Chance me for USC Honors College? Any other college suggestions?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Please chance me for the University of South Carolina (Not Southern California lol) Honors College!

Computer Science Major (possibly a double major in CS and Math)

Scores:
-ACT: 32 Composite (35E, 30M, 31R, 30S, 8W) // 33 Composite (35E, 30M, 32R, 36S)
-SAT I: 1920 (1350 CR + M)
-SAT II: none

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88

Weighted GPA: 4.59

Rank: Top 6% out of 239

AP Scores: United States History (4), English Language and Composition (4) // Signed up for Chemistry, Literature, and Calculus my senior year.

Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP courses and one fine arts class (My school does block semester scheduling [four classes a semester] and AP classes are year long so that is all I could fit)

Extra Stuff:

Extracurricular activities: National Honors Society and National Technical Honors Society Member, Piano lessons 5+ years

Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours for NHS

Summer Activities: Two online classes (Government CP and Economics CP) my school doesn’t let us take the AP or honors version of these courses.

Essays (rating 1-10, details): I would say 6-8. I am going to have three teachers and a close friend who is really good at English read over them.

Other:

State: SC

School Type: Public

Ethnicity: Asian-American

Gender: Female

Income Bracket: $95,000 annually (But I am paying for a lot of college myself due to issues with money because of parents divorce)

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College - my dad completed high school and my mom barely did any school (immigrated from an Asian country)

Reflection

Strengths: Test Scores and Teacher Recommendations

Weaknesses: I have barely any ECs

USC’s Honors College is my dream school! Please let me know my chances of getting in and what kind of scholarships I might get.

I also want to know of any schools that are a good match for my stats. I need pretty amazing merit scholarships though!

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What major? Are you willing to go OOS?

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@carolinamom2boys Thanks for the quick reply! Computer Science and maybe a double with math I haven’t decided yet! And yes OOS is awesome so long as the merit aid is good.

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Look at University of Alabama. My son is also looking at CS and is looking at Clemson and CofC. If you don’t mind a small school, look at Wofford College. It is a private school in Spartanburg. You would get a lot of 1 to 1 attention because it is a small program. When we spoke with CS chair, he stressed that their CS is more like a computational math program. It’s a beautiful campus, and although it is an expensive private college, they appear to be quite generous with their merit aid.

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Since your in SC, investigate Winthrop University. They are in Rock Hill and have an Honors program and are very generous with merit .