Fall 2014 USC DECISIONS STATS ONLY THREAD

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Accepted into Dornsife, Arts and Sciences, Neuroscience. (Glitch did show major)</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 35 (M36 R36 S36 E32) 10 Essay (Superscore 36 with E34 on 2nd try)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 790, Physics 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.73
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t Rank. Pseudo-rank top 1-2% of 950
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (5), Physics B (5), English Lang (5), Calc BC (5), US History (5), Biology (5), Spanish Lang (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Macro, AP Gov, AP Chem
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended
[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Football, intramural sports, volunteer clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None at time of application
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, School Orgs for 200+ hours, tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Football camp
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Calc Teacher, good. AP Lang Teacher, good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good (but responsible for 100+ seniors, 400+ students)
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other

  • [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
    [<em>] Country (if international applicant):
    [</em>] School Type: Public, 3500+ students
    [<em>] Ethnicity: White
    [</em>] Gender: Male
    [<em>] Income Bracket:
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

  • [<em>] Strengths: Stats (Curriculum, GPA, Test scores, AP scores)
    [</em>] Weaknesses: Leadership in ECs
    [<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats
    [</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, Miami University - Ohio, University of Virginia/ Waitlisted: University of Chicago Rejected: Duke Stanford, Princeton

General Comments:
Congratulations to all accepted! Best wishes to all others, too.
Probably a financial rejection. No sign of merit aid and we can’t afford our full EFC. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School of Cinematic Arts: Media Arts + Practices (2nd choice, but after making my peace I am happy)</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/1/13</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3/28/14</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: School of Cinematic Arts: Media Arts + Practices (2nd choice, but after making my peace I am happy)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2020 M: 690, CR: 660, WR: 670,
ACT: N/A</p>

<p>GPA-UW/W: 3.82/N/A</p>

<p>Rank: 42/410</p>

<p>AP/IB classes: AP Chem, APUSH, AP Econ, AP Calc</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: CA: was really good had someone check over it and work with me on it, SCA supplements for Media Arts were pretty good as well (talked about my switch from engineering to film)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Excellent due to how I interacted with the teachers, but I opted to not read</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: good, lots of students but I made the time to get to know her</p>

<p>EC highlights: Fencing, NHS, Model UN, various charity clubs - Drum Captain for High school marching band - 2 years, CHS live(student run news cast), various short films as well</p>

<p>Location/Person: Concord</p>

<p>State or Country: NH</p>

<p>School Type: Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian/various other ethnicity</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: I am not sure, a little surprised to be admitted to this major (not much information on it), I guess it helped that I had a really good interview with the production office reviewing that application - maybe she said something</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: No scholarships so far - but hoping for TE. Not sure if I am going, due to the major not being my first choice, but most likely i will, also due to the opportunities in SCA.</p>

43

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: November, 2013</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3/28/14</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi/ Mech E</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2090 M: 740, CR: 630, WR: 720,</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests: Math 2-740
GPA-UW/W: 3.98/4.40
Rank: 5th out of 650
AP/IB classes: 8 AP classes</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recs: Average
Counselor Rec: Good
EC highlights: Varsity Golfer, Volunteer Golf Instructor, summer leadership and engineering academies, Teacher Aide at summer school for disadvantaged youth </p>

<p>State or Country: Northern California
School Type: Large Public HS
Ethnicity: African American
Gender:Male</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Sibling currently enrolled- Viterbi</p>

<p>•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCLA, UC SAN DIEGO, UC SANTA BARBARA, UC IRVINE, UC DAVIS, UC RIVERSIDE (Regents Scholarship)
Waitlisted: UC BERKELEY
Rejected: Cal Poly SLO</p>

<p>General Comments: I love USC, but since my brother attends I kind of want to carve out my own identity and have my own experience, so probably will attend UCLA. :wink:
Congratulations to all accepted! Best wishes to all others, too.</p>

44

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/1/13</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3/28/14</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: School of Dramatic Arts: Acting BFA (1st choice), Acting BA (2nd choice)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2120 M: 700, CR:720, WR: 700,
ACT: 32</p>

<p>GPA-UW/W: 3.74 UW</p>

<p>Rank: No Rank (small prep school)</p>

<p>AP/IB classes: AP Calc, Honors English and History</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: CA: was excellent, very personal and reviewed by 2 teachers and college counselor</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Excellent due to engagement in classroom and out of the box thinking</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Very good, one of 16 she wrote, we answered a questionnaire to assist her. </p>

