I know USC is a really competitive school and there is a lot of luck in this process, but could you please evaluate whether or not my application would be competitive?
Objective: COE
SAT I (breakdown) NA
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): 35( first try)(36M, 35S, 35E, 34R)
ACT superscore : NA
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 770 Biology
Unweighted/Weighted GPA:3.85(3.7 Freshman, 3.8 Sophmore, 4.0 Junior) 1 AP Freshman, 3APs sophomore, 4APs junior
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Euro:5 Biology:5 Calc BC:5 Calc AB(subscore):5 APUSH:5 AP Macro:5 AP Micro:5 Ap physics C M:5 Ap Physics EM:5 Ap Stats:5
Senior Year Course Load: AP comp sci, Ap enviro, AP Chemistry
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Varsity Cross Country(9-12,Captain)
Varsity Track(9-12)
NHS(Officer, 11-12)
Stem Cell Research Intern at University of Minnesota(12)
Link Leader(12)
Job/Work Experience:Worked at Target
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteering at Local hospital(3hrs/week), Local Chinese school(3hrs/week)
Summer Experience: Cornell Summer college(Intro to Computing Grade:A), Couple of STEM camps are various universities
Your test scores are in the higher range of the 25 - 75% of Fall 2019 admitted students. You GPA is closer to the 25% of that range for the admit, in the middle of the range for the enrolls. With a 11% acceptance rate for Fall 2019. USC does turn down applicants with perfect GPAs and tests scores. Viterbi is more competitive. Generally, whether it is USC or another school, engineer is more competitive than other majors. You should apply broadly and to some safety schools. It appears that you are out of state (CA). There are many good public and private schools offering engineering degrees, i.e., Univ. of Texas, Austin; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Univ. of Michigan, Illinois, and other lessor tier schools.
Also read the postings in this USC forum under the thread “What are my chances: Read First” by Madbean; and the posting response by WWWard in the thread “Chance me for USC” and other responses by WWWard. Good luck!
Like UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is a top tier public school and very competitive to get into. I believe the undergraduate engineering is in the top 20, I’ll have to check and repost.
University of Michigan has a top 10 program. Virterbi is ranked # 29, the 2018 edition had Virterbi #25. They are all very good engineering schools. You should not be fixated on a school ranking and just work on getting into a good school. Here is the link to US New’s ranking of undergraduate engineering schools (for schools offering PhDs):
@Thomasato1234 - Do you have a hook? URM, low SES or first member of family to attend college. You will be competitive, but stats are only part of the picture. There will be rejections for students with your stats and better.