Could I Possibly Get In?

Applying to College
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<p>alright, well as of now im a senior in hs and i have yet to take the SATs which is a big deal for college admissions, so putting the SAT scores aside do you think i might have a change of getting into either USC or Pepperdine?</p>

<p>right now im taking ap french 4, ap psychology, ap english lit, ap gov., principles of leadership (for student council), and trigonometry.</p>

<p>my unweighted gpa is kind of low. it's a 3.563. my class rank is 57 of 396.</p>

<p>to be honest my classes have all gotten much harder since freshman year where i started out with no honors classes but my grades have sort of gone down. i get a's and b's and second semester of junior year 2 c's.</p>

<p>im in extra curriculars. im student body historian, im most likely going to get vice president or pres. of international club, im on the staff of a local magazine, i work, and junior year i was entertainment and features editor of our school newspaper, and im involved in theatre. and i have a job.</p>

<p>so, with that bit of information do you think im applying to schools that are completely out of my league and that i have NO chance of getting into? or is there at least a glimmer of hope for me?</p>

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<p>Here's the USC and Pepperdine freshman profiles. The profile will show you the "stats" for the freshman picked for this school year (GPA, SAT scores...etc). Otherwise it's a crap shoot....which means it depends on your application essay, where you live in the US, your ethnic background, and just plain chance.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/docs/admission/Freshman_Profile_2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/docs/admission/Freshman_Profile_2006.pdf&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.pepperdine.edu/instres/content/dataset/cds2001.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pepperdine.edu/instres/content/dataset/cds2001.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>2001? Mixer, that Pepperdine CDS is a little outdated. Is there a more recent one available?</p>

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<p>Whoops sorry about that....typing faster than thinking. The search name for these stats are: "Common Data Sets" you can usually enter those terms in the search box at most college websites.</p>

<p>Here's 2006-2007 for Pepperdine</p>

<p><a href="http://www.pepperdine.edu/instres/dataset/CDS%20Complete.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pepperdine.edu/instres/dataset/CDS%20Complete.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>