Do I have ANY shot at usc???????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey there! </p>

<p>I am a rising senior and I just wanted to know if I have any chance at USC. </p>

<p>Here are my Stats....</p>

<p>Rigorus School Type: Competitive public
Location: Washington State
Race/Gender: African American/Female
Prospective Major: Political Science/Public Policy (tentative)
Unweighted GPA: 3.6 (school doesnt w gpas)
Class rank: top 19%
Also took spanish for 4 years</p>

<p>SAT I Scores 1630 (I WILL RETAKE) hoping for 1800 or higher</p>

<p>By the time I graduate I will have taken 7 AP classes and basically rest are Pre-AP.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Key Club President (actually in the club for all of HS)
National Honor Society
Varsity Tennis (all of HS)
Peer Mentor
Amharic Class (can read and write and speak this language fluently now.. Official Lang of Ethiopia)
Dance Lessons
Clark County Youth Commission (internship...represent the youth in city council.. help come up with laws to benifit the youth)
A TON OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
and for what its worth...I babysit my bro and sister.=)</p>

<p>Essay... not sure but I have some really good ideas mostly about my heritiage... took a trip to Ethiopia last summer and I have an interesting background.</p>

<p>I will have some really good recs. </p>

<p>I am passionate about everything that I do and I truly work hard... but are these stats enough to get me into my top choice USC????? How much does being a URM help?</p>

<p>Any opinion or suggestions of other schools help. Thank you so much!!!</p>

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<p>get that SAT up and you should have a shot. Ethiopia is cool. But why would you wanna go to the U of S poiled C hildren</p>

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<p>thanks pwong! i guess one of the main reasons is bc i grew up in LA, and I miss the area, and the school has a good rep.</p>

<p>anyone else??</p>

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<p>buuuuuuuuuuuummp.</p>

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<p>I have to agree with pwong.</p>

<p>Your SATs are a little on the low side.</p>

<p>:(</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/757823-well-known-school-can-i-get.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/757823-well-known-school-can-i-get.html&lt;/a&gt;
Chance me back please?</p>

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<p>I agree with the other posts from above - raise your SAT to at least 1800.
Do you know if it’s possible for your to raise your GPA as well? :o</p>

<p>Other than that, I think you’re pretty much set :slight_smile:
If you could, please chance me as well:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/757776-ucsd-uci-uw-others-doable-chance.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/757776-ucsd-uci-uw-others-doable-chance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(btw, I also plan to write about heritage) hahaha</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. Yeah I know that my gpa and sat def make me a weaker candidate. I am really working on it! USC doesnt require sat 2’s but it is recomended … but usc is the only school that I am applying to that requires the sat2. Would it be worth it to take them or no?? IDk if i will do good on them…</p>

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<p>my older sister is accepted into usc '13, and she scored about 590 on math ii, and 640 on u.s. history.</p>

<p>she said the score is just to see how well you are compare to other students who take it as well, so i wouldn’t fret over it too much, but i’d take it anyways.</p>

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<p>Paperdolls: oh okay good to know. what were the rest of her stats? that would be really helpful to me.!</p>

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<p>Get your SAT score up. I’d say to take the SAT IIs, just because it can only help you.</p>

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<p>yup. I better start studying!</p>