Do you think I can get in Pepperdine, USC?

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I attend a public high school within a rural county in North Carolina. Currently a Junior, I am beginning to look at schools. My main focus right now is around California, because well my dad will let me go to school there - and after 17 years living here (and not fitting in with the rural country folk) it is time for me to broaden out. Another reason I am choosing California is because I own a pretty big network of online websites, and I think with this in my portfolio I may have the option of a lot more jobs in and around the California area.</p>

<p>March 24th, we are flying out to take a tour of Pepperdine, and also stopping by USC. Do you think I will get in? Here are my credentials..</p>

<p>Please remember that I am currently a junior, so will be applying next school year.</p>

<p>RANK: ~15/300
GPA > 4.0 WEIGHTED
GPA ~ 3.7+ UNWEIGHTED (As I last recall)</p>

<h2>FRESHMAN</h2>

<p>Physical Science (HONORS) 88%
English 1 (HONORS) 95%
Geometry (HONORS) 93%
Computer Applications 1 - 99%
World History - 98%
Theatre Arts 1 - 96%
Leadership - 96%
PE/Physical Education - 96%</p>

<h2>SOPHOMORE</h2>

<p>English 2 (HONORS) 95%
Earth/Environmental Science (HONORS) 95%
Biology (HONORS) - 89%
Theatre Arts 3 (HONORS) - 96%
Spanish 1 - 93%
Algebra 2 (HONORS) - 94%
Civics (HONORS) - 95%
Computer Applications 2 - 100%</p>

<h2>JUNIOR (some speculation)</h2>

<p>Advanced Leadership - 93%
Theatre Arts IV (HONORS) - 96%
Theatre Arts IV Regular - 96%
Spanish 2 - 93%
Pre-calculus (HONORS) - 88%
English 3 (HONORS) - 95%
US History (HONORS) - 95%
Chemistry (HONORS) - 90%</p>

<h2>PROJECTED SENIOR</h2>

<p>Calculus AP
English 4
eCommerce 1?
eCommerce 2?
Other web development
Courses at local community college
Blah, Blah..</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities (3A SCHOOL)</p>

<p>Freshman - JV Basketball
Sophomore - JV Basketball
Junior - Varsity Basketball
Senior - Varsity Basketball (projected)</p>

<p>BETA CLUB MEMBER
Student Mentor</p>

<p>RELIGIOUS
Youth group member
Attend mission trips for the last 6-7 years with church for a week each summer
Attend church regularly (Methodist)</p>

<p>OTHER NOTES RELATED TO COMPUTERS/WEB DEVELOPMENT
1) Maintain local ROTARY website
2) Own a teen message board with over 9,000 members and 500,000 posts
-Moderate, Manage, this community.
3) Built a directory of 1,000 house pictures corresponding to addresses to aid in 911 responses (Home</a>) still under development, we are looking to get x10 the number of pictures this summer.
4) Sold a DOMAIN NAME (johnmccain.net) via to JOHN MCCAIN just prior to his announcing his run for the presidency.</p>

<p>Other notes:</p>

<p>My school got a 10 million $ grant this year and we built a new auditorium. I, along with my selected friend, have been cleared to use the equipment which they tell me "costs as much as a house" and operate the huge light board/sound board for the auditorium. We have also stayed after school for countless hours doing rehearsals for drama plays, along with a few beauty pageants. I was the only person in the school that they would even suggest allowing to run the equipment, but I told them I would also be needing my friend to get cleared because I cannot operate a light board and a sound board at the same time. In fact, prior to this I had never even SEEN this type of equipment before. I trained myself, and a friend, on how to program into the light board and do other various things such as lighting design.</p>

<p>Just took the SAT, awaiting scores. I think I did amazing on the essay, but missed about 4 on the math and not sure about the reading. Projecting a score around 2,050+.</p>

<p>Do you think I will get into Pepperdine, what about USC? Looking to pursue BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION</p>

<p>OTHER SPECS</p>

<p>White/Male</p>

<p>Please give advice, speculation, or other information!</p>

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<p>Nice. Not sure how much weight that will have but it looks good to me. </p>

<p>Good chances for Pepperdine and USC. You are certainly an above average applicant. You can easily go almost anywhere with those stats and EC’s. You’ll be fine.</p>

<p>I thought it may play a pretty big role in the application if they decide to look at it. It’s a project i’ve been working on since 2005; the site has been generating around 10,000 page views & 1,000 unique visitors views per day.</p>

<p>Still seeking other evaluations on my application! Again, thanks for taking the time to read.</p>

<p>Still seeking evaluations!</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance. I want to say for sure at Pepperdine, but you never know. Good Shot at USC too. Good Luck :)</p>

<p>Thank you Gabs!</p>

<p>I’m extremely excited about the tour in 2 weeks. Most people consider Pepperdine to be a safety school for USC; however it is likely that accepted to both I would pursue the Pepperdine path. My dad found out they had a BUSINESS ADMIN MASTERS in 5 YEARS program that he wants me to look into.</p>