USC is my dream school but now that is almost time to apply I don’t think I’ll be qualified/admitted, so I would appreciate is someone would guess my chance. Preferably a USC student or alumni, but am open to anyone.
All about me:
GPA: 3.87- 4.0
SAT: 1760 (R:610 M:540 W:610) planning to retake
ACT: 25 (R: 29 E: 24 M: 24 S:19) planning to retake
APs: World History (3), English Language (4), Calculus AB (4) - took it initially as a sophomore but didn’t do so well (1) but retook it my junior year (4)
Current Senior workload: 4 APs (English Lit, Statistics, Macro/Micro Economics, European History) and a couple academic electives
ExtraCurricular’s:
-Trio Upward Bound (CAULA) for 4 years, a low income government program. Was chosen to go to student leadership conference but didn’t because of AP tests, and was one of few to be picked to go to East Coast trip. Devoted all my high school summers to attending summer courses through this program (SAT Prep, creative writing, Precalculus for credit) and helps out majorly with college
-EAOP : UCLA program that keeps selected student on track to go to a 4 year college, been in it for 3 years now.
-School newspaper for 2 years now, this year I am Senior Editor, the one who runs the paper.
-Army JROTC for 2 years, was the cadet first sgt. of my class, the one in charge, drilling and such. Was chosen to go to completion 2 years, earned about 90 hours of community service through there, volunteering for races, guest speaking, donating to canned food drives, writing letters to the armed services members during the holidays (Operation Gratitude) volunteering at school baseball games
- 1 year of swim (JV) would have been promoted to Varsity this year but the swim team was unexpectedly cut, and currently, we are searching for anyone willing to coach.
- 1 year of leadership (9th grade year), in which I volunteered for UCLA’s blood drive, to organize, not donate. I had started up a fund raiser for the victims of hurricane Sandy.
- Had devoted 2 of my summers (along with Upward Bound) to Academic Decathlon training, but was never able to make the team because my priorities were my classes
- Have been in my schools University Preparatory Program (UPP for short) for all 4 years and was voted 10th grade representative my 10th grade year
- Offered unpaid tutoring to my peers, mainly any student performing poorly in my classes
- volunteer at my mothers job at a T-Shirt printing company, filing and organizing mainly
- babysit everyday after school, my 3 cousins.
- had a “service period”/ volunteer at my schools attendance office
- Am currently doing “Peer Cousel” where I mentor 10 other students and get them on track to apply to college, walk them through applying to SAT/ACT, FASFA, starting/previewing their personal statement, things of that nature
Awards: Highest Honors (GPA 3.7-4.0) my junior year, Principle Honor roll (GPA +4.0) my freshman year, AP scholar award.
Hooks: I am a first generation college student, family migrating to the U.S. before I was born, I am low income (<$35,000 a year in a household of 8 including me, and a grandparent with alzheimer dementia) and am a minority, Hispanic, and Female
Potential Majors: English, maybe Journalism not quite sure.