Chance me for USC & Merit scholarship?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ACT:34
math 34, english 34, reading 34, science 35
uw GPA: 90.8%
weighted GPA: 93.27%
4 AP classes (my school only offers 10 total, only 11th & 12th graders can take them)
4 years foreign language
published poet (3 times)
100+ hrs community service
varsity cheer 2 years
newspaper editor
various awards for art and journalism
Nat. Art Honors Society
Nat. Honors Society
Illinois state scholar
very involved in the art dept.
very strong essays & teacher recs
physical education leader (teaching a class this year)
junior year grades are my best</p>

<p>-white, female, out of state
-private, catholic, college-prep high school</p>

<p>Senior classes:
precalculus
ap biology
ap literature and composition
french 4 honors
adobe photoshop (required)
global economics (required)
christian ethics and morality(required)
advanced art</p>

<p>AP:
AP Comp gov- 3 (highest in class though, not that it will make a difference)
AP Lang and comp - 5</p>

<p>applying for fine arts and biology (want to do medical illustration)
I believe my portfolio is strong</p>

<p>other-
interviewed with USC </p>

<p>I think my application and enthusiasm during my interview made it pretty clear just how much I love the school. I know merit scholarships are very hard to get, but I was curious if anyone thinks I have a chance at even getting the interview. I am not even sure I have the numbers to get in, I feel like I am pretty border line. However, could you please chance me for just regular admission and then also let me know what you think my chances of getting an interview for a merit scholarship are?</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>bumppppp:)</p>

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<p>I don’t know what a GPA posted as a percentage means, can you clarify?</p>

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<p>Are you sure it is “very hard” to get a merit scholarship? Here it says that nearly 30% get them:
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/USCFreshmanProfile2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/USCFreshmanProfile2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@cadreamin - its just a different way of doing it. A lot of schools use a 100 point scale instead of a 4 or 5. It is hard to accurately convert it.</p>

<p>@socaldad2 - I had not seen that. I thought it was pretty difficult, because the school itself seems difficult to get into. Thanks for the link</p>

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<p>Hey concernedsenior, I’m eargerly awaiting the USC scholarship news also but really I’m just hoping I will get accepted. From what I see, you have a very good chance of getting in. Your ACT’s and GPA are very good. Your EC’s are good as well besides having only 100 hours of community service. </p>

<p>My stats are very similar to yours so I’m very curious about what people say about your chances.
SAT: 2240 2nd sitting
UW GPA: 4.94 W. 4.7
9-10 AP tests by the end of senior year.
EC’s: NHS President, Physics Club President, Spanish NHS, Acadeca, 2 years of basketball (Freshman/JV), one year of cross country (JV), school tutor, volunteered for many places (300-400 community service hours)
*did not have an interview :(</p>

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<p>most kids don’t have any community service where i live… I thought 100 was pretty good haha</p>

<p>and good luck with merit scholarship! the anticipation is killing me :P</p>

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<p>Yeah. Good luck to you too!</p>

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<p>Your ACT is very good though your GPA will be below the average admit. As for merit aid; many USC students get merit scholarships, if you’re asking about one of the full or half tuition scholarships I think your chances are low. The issue is the size of the other awards. A $4,000/yr scholarship is nice but it makes a very small dent in a ~$55,000 annual cost to attend.</p>

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<p>@vinceh - thank you. I’m not expecting full or 1/2, I just would like to get some sort of money. Even if I don’t, getting in would be amazing in itself</p>

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<p>Yeah, I absolutely think so.</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppppp</p>