Did I destroy my chances at USC? (Freaking out a bit here)

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<p>Hi! So, I had an interview with USC. It was not an admissions adivsor but she did take notes. It seemed she really didn't look at my resume much. But anyway, I was just looking at the resume I handed her and I put that I am in the top 10% for gpa which is true. However, I also included a numeric rank of 1. Our school does not do numeric ranking anymore. THe stupid thing is, when I made up the resume for my teachers for letters of rec, I had put 1 as the ranking because it was that on my transcript and never said it was now decile and rumor was that everyone in the top percent was ranked numerically as 1. So, I had corrected that but I didn't realize I saved it as a different title, and I gave the USC intervewer the wrong one. I don't know if she ever even noticed that or what I shoud do at this point. I also didn't send a thank you note for the interview until after she sent me one. I had never knew that it was expected. I sent the note however as if I had not recieved her note. I feel so screwed. I have always worked so hard and I am so sad that I probably ruined my chances at my top school. What should I do?</p>

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<p>The interviews are not make-or-break deals anywhere, especially at a numbers-oriented school like USC (I assume you mean Southern Cal). As long as your numbers are good, you’ll probably be fine despite the misstep.</p>

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<p>@MoreAboutNothing
I am so glad to hear that. My SAT score (best in one sitting) is 2070 and best combined score (which is what universtiy of southern cal does) is 2150. My 10-12 weighted gpa is 4.25 and my unweighted is 3.87. Do you think that would be good enough? Also, should I call them up and explain that I noticed a typo and that my school no longer does numeric weighting?
THANKS!</p>

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<p>your SAT score is okay for USC, won’t get you in but won’t keep you out either. I’m not sure why you put your 10-12 GPA, USC looks at 9-11 (although they put a lot less weight on freshman grades like most colleges) and senior first semester grades are important too. Your 3.87 is good, 4.25 alright so it depends on how rigorous your courseload is.</p>

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<p>2150 isn’t considered very good for that school? I’m bummed, I thought that was considered a good score. I heard freshman year and senior year aren’t really looked at. I have always taken a course load entirely of honors and ap courses. (was only able to take 1 sophomore year because that’s all the school offered, and i took 3 junior, and 4 senior) My 9-12 gpa is 4.1 weighted and 3.87 non weighted (that actually is the overall one) Sorry for asking for so much feedback! I am just very concerned. Thank you so much for all your help!</p>

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<p>2150 is a good score that 9 out of 10 high schoolers in america would kill to have, but for USC it’s nothing amazing. In other words, you won’t be accepted simply because of your score, but if you get rejected your SAT score isn’t to blame.</p>

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<p>Interviews at USC are informative, not evaluative.</p>

<p>Make corrections to your resume to reflect accurate information. FAX the corrected resume to USC admissions with a FAX cover sheet containing a brief, factual note saying something like, “There was an error on the resume I submitted at my interview. Please disregard that resume and and place this corrected resume in my file.” You do not have to specify what the error was, and do not include long explanations or excuses.</p>

<p>The freshman profile for the 2011 entering class shows your SAT score in the middle 50% of admitted students.</p>

<p>As mentioned in an earlier post, USC will use your UNweighted 9-11 GPA and will likely ask for your senior mid-year grades. The average UNweighted 9-11 GPA of admitted students was 3.8.</p>

<p>Freshman profile: <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>what would be a good sat score to get into USC? over 2200?</p>

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<p>USC’s middle 50 percent for the SAT is from 1910-2210. If you scored above a 2,200, you are in the top 25 percent of students that attend USC. USC DOES take your highest score across multiple sittings, so you are probably in the upper portion that attend anyways.</p>

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<p>So let’s say one had a 3.61 UW GPA 9-11 (3.73 10-11) and a 2340 SAT. How would that stack up?</p>

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For the most recent entering class (Fall 2011), the middle 50% of accepted students was 2020-2240. The middle 50% for those who chose to attend was 1970-2180.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;