<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/USCFreshmanProfile2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/USCFreshmanProfile2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>ACT at the 25th%-tile. UWGPA below the average admit and the average enrollee. USC admit rate at 20% and rumored lower for this year’s class. I suggest treating SC as a reach.</p>
<p>Knockaround has good advice, but I’ll add, only apply to NYU if you really want to go there.</p>