<p>Hi all!... im an international student from Hong Kong
Currently freshman at top 50 LAC on east coast</p>
<p>SAT:
Math 590
CR 640</p>
<p>Current college grades: 3.5+ (hopefully a 3.7 by the end of the semester)</p>
<p>Highschool GPA: 3.0 roughly (did IB and not AP...guessing it will have more weight than the American System)</p>
<p>Extras Curriculors (highschool):
Varsity Basketball team
Varsity soccer team
Varsity rugby team
School Choir
Teaching English to Pakistani children (YWCA)
Captain of club tennis team
Student Leader (Head of Action for house)
Performed in school production and other school events
elected into the student union
Hong Kong Award for young people silver candidate
Rotary International Volunteer (Fire awareness program and Drug Addict Rehab program)
Assistant of the Business Department</p>
<p>Currently not doing that much ECs in college cause I wanted to make sure i can balance academics first</p>
<p>Unis that im looking at are: USC (my dream school), occidental, Loyola Marymount, Claremont Mckenna College</p>
<p>btw im applying to the College of Letters and Arts in USC</p>
<p>umm..
well USC is my dream school too...
but...i know transfer admissions is quite competitive...
but...USC has the most random admissions so you never know..</p>
<p>GPA: 3.2
SAT: Critical Reading 740/ Math 560/ Writing 690
total: 2000
just took subject tests Biology M, Literature, World History</p>
<p>Out-of-state</p>
<p>EC: DECA (marketing student association, FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) active member for 3 years - won an "excellence" award from DECA
..and im applying as a business major
-AP Scholar (two 5s, one 4)
-senior year GPA is much higher than freshmen, sophomore, junior years due to a school switch (both good schools though..)</p>
<p>Anyone know my chances of getting into USC, UCLA, UCSB, UC Davis, Loyola-Marymount</p>
<p>Any tips or random pieces of advice appreciated</p>
<p>Average admit at USC is 3.57 GPA or so. First admits are in-state students, then out-of-state. However, if you did well at the top LAC and your writing score is good, then you should be accepted.</p>
<p>Also, I should point out that USC has more international students (percentage-wise) than just about any other school in the country besides NYU and Columbia.</p>
<p>@Applicant55: Don't use another member's thread as your own. It's disrespectful.
@ OP: I would say USC is a reach for you because of your GPA/SAT but you never know.</p>