<p>EC highlights: V Basketball, V Soccer, V Tennis, Social Activism Club Leader, Community Service Lead. Performed in all high school plays and musicals. Attended performing arts programs during sophomore and junior year summers (US Performing Arts- Stanford U and Georgetown U, Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC)</p>

<p>Location/Person: Santa Fe</p>

<p>State or Country: NM</p>

<p>School Type: Private</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Audition went well in San Francisco in early February</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected/still waiting:
Accepted: CALArts (Acting), Sarah Lawrence. Waitlisted: Boston University (BFA Acting), American University. Rejected: Yale, Carnegie Mellon (BFA Acting). Have not heard from Harvard, SUNY Purchase (BFA Acting), Wesleyan.</p>

<p>General Comments; Did not receive scholarship offer in acceptance mailing (should we have?). As a National Merit Finalist, I heard during our site visit information session that National Merit Finalists get a Presidential Scholarship automatically (no interview). We just sent an email asking for confirmation on this for my S.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked March 26th, received March 28th.</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, Industrial and Systems Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): x
•ACT: 33 (36E, 30M, 31R, 34S)
•SAT II: x
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99UW
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8 (unweighted)
•AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Biology (4), World History (5), Chemistry (4), Language and Composition (3).
•IB (place score in parenthesis): x
•Senior Year Course Load: French 5, Concert Choir. Also all AP: Literature, Psychology, Calculus BC, Physics B, Physics C (Mechanics), U.S. Government, and Macroeconomics.
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction? Otherwise none. </p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Theatre; 14 shows through senior year (several leads, student director) [9th - 12th]
-Choir; member of both top ensembles, one co-curricular the other extracurricular. Also sing in church choir once a week. [top choirs 11th - 12th]
-NHS (Officer) [11th - 12th]
-Student Council (Secretary) [10th - 12th]
-Speech team [11th - 12th]</p>

<p>•Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at ice cream shop about 6 hours a week during school year. [10th - 12th]
•Volunteer/Community service:
-Regular volunteer at Animal Humane Society (3 hours a week) [10th - 12th]
-50+ NHS volunteer hours
•Summer Activities: Chosen from top students in my school to participate in an exchange trip to Japan [summer after 11th]. Otherwise just work and theatre.</p>

<p>•Essays:
-Common App: 6-10/10? Really not sure if it’s good or not. Too personal to be comfortable letting anyone read. From my own judgement I’d say it’s fairly well written and compelling.
-Supplement: 9 or 10/10. Not going to lie, I was very proud of my supplemental essays. Put a lot of thought and time into them (and I think it payed off!). </p>

<p>•Teacher Recommendation:
[Didn’t read either]
-Chem teacher: 10/10 (said it was one of the best he’s ever written)
-English teacher: probably 8/10-ish (she says she writes very good recs)</p>

<p>•Counselor Rec: probably 7/10, don’t have a personal relationship. Probably all positive but generic.
•Additional Rec: x
•Interview: x</p>

<p>Other
•State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
•Country (if international applicant): x
•School Type: I don’t know how to judge competitiveness. I’d say a fairly average public high school. Not particularly affluent nor impoverished. Rated in the top 15 of MN high schools if that means anything? Offers an above average amount of AP courses.
•Ethnicity: White
•Gender: Male
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Dedication to ECs, leadership positions, GPA, course rigor.
•Weaknesses: ACT math score, lack of subject tests, AP scores(?), not enough volunteering(?), white male, no major awards or lab/intern work.
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my numbers were good enough to be considered for admission and my extracurriculars and particularly my essays pushed me over the edge. I knew USC was a good fit for me and did my best to show that in my supplement.
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: U of M–Twin Cities (College of Science and Engineering). Rejected: Northwestern (McCormick), Stanford.
Waiting: Nowhere else, thank God. </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: It’s been a long and sometimes agonizing wait, and I’m relieved that I can finally say it’s been worth it. Over the last several months USC has become my top choice, and I am so honored to be granted admission. My 30 on ACT math and lack of subject tests had me worried, but I’m thankful USC was able to look past small weaknesses and truly look at me holistically. My fingers are crossed that financial aid works out and I’ll be able to call myself a Trojan this fall! Fight on! </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: Before Dec 1.</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Unspecified Business</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: Didn’t send
ACT: 33
SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t take
GPA-UW/W: 4.38 W
Rank: Top 10% but didn’t send rank
AP/IB classes: 8 AP</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Very risky, edgy essay that made me look like a fool, but a likable fool.
Teacher Recs: One from my BC Calc teacher: said I was one of the best students, but it was a pretty dry rec–he’s terrible at writing… One from my APUSH teacher: not sure how good it was.
Counselor Rec: Probably alright
EC highlights: Varsity Orchestra Officer, Worked at a non-profit farm, VP of a charity, NHS, Varsity Crew, Part time jobs, One summer research program</p>

