<p>I was wondering if anyone here who was totally not qualified got into USC? , and by not qualified i mean not qualified.</p>
<p>I assume that you do not have serious hooks. These include, among other things, athlete, URM, fed orphans in Somalia, cured cancer at age 10, or being the son of a marginal rapper who is a basketball player wannabe that somehow managed to convince the development office that there is a fat check coming down the road, but are in a temporary cash crunch that justifies an athletic scholarship to warm the bench for 4 years (Little</a> Romeo, anyone? What</a> a f******g disgrace!!!)</p>
<p>Except for the above notable outlier, USC seems to pay more attention to test scores than similarly ranked schools (my specific comparisons are to UCLA and Tufts). I do not recall seeing posts in last year's "accepted students" thread of clear outliers in that department, but you may want to browse through it yourself. I seem to recall very few, if any acceptances below the high 1900's. </p>
<p>Of course, CC is not exactly representative of the average admit. The class profile of the class of 2012 was posted here recently, take a look at that. If the $50 fee is not a big deal for your family and you have a good reason to want USC, you might was well apply regardless of what people here tell you (football is a TERRIBLE reason to want to go to USC).</p>
<p>Great post, GroovyGeek. Last year there were over 36,000 applicants for around 2,600 spots for incoming freshmen. It was not a good year for "miracles." Who knows what this year and the economic crisis will bring? </p>
<p>For any student who has fallen in love with USC but finds their stats just aren't in the range of students who were accepted last year, I suggest going to a community college and kicking b*tt. USC is very friendly to the the qualified student who wants to transfer in. Just make sure to read the articulation agreement so you are on track to take all classes that will transfer to USC in the future.</p>
<p>Dang, i was hoping for a story to encourage me. =(
=P</p>
<p>Here's an encouraging story:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/310106-miracle-acceptance.html?highlight=accepted+miracle%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/310106-miracle-acceptance.html?highlight=accepted+miracle</a></p>
<p>Thanks man!</p>
<p>If you are realistic about college admissions I think there are "miracle" acceptances at all top 30 colleges/universities. Post this thread title at a few other colleges and I am convinced there will be unusual acceptances found at all those institutions. We have no idea about compelling health, family circumstances or other challenges which a student may address in the required essay.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with hoping for a miracle, but it is only good sense to apply to good match and safety schools as well.</p>
<p>There are so many full paying international students who want USC that I am not sure if the U.S. financial crisis will make that much difference in the application numbers.</p>
<p>GroovyGeek: Since I pm'd you and suggested that you edit your slanderous post about Romeo I will put it out here: You do not know this kid. (My daughter went to school with him and they were/are friends). You were not, I presume, in the Admission meeting where Romeo's credentials were discussed. I know that you would cringe if your child's stats, ecs and worthiness was being publicly discussed. And I know that you would be furious if anyone suggested that your child was unfairly accepted against a better candidate because you know that your child is a worthy candidate and there were reasons that your child was accepted.</p>
<p>I would also like to say that there are kids who qualified for full merit scholarships who have parents didn't "need" the money because they are rich. But they took the scholarships. Why not go after those rich parents as well? In fact, let's turn this into a slander/defamation party. Find those kids, list their stats and why they don't "deserve", in your estimation the scholarship or admission to their dream school. And while we're at it, let's go around the country and find all the kids who got an "unfair", in your estimation, advantage in college admission? </p>
<p>What I would suggest is that we are adults here and as such we should conduct ourselves as adults.</p>
<p>I agree with Ellebud that there is no need to publicly discuss credentials of individual applicants. USC is a balanced university and is going to look for the best talent in a variety of areas-from athletic stars to future research scientists, kids who are going to go places in their areas of strength. That said, my husband heard (forgive me, I don't know the exact words) President Sample say at the recent family week-end that there were a considerable number of students in this year's applicant pool with SAT scores between 2200-2400.</p>
<p>USC, unlike many of the UC's, takes sophomore transfers and I think it may be a bit easier to transfer in after one year of proven success at the college level than as a first time freshman. So, if someone REALLY wants to go to USC and does not get accepted, they can simply attend a CC or other college for one year and then join the USC family.</p>
<p>(Another wake-up call, GroovyGeek- Be nice.)</p>