You can find previous qualifying exams on this page, with partial solutions written by some students and some professors.
(Please help out future test-takers by emailing your solutions to mgsa@usc.edu, and email us to update the list of result dates.)
Faculty gets a list of exam results before the letters are available—so if you’re in touch with your advisor, you may be able to learn of your results a few days early. For 2018–2020, here is a list of when the exams were taken and when the results were announced:
- 2018 Spring
- Exams: 01/08–01/13
- Results: 01/29 (16 days)
- 2018 Fall
- Exams: 08/13–08/17
- Results: 08/30 (13 days)
- 2019 Spring
- Exams: 01/07–01/11
- Results: 01/24 (13 days)
- 2019 Fall
- Exams: 08/19–08/24
- Results: 09/13 (20 days)
- 2020 Spring
- Exams: 01/13–01/18
- Results: 01/29 (11 days)
- 2020 Fall
- Exams: 09/14–09/18
- Results: 09/29 (12+ days)
Last Update: Dec 23, 2023
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