<p>Is appealing worth it? Or is it just setting yourself up for another let down?</p>
<p>Do they waitlist at all? Maybe you could call that professor back and find out.</p>
<p>From what I understand, USC does not waitlist.</p>
<p>Not worth it. Unless you forget to send some info. 13 out of 500 successfully appealed last year. You can bet some major screw ups happened there. It wasn't just them asking for the admissions to reconsider.</p>
<p>I have similar stats to yours, so you can bet there's lots of people out there who have similar stats to the both of us and were also rejected.</p>
<p>with the help of my college counselor, i'm going to appeal...i don't have the most amazing stats in the world but i want to give it one last shot. you should talk to counselors at your school and see if there's anything they can do to help you, especially if u really had your heart set on USC. at least you'd know you did everything you could.</p>
<p>i agree pinky. however, my son is weary from all this. he says he'll try the transfer route. if you don't have new info to give them, like you won the nobel peace prize or whatever (that may not even be good enough), i don't know how successful you'd be, but it's still worth a shot. maybe the 13 people out of the 500 had big fat donation cks attached to their appeal? (just kidding...... or am i?)</p>
<p>I agree ginnynicksmom, look at the number of apps. Gosh, america is getting so smart with "average" stats and my S was over them and got rejected also. We move forward with the schools that accepted him.
I feel real sorry for the class of 2009, the peak of the post-baby boomlet...</p>
<p>for all you feeling bad, what degree does Bill Gates ? Go creat and innovate.</p>
<p>My daughter appealed her rejection...and was given an articulation agreement. She is now going to USC and really loves it. She is aware of at least one person who was rejected (legacy, stats were VERY mediocre) who got in on appeal....and....she was then considered a "developmental" admit. Her father made a donation. I am not sure of the amount, I've heard different figures, but there was a donation. But this isn't unusual for any school. For the record, we did not make a donation. We were never asked to make a donation. Would we have done it? ....My only answer is: I'm glad we weren't asked. I would have been VERY tempted.</p>
<p>ellebud: can you ellaborate more on what's 'an arituclation agreement'? or rather what did your daughter do to get an articulation agreement? or can you give some details about your daughters appeal?</p>
<p>An articulation agreement is sometimes given after the appeal process. It spells out what a student has to do to get into USC. We appealed and she was close enough so that while she didn't get in immediately she had to fufill certain criteria to get admission without applying again. In my daughter's case: She could enter SC in the spring if she took 18 units...summer school and one full semester...with academic classes (no History of Mickey Mouse for example) with straight As. If she didn't suceed there she could enter SC in the fall semester with 30 units and a B average. She made the straight As and is happily at SC. It was a stressful year...every test was do or die...but she did it. She had very little free time. This was not the freshman semester of socializing/working/sleeping late. The first step is the appeal..and last year you had one week in which to formulate the appeal and to get it to Admissions. Good luck!</p>
<p>I was curious of these things would help an appeal: i didnt mention the death of my father in my essay (pretty big impact on my life), a school award i got, massive calculus tutoring for AP exam. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Rejected at USC. Top ten <a href="every%20year">5/600</a> at school in IB program. 4.4 GPA with max IB/AP classes every year. 1380 SAT. Received state scholarships, 2 sports, varsity. Also applied and accepted to UCLA, UCSD, and UCSB. We make too much for aid but maybe not enough to be a big contributor to SC. Oh well. The decision is now UCSB or UCLA. He is a good student but wants to have some fun also. SB looks good even though it is not a prestige school. Could always go to SC for grad school with the money saved:>)</p>
<p>Do you mean accepted at USC? If not then I have no chance appealing lol.</p>
<p>I mean REjected. I Know someone that was rejected at UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, yet was accepted to UCB. Their grades and scores were lower than mine. Who knows what these peole are looking for. I think on average the good studentsa get in but there are exceptions that can't really be explained. Thought I had a very good essay and recommendations also. Someone at my school has better SAT's than me, same grades, (no sports) and didn't get into SC or UCLA. Go figure.</p>
<p>Interesting, thanks.</p>