Chances with new SAT's!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>GPA: 3.41 UW 3.96 W*
Rank: School Doesn't Rank
SAT: 720 CR; 680 Math; 670 Writing; 2070 Total
SAT 2: 690 Lit; 630 Math 2</p>

<p>EC's:
Student Council Representative 4 years
Varsity Cross Country 4 years (senior captain, went to state 3 times)
Varsity Track 4 years (senior captain, won league 3 times)
Campus Ministry Team (12) Organize food, toy, money drives for school
Founder of Redwood Running Club (summer running club 4 years)
Youth Basketball Scorekeeper (4 years)
Youth Soccer Coach (4 years; 200 hours)
Work in Non-profit golf shop for youth that gives away free clubs (4 years 300 hours)
Worked 20 hour weeks as Front desk worker at athletic club (summer after junior year)
Founder of Homeless Project (Drive around inner-city delivering xmas gifts to homeless people, with friends and family)
Golf in free time (since i was a little kid)
Skimboarding (since I was a freshmen)
Went to leadership seminar in summer after junior year</p>

<p>Essays: About my family tradition at the school, about mom having severe heart attack and coma in my sophomore year, and about perseverance in running. AP english teacher wanted copies to use as good examples for her classes.</p>

<p>Recs: Should be good, focused on my perseverance </p>

<p>Legacy: Mom, Uncle (6 figure donor), 2 great aunts, 4 cousins</p>

<p>Extra Rec: From my uncle who donates to the school (could hurt haha)</p>

<p>*I wrote a letter to the school about how my mom had 4 heart attacks throughout high school and was bedridden by her medication so I had to assume all of her household responsibilities and had less time for school work throughout almost all sophomore and junior years</p>

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<p>Congrats on your improved SAT's!</p>

<p>Your main weakness (but I'm sure you already know this) will be your GPA.</p>

<p>Everything else looks good - it may come down to essays, your school, recs, and all that good stuff.</p>

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<p>I'd let you in. I hope they do. Good luck.</p>

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<p>i'd say yes for sure. while gpa is on the weaker side you have great legacy, also the essay sounds great</p>

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i'd say yes for sure.

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<p>I dislike it when people say things are "for sure." If anything, he is borderline. Last year someone got into Harvard but got rejected to USC. Nothing is for sure.</p>

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<p>Disagree, I'd say he's in almost for sure. Strong family ties, SATs that land him in the middle of the mix, good ECs - the only issue is his GPA, which I feel is pretty well explained by his mother's health issues.</p>

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<p>also, forgot to add, I go to a reallly competitive catholic high school that is #6 nationally ranked on this catholic school website (not sure how credible the ranking is though)</p>

<p>thanks for the responses guys</p>

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<p>Seems like just about everybody on these boards now goes to a "reallly super-duper top-ranked nationally competitive school"...</p>

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<p>I think it's because everyone who goes to a super-duper-top-ranked-blah-blah-etc. school is obsessed with secondary education and therefore lurks on CC all the time.</p>

<p>Me, I go to an average suburban public school in the middle of nowhere.</p>

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<p>I missed the part about your uncle being a 6-figure donor. That's pretty huge.</p>

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<p>haha im being real though, I've got proof <a href="http://www.chshonor.org/roll/2006/cat_leaders.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.chshonor.org/roll/2006/cat_leaders.php&lt;/a> : look under academics, Bishop O'Dowd High School should be number six, but then again, Im not sure how credible the site is</p>

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<p>sfgiants, the best part about it, priority football tickets, he took me to USC vs. Notre Dame this year, it was awwwesome</p>

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ook under academics, Bishop O'Dowd High School should be number six, but then again, Im not sure how credible the site is

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<p>Errr, the schools are in alphabetical order? :confused:</p>

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<p>In any case, you have a rather good shot, probably better than 50/50. However, despite your strong connections, I would never say you are in "for sure." College admissions are random, **** happens. Like I mentioned earlier in the thread, someone got accepted to Harvard but not to USC.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I just noticed that. Wow. That is pretty embarrassing.</p>

<p>Good job! Your school is one of 25 schools in the Catholic High Schools' list of category leaders for academics!</p>

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<p>haha wow, awkward for me...that was stupid, but I guess top 25 isn't bad...in my defense, I only glanced at the list to find my school, didn't really look at the other ones</p>

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<p>"I dislike it when people say things are "for sure." If anything, he is borderline. Last year someone got into Harvard but got rejected to USC. Nothing is for sure." (sfgiants)</p>

<p>lo siento mucho. i meant that i would for sure say "Yes" not that he would for sure get in. 'for sure' are mostly empty words in this case, proof my poor diction. i should have written "i'd say yes fersherr"... that would have conveyed my meaning better, i suppose.</p>