California Jazz Conservatory

Berkeley, CA · private nonprofit

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Admissions

Admit rate100%
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Middle-50% SAT—–—
Middle-50% ACT—–—
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Avg net price / yr—
Grad rate50%
Median earnings (10 yr)—
Sourcescorecard_bulk · 2025

Application requirements

  • •Personal profile: Name, address, demographics, citizenship.
  • •Family: Parent/guardian education and occupation (used for first-gen context).
  • •Education: Current school, GPA/rank if reported, courses & grades, planned senior courses.
  • •Testing: SAT/ACT scores (self-reported); many schools are test-optional or test-blind — check per school.
  • •Activities: Up to 10 activities with role, hours/week, weeks/year.
  • •Personal essay: One 250–650 word essay from the Common App prompts.
  • •Recommendations: Counselor recommendation + typically 1–2 teacher recommendations.
  • •School supplements: Per-school essays and questions (the 'Why us', short-answer, etc.).

Supplemental essays

  1. Describe how you plan to pursue your academic interests and why you want to explore them at USC specifically. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections. (Approximately 250 words)· ~250 words
  2. Describe yourself in three words. (25 characters for each word)· ~25 words
  3. What is your favorite snack? (100 characters)· ~100 words
  4. Best movie of all time (100 characters)· ~100 words
  5. Dream job (100 characters)· ~100 words
  6. If your life had a theme song, what would it be? (100 characters)· ~100 words
  7. Dream trip (100 characters)· ~100 words
  8. What TV show will you binge watch next? (100 characters)· ~100 words
  9. Which well-known person or fictional character would be your ideal roommate? (100 characters)· ~100 words
  10. Favorite book (100 characters)· ~100 words
  11. If you could teach a class on any topic, what would it be? (100 characters)· ~100 words
  12. Many of us have at least one issue or passion that we care deeply about – a topic on which we would love to share our opinions and insights in hopes of sparking intense interest and continued conversation. If you had ten minutes and the attention of a million people, what would your talk be about? (250 words)· ~250 words
  13. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and their 14 Grand Challenges go hand-in-hand with our vision to engineer a better world for all humanity. Engineers and computer scientists are challenged to solve these problems in order to improve life on the planet. Learn more about the NAE Grand Challenges at http://engineeringchallenges.org and tell us which challenge is most important to you, and why. (250 words)· ~250 words
  14. The student body at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering is a diverse group of unique engineers and computer scientists who work together to engineer a better world for all humanity. Describe how your contributions to the USC Viterbi student body may be distinct from others. Please feel free to touch on any part of your background, traits, skills, experiences, challenges, and/or personality in helping us better understand you. (250 words)· ~250 words

Copied verbatim from the school's official admissions page (2025-26 cycle).