<p>Location/Person: </p>

<p>State or Country: Texas
School Type: Magnet, very competitive nationally recognized school.
Ethnicity: Asian and white
Gender: Male</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Waiting to see if I got some merit aid… fingers crossed! Just glad to get in after being rejected from Duke, Stanford, Rice, Brown, Tufts and waitlisted Vandy, WUSTL, and Tulane.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: January 1, 2014</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: March 28, 2014</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business / BS Business Administration</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 30
GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.99
Rank: 5%
AP/IB classes: 10</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recs: 7/10
Counselor Rec: 5/10
EC highlights: Business Experience, Sports, Touring Musician
Location/Person: Southern Vermont (Manchester)
State or Country: Vermont
School Type: Private Rural
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: First Generation</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Go Trojans!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: November 30th</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: Received 3/28</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Dornsife, Undecided- but immediately entering Viterbi CS (Games)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: NA
ACT: 31
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 730
GPA:: 3.83/4.0 UW; 5.3/5.0 W
Rank: 51/510 (10%)
AP/IB classes: APUSH (4), AP English Lang and Comp (5), AP Gov (4), Currently taking AP BC Calc, AP Physics, AP Micro, AP Lit</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: He had an outstanding essay that talked about overcoming issues due to his hearing loss (right ear) and wanting to challenge himself academically as a way to be a role model for others. He showed that he actually did that with a huge upward trend in rigor and grades. Every woman that I let read it cried. (I don’t think he realized its emotional impact.)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: He had an outstanding rec from his AP Lang & Comp teacher. She is known as “the teacher” for recs.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: His counselor knows him very well so I assume it was great.</p>

<p>EC highlights: JV Tennis, Varsity Tennis, First-violin in highest level orchestra, Piano, Bowling league, Key Club Treasurer, Math tutor, various honor societies</p>

<p>Location/Person: Chicago</p>

<p>State or Country: Illinois
School Type: Large-sized public; 2,400 or so
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: I think his hearing loss may have made him a URM but I am not sure. He came across as very sincere and committed to USC.</p>

<p>General Comments: Probably going to do American University in Paris in Fall 2014. USC has a partnership with them making it easy to transfer credits.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: Sometime in January</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked: Not sure</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Dornsife Letters, Arts, and Sciences/Environmental Science and Health</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 1980
ACT: 29
SAT Subject Tests: 710 lit
GPA-UW/W: 3.6 UW, Idk about weighted my school doesn’t do that
Rank: maybe top 30%
AP/IB classes: AP Bio, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Stats, AP Environmental</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: I liked them; written well but nothing heartbreaking
Teacher Recs: wasn’t allowed to read them but i think they wrote well of me
Counselor Rec: Idek if i did this did i? idk hahah
EC highlights: Treasurer French club, flute for 7 years (and in city’s symphony), volunteer at animal rehab center, studied abroad junior year summer</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: Washington State
School Type: Large-ish public school
Ethnicity: Mexican American /white
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: i’ve been told it could’ve been my mexican ethnicity, but this makes me wonder why i was rejected from almost all of my other schools (UC davis (waitlisted), UCLA, UCSD, Stanford haha) maybe it was my essays?? idk bahaha</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I am not sure yet about any financial stuff, haven’t received that info yet. I hope i go to USC I would absolutely love to, but it is pricey so I’m waiting to see if i got any scholarships or aid. </p>

<p>I was so used to getting rejection letters (they literally were just rolling in throughout the week) i had become numb to it haha i waddled out to my mailbox and saw the USC packet and thought “oh, that’s a big envelope for a rejection letter, that’s rude of them to get us rejected people’s hopes up” hahaha I still am worried this was some kind of mistake! Ahhhh USC! USC! FIGHT ON!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Accepted into Annenberg, Communications</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (770 writing, 690 reading, 640 math
ACT: n/a
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but I know I’m in the top 9%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4), Enviro (4), US History (5),
</code></pre>

