall just below the usual
requirements.
Director of Admissions Terry
Davis said the program gives students
a chance to prove themselves.
All incoming USC freshmen
must nave maintained a C average
in certain academic courses in high
school, including college preparatory
English courses, lab sciences,
algebra and two years of foreign
language.
A student's SAT scores and
class rank is then considered, Davis
said.
If a student's SAT scores and
class rank are just below the normal
cutoff, he or she is admitted to
the Provisional Year program on a
first-come, first-served basis, she
said.
"Students don't have to apply
for the program," Davis said. "As
applications come in, those qualified
are put in the provisional category."
Davis said provisional year students
take two 15-hour semesters.
They must have a 2.0 grade point
average by the end of 30 hours to
continue at the university.
The classes the students take are
all for full college credit and apply
to most degree programs. These
students can live on campus and
get involved in university activities
just like any other students.
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"They were sold on the bent
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