<p>SAT super-score: 2030 (Math 690, Cr 630,Writing 710)
Pretty low, I know. But I'm hoping my grades and essays make up for it.</p>
<p>SAT 2's : Chemistry (710) , Math 2 (750)</p>
<p>O Levels 6 A* , 2A's.
A*'s in the important subjects( Maths, Further Pure Maths, Physics ,Chem , Bio, English)</p>
<p>AS Level: Straight A's (Math, Chemistry and Physics)
We do not have class ranks but I am most probably in the top 5/100 students in my batch.</p>
<p>Those people who don't know much about O/A Levels, if I convert these grades to GPA, it would be around 3.9 out of 4.0</p>
<p>EC's:
3 years of volunteer work for an NGO (Around 350-400 hours overall)
Taught primary school kids mathematics and English (3-4 hours a week for a year)
A 6-week mechanical/manufacturing engineering internship at a well-known University in my country.
Won an inter-school documentary/advertisement making competition.(had to make Ad using DSLR camera and edit and stuff)
Inter-school mathematics competition (part of a 4-man team from my school)
Part of the logistics team that arranged a MUN at school. Arranged for a formal dinner , concert, MUN committees etc.</p>
<p>Very Good essays
Great recommendations (2)
Majoring in Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are low, especially for a Viterbi student. If you applied before the scholarship deadline, know that usually only National Merit finalists get invited to be interviewed for a scholarship.</p>
<p>If you wrote really good essays incorporating your ECs, you have a good shot at getting in. Note that USC has an acceptance rate of <20%, and Viterbi is lower (because it’s engineering). Also note that each school can only accept a certain number of students, so being a chemical engineering major is no different from being an undeclared engineering major (in fact, that’s why you can switch majors more easily at Viterbi).</p>
<p>You are missing a step. 10,000 applied, around 1,500 admitted and 500 accepted. These are rough estimates based on the fact USC has around a 33% acceptance rate. The admit rates quoted are applied/admitted= 15%. Once again, this is a rough calculation.</p>
<p>USC has seen a huge leap in applications over the past few years. It would appear Viterbi may have experienced a larger percentage of that increase vs. some other majors. That could account for a Viterbi acceptance rate being closer to 15% (per GamerGal27’s calculations above) vs. USC’s overall rate ~18%. USC’s yield (percent of admitted students who matriculate) is near 33%, accounting for the ~500 new Viterbi freshmen. </p>
<p>I think you have a pretty decent shot. I guess you’ll have to make it up on your essays! Do you have an AP equivalent where you live? If you took those types of courses then it would definitely help. Have you done any research or such in chemical engineering? If you did, then that’ll definitely boost your chances a LOT.</p>