Avg GPA/SAT for Marshall and for College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>I wondered this when I was applying. Figured it might be relevant to others.</p>

<p>For Marshall:</p>

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The incoming undergraduate class boasted a mean GPA of 4.12 and SAT tests scores of 2060 (the equivalent of 1370 on the previous SAT scale).

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<p><a href="http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2006/11/08/News/Latest.Rankings.Give.Marshall.School.A.Boost-2446221.shtml?norewrite200611100320&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2006/11/08/News/Latest.Rankings.Give.Marshall.School.A.Boost-2446221.shtml?norewrite200611100320&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For CLAS:</p>

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Statistics for the admitted class:
Average SAT Score: 2101
Average GPA: 4.18

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<a href="http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/about/quick_facts.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/about/quick_facts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Found some info about Viterbi (the engineering school) as well:</p>

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For what is probably our best news, however, the Viterbi School just enrolled what is statistically by far the best freshman class in USC history, with an amazing **average SAT score of 1413<a href="in%20the%20two%20tests%20that%20compare%20to%20last%20year’s%20SAT">/b</a>. It’s the first time ever our entering SAT rose above 1400, and it represents a whopping 30 points increase over last year’s score of 1382! (By comparison, USC overall rose by six points in the same analysis, while the mean SAT scores across the nation actually decreased slightly.)

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<p><a href="http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2006/state-of-the.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2006/state-of-the.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>And I don't mean to imply in any way that those scores are cutoffs. It is important to note that roughly half the people have SAT's below the average.</p>

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<p>For Annenberg School of Communication:</p>

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all 2005 incoming freshmen had an average GPA of 4.07 with a combined SAT score over 1340. Transfer students have averaged over a 3.66 GPA.

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<p>From 2005, but I couldn't find the newest info. I imagine the scores have gone up a bit.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2006/schools/communication/comm_undergraduate/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2006/schools/communication/comm_undergraduate/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Are these all weighted GPAs?</p>

<p>They take your grades from 10-12?</p>

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<p>I don't see how a GPA can be above 4 unless it's weighted, so yes.</p>

<p>Don't know the details as to how they calculate those GPA's. They might not count second semester senior yr, for example.</p>

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<p>USC takes 9-12, but does not get your senior second semester grades.</p>

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<p>dude the reason these scores are high is because of the merit scholarships. USC attracts most of the high SAT scorers because they get a half or full scholarships through that measurement which skews the averages. And anyone who has taken stats knows that the mean and median are two distinctly different things. When a curve is skewed to the left the mean is always higher than the median</p>

<p>plus these publishings are trying to boost themselves so they would rather state a higher mean than a lower median</p>

<p>so basically dont be discouraged by these scores</p>

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<p>I don't disagree. My intention wasn't to discourage anyone, just to put some info together (which previously had been scattered around) for a commonly asked question.</p>