chances for Scholarship?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Public High School in SW Chicago Burbs
4.86 GPA
33 ACT
Ranked 6/638 (top 1%)
Great Essays & Good EC's</p>

<p>What are my chances for a Trustee/Presidential Scholarship?</p>

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<p>Quite good. If you applied this year, you'll found out soon if you got one. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>yup, you should have an acceptance letter fairly soon.</p>

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<p>is your school on a 6 point or 5 point ap weight scale?</p>

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<p>what about me? i have a 33 act and a 4.0 UW for 9th and 10th, 4.4 for this year (all As, 3 weighted classes...im a junior rhp kid). oh and strong extra curriculars/reccomendations, fairly decent essays... public school, doesnt rank.
scholarship?</p>

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<p>what's your overall gpa?</p>

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<p>Most admitted RHP kids get a scholarship, and your stats look pretty good, so you probably will.</p>

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<p>5 point GPA scale for AP classes</p>

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<p>yeah you're good</p>

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<p>what does RHP mean</p>

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<p>resident honors program. it's for extremely talented juniors in the area around USC to apply as juniors and skip their senior year.</p>

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<p>gpa-- at my school freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to take AP classes, and there are no available honors classes. so i have (4.0+4.0+4.43)/3=4.14 weighted. 4.0 uw all years.</p>

<p>when i had my interview the director of rhp told me that how it <em>generally</em> worked out for ACT was: 32 to be considered for rhp, 33 to get in to rhp, and 34+ for trustee or presidential. of course, there are other factors....</p>

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<p>is the 34 for trustee or presidential for all applicants or just for RHP? because i have a 32 and i really want a scholarship.</p>

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<p>the qualifications for merit scholarships would be the same for all students since the scholarship program is in no way specific to rhp.</p>

<p>what is your SAT I score? if its higher than a 32 equivalent- woo!</p>

<p>there is also dean's scholarship of course.</p>

<p>and that 2-second run down was just based on test scores, obviously they look at a bunch of different criteria for ppl considered for the biggies.</p>

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<p>does state of residency come into play when considering scholarships? like are certain amounts taken from each state, or is california heavily awarded as i assume it is?</p>

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<p>34 seems really high because the scholarship info says that trustee and presidential candidates are in the top 1-2% of SAT and ACT nationally, and a 32 is still in the top 1% nationally (my ACT is higher).</p>

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<p>i definitely hope that you're right, blue..</p>

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<p>of the current freshman class, 361 received presidential scholarships, and about 100 received trustee. that's not including the students who received those scholarships but didn't attend. so yeah, a 34 cutoff seems extremely high, and besides, usc is good about focusing on the applicant's overall image. what'd you score socks?</p>

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34 seems really high because the scholarship info says that trustee and presidential candidates are in the top 1-2% of SAT and ACT nationally, and a 32 is still in the top 1% nationally (my ACT is higher).

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<p>I'll take the middle ground. I would say 33 is a more likely figure. </p>

<p>Top 1% is probably a lot more common, but they include the 2% because there are some compelling candidates with the lower SAT's. Also take a look at this post by an admissions officer at a selective institution. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=3452914&postcount=123%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=3452914&postcount=123&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The important part is:</p>

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I've noticed that when a student takes both the SAT and the ACT, they usually have a stronger score on the ACT than on the SAT...so perhaps that 32 is even less-special now than it was before?

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<p>...so that may translate to less respect for the ACT. In other words, a top 1% nationally in the ACT wouldn't be equivalent to top 1% for the SAT.</p>

<p>Anywhoo, I think it's great that you are so passionate, but at the same time your test scores are on the lower end to receive a scholarship, particularly since it's getting more competitive every year. Good luck though.</p>

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so yeah, a 34 cutoff seems extremely high, and besides, usc is good about focusing on the applicant's overall image.

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<p>There's no strict cut-off per se, just sort of an unofficial one.</p>

<p>Also I think a lot more candidates submit (and are evaluated by) the SAT. As I said above, ACT just may garner less respect.</p>