Chance Me For USC (Southern California)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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SAT: 2150
GPA 3.4 UW, 4.0 W w/ an upward trend
SAT I (breakdown):2150
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4, 4.0 W
APs: AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP World, AP English Language, AP Macro, AP Physics B, AP Stat, AP Gov, AP Chinese

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): - Competitive figure skater for 11 years for 16 hours a week and a regional competitor for 6 years
Job/Work Experience:-

  • Figure skating group lessons instructor at an ice rink for 3 years
  • Figure skating group lessons at a different ice rink for 1.5 years and worked here and the first ice rink at the same time
  • Ice Instructor for children with mental illnesses (the adaptive program) at 1st ice rink 2.5 years
    Volunteer/Community service:
  • around 75 hours volunteering as assistiontant ice instructor at 1st ice rink 1 year
    50 hours volunteering for the lost dog rescue founda
    Intended Major: Econ

State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: In Fairfax county (top counties in the US), a school in a suburb by DC
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen college

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You clearly show a great demonstration of interest in figure skating, so I commend you for that. However, I’m struggling to see the jump between your EC and Econ, which would likely have to be focused on in your PS.

Your SAT is solid, as it’s smack dab in the middle of USC admits. However, that GPA is on the very low end of what USC normally admits, so it’s a toss-up. Right now, I would say USC is a reach school.