<p>current hs junior
rank: top 3-4% out of 275
GPA: 3.96 UW
PSAT: 210
SAT: Taking in April
ACT: 31-science killed me
Ethnicity: white male
APs: takng English Lit and U.S. History this year, Calc BC, Bio, Macro and Micro Econ next year
ECs:
Racquetball Team (3years) Captain 2 years
State Latin Competition (1 year)
Student Advisory Council (1 year)
Latin Club (3 years)
NHS(one year)-can only join starting junior year
Pro-Life Club (3 years)
Community Service Program (3 years)- 3 hours per week</p>
<p>Legacy: Dad w/ M.B.A. and Ph.D.
would i have any chance of a scholarship?</p>
<p>i agree with guidez89.
do well on your SATs, and you have a nice shot!
(although don't put too much weight on the legacy for scholarship consideration... several legacy kids - one is 2nd in the class right now - applied to USC... good ECs, great GPA, pretty good SAT but not amazing.. and they haven't heard back yet. So do well on the SAT!)</p>
<p>yeah, that's actually what I meant, the legacy will help you get admitted, but it won't do much for scholarships... (unless your dad is part of the alumni ass.)</p>
<p>there are some scholarships just for legacies. so once you get admitted, there is a decent chance of scholarship money from this fund because you would not be competing with the complete pool of applicants.</p>
<p>Based on the trend that I saw for the scholarships for this year, most of the people who got the interview had perfect GPAs (or close to perfect..), SATs over 2100, and good essays (have to assume they had good essays, because people with simular stats were rejected for the scholarships).</p>
<p>The CB hasn't put out the score distribution for the 2400 point scale on the SAT I as far as I know. But from the old SAT I (M + V) 1600 point scale, the top 1% would be about 1510 and up, the top 2% would be about 1460 and up, and the top 3% would be about 1430 and up. If you look at the description on the USC website the university says top 1-2% of SAT test takers is a qualification for Trustee, and top 3% for Presidential.</p>
<p>Now I'm just guessing, but if you want to add 70-750 to these scores for the writing test, you would be in the ballpark for the guideline scores that USC is looking for on a 2400 point basis.</p>
<p>However, I don't think the scores tell the story, because if you do the math, you can see that it is likely that USC receives several thousand applications each year that could be trustee scholars, if SAT I scores were the entire story. Since they offer a couple of hundred trustee scholarships (some are not accepted as the kids go elsewhere), scores alone are not going to cut it. They are necessary, but not sufficient.</p>
<p>I noticed that most of the Trustee winners this year listed SAT I of 2200 and up, and most Presidential as 2200 and down a little, but the real story has to be in the other factors, not in the SAT I score.</p>
<p>My S, by the way, scored 2350 and received no merit aid at all. Still, admission to USC is a great gift. We should all be glad for what we get, as merit aid is a very uncertain business.</p>
<p>You absolutely DO NOT need to score a 2300 to secure a scholarship Presidential or Trustee or otherwise.</p>
<p>I just came back from Explore USC and one of the speakers mentioned that the average SAT score for the Presidential candidates was around 2180. </p>
<p>My host who interviewed students also mentioned that once you get into the interview room it's kinda fair game whether you're going for Presidential or Trustee. If you can't get the admissions committee to genuinely like you on paper or in person you can't expect to get anything.</p>
<p>my SAT score was 2280- i had 700+ SAT2s, good gpa, great ECs, and received the dean's scholarship.</p>
<p>i don't know what set me apart from those who received interview invites- or from those who didn't receive a scholarship at all. but heck, whatever : ) i'm thankful for what i got!</p>