<p>Senior Year: Spanish 5, Statistics, English Lit/Comp, Comparative Gov
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Spanish 5, AP Comp Gov, biotechnology, journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): My school newspaper has won national awards, I’m an AP scholar and have won individual local/regional journalism awards</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): journalism (Managing Editor 12, Arts Editor 11), Varsity cheerleading (captain 10), Global Health Focus club (president/founder), nanny, editor/coordinator for local newspaper that re-publishes HS newspaper stories (paid position)
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering through global health focus club
Summer Activities: nannying, cheerleading
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty positive that one was great, other two probably very good
Counselor Rec: not sure honestly
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Interviewed with Annenberg, I think it went really well.
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, very good, about 1300 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy!
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: Extracurriculars, leadership
Weaknesses: stats (SAT)? idk
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Legacy, journalism experience, leadership
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, Santa Clara University
</code></pre>

<p>Rejected: Cal, UCLA, Northwestern, Claremont McKenna (rough few days)</p>

<p>General Comments:
Congratulations to all accepted! I’m so excited, especially after several rejections in a row! Fight On!</p>

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<p>REJECTED FROM USC</p>

<p>GPA:
UC GPA: 4.25
UC GPA uncapped: 4.58
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Rank: 8 of 870</p>

<p>Senior Coursload:
*AP Calculus BC
*AP Physics C
*AP English Literature and Composition
*Advanced Music Honors
*AP US Government
*AP Economics </p>

<p>SAT:
SAT: 770 M/670 CR/770 W (2210)
SAT Superscore: 770M/710 CR/770 W (2250)
SAT Chemistry: 730
SAT Math II: 800
SAT Biology: 760</p>

<p>AP:
AP Human Geography: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Euro: 4
AP Biology: 5
AP USH: 4
AP Spanish: 4
AP Language and Composition: 4</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Marching Band all four years: began with no experience on Trumpet, awarded Most Improved freshman year, Asst. Section Leader Junior year and Section leader Senior year (one of the best bands in Southern California)
CSF (Soph, Junior, Senior) Member
Red Cross (Fresh, Soph, Junior, Senior) Vice President Senior year
Church ministry participation with leadership
Total Volunteering, 150 hours (predicted)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Commended
Center for Future Global Leaders - Math Challenge Divisional Recognition
Invited to NSHSS
AP Scholar with Distinction Award</p>

<p>Other:
School type: Public (Top 1000)
Location: CA
Race: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
Field: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Mom: Less than high school
Dad: 4 year college, Bachelor degree
Skipped a grade (if it matters)
Recommendations should be decent</p>

<p>WOW QUITE UPSET ABOUT THIS BUT ITS OK. UCLA IS BETTER FOR ME CAUSE ITS CHEAPER ANYWAY. HAVE FUN NEW TROJANS! I’LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE AT FOOTBALL GAMES</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3/28/14</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Leventhal School of Accounting (Undergraduate)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2190 M: 770, CR: 800, WR: 620
ACT: 32
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 - 680
GPA-UW/W: 3.56/3.85
AP/IB classes: Physics B (1 - Not Reported), USHistory (3), Psychology (5), Calculus BC (PL), Macroeconomics (PL), Microeconomics (PL) </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I tried to make myself stand out by twisting some humor and embarrassment into the prompts.[/noparse]
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
EC highlights: Jubilee Project Club President (2yr), Track and Field (4yr member, 2yr captain)
State or Country: California
School Type: Public (Nationally Ranked)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Very surprised, but very happy I got in! Rejected at UCB, UCLA, UCI, UCD. Accepted to USC, BU (School of Management), Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, UCSC, Drexel.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Date applied: Dec. 1, 2013</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3-28-14</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Dornsife college of letters, arts and sciences
Psychology Major</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2240 M: 700, CR: 800, WR: 740,
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: 790 Korean 710 Literature
GPA-UW/W: 3.69 UW/ 4.17 W
Rank: School doesn’t rank.
AP/IB classes: 12 AP/IB classes, IB diploma candidate
IB Bio- 5
IB Math- 6</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Really good. I wrote about a taboo in my culture.
Teacher Recs: One was probably really good and the other one was probably somewhat generic. I also had my coach write me a very good one.
Counselor Rec: Great. My counselor knows me very well and we get along great.</p>

<p>EC highlights:
Team Captain of Varsity Badminton
Tutor for Educational institutes
Intern Journalist at a professional newspaper branch
Intern at charity organization
Mentor to kids with disabilities
Senator sponsored leadership program
Volunteered with church and youth ministry
and more…
Extc. (fair, but not neccessarily outstanding.)</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: California
School Type: Competitive public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: low income, strong personal counselor recommendation, family hardship in sophomore years</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>National Merit Commended Scholar
1st place musical composition in regional contest
3rd place musical composition in regional contest
Senator Recognition award of community service</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT… (And it’s not even that strong.) Essays
Weaknesses: GPA for sure.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea. LOL. Uhmm… strong essays and unique life experiences. Yeah. That sounds about right.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: NYU Waitlisted: Boston College, Occidental
Rejected: Cal, UCLA, Pomona, Pitzer, UCSD, UC Irvine, Amherst, Barnard, Boston University, </p>

<p>General Comments:
I am so shocked beyond… infinity. After a whole bunch of rejections I was seriously thinking about A: fighting other people that are on the waitlist for BC, or B: I don’t know bc I didn’t really like the idea of community college. </p>

<p>USC was actually my first acceptance letter, and it was one of my top choices. All I have to say for you guys, is that don’t lose hope, because sometimes god takes away what you thought you would get to lead you to a better place. (not to get preachy on any one of you guys.) </p>

<p>I am definitely going to USC for sure, most likely probably. But all I have to say is that don’t give up hope, and I am so happy about today and everything and omg I’m definitely going to be a trojan, and I’m greatly looking forward to it. </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected
Applied to Annenberg, Communications</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 writing, 720 reading, 740 math) that’s superscored
ACT: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.92
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/580
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4), Biology (4), US History (5), English Comp (5), Lit (4), Calc (4)
Senior Year: AP Spanish, English HL, Civics HL, AP Physics, photo
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction
Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): # years track and cross country, a few various clubs. Dont feel like listing them out haha. I also had a job for like a month lol
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering through CSF and NHS
Essays: Eh
Teacher Recommendation: Ehhhh
Counselor Rec: Pretty good I’m guessing?
Additional Rec: None
Interview: I didn’t interview! Were we supposed to? Lol I didn’t even know</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, decent level
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Stats
Weaknesses: extracurricular? and definitely recs… shudders
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not that exceptional, haha I don’t really have anything interesting which is what private schools want
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Davis, UCSD, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly SLO, University of Washington, UCLA, Berkeley
Rejected: Just USC!</p>

<p>General Comments: Not upset at all, I couldn’t have afforded it anyway and I somehow have gotten so many other great options(UCLA and Cal?! what even). A little surprised that out of all my schools, USC was the one to deny me. I guess the public school admissions like me haha!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: 1/15/2014</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3/28/2014</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: VSE: Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT Subject Tests: (CH 700/PH 730/US 790/M2 790)
GPA-UW/W: 3.77/4.22
Rank: idk
AP/IB classes: 10 AP Classs</p>

<p>Subjective: </p>

<p>Essays: pretty bad
Teacher Recs: Pretty good. I had my apush and physics teacher write mine.
Counselor Rec: Average, I don’t really know my counselor.
EC highlights: FIRST Robotics (Co-President), Quiz Bowl (Captain), Badminton (J-V)</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: California
School Type: large public high school
Ethnicity: asian/chinese
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: nope</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted :)</p>

<p>Date applied: Nov 17</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: Mailed weds Mar 26, Received fri Mar 28</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Leventhal School of Accounting at Marshall</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2050 M: 720, CR: 660, WR: 670,
ACT: 31
SAT Subject Tests: none
GPA-UW/W: 3.94/4.21
Rank: none
AP/IB classes: 6 total by graduation: APUSH (5), AP lang (3, didn’t include on app), AP lit, AP spanish lang, AP calc ab, AP comparative gov</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Thought they were decent but nothing groundbreaking. Wrote about makeup artistry for my common app essay, NCL charity work for my supplement
Teacher Recs: Never got to read but probably good??
Counselor Rec: Heard some of it and it was pretty generic
EC highlights: Key Club president, Pom captain, Stugo, NHS, NCL leadership positions, Diversity Club, Mu Alpha Theta top 5 in school, Tons of Christian Service hours, Spain trip, Kairos, Honors Cotillion</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: Arizona, US
School Type: Catholic private college prep, about 900 students total
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Thought my interview helped a lot!!! Also got stellar grades first semester of senior year</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Shocked I got in!!! Deciding between here and UGA where I have a merit scholarship. Only school that rejected me was UT Austin. Congrats to everyone else who got into USC! Fight on :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: December 1</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: Received 3/26</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Arch</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 1940…I really bombed my SAT…
ACT: -
SAT Subject Tests: 730 Math and 800 Mandarin
GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.00
Rank: my school doesn’t rank
AP/IB classes: IB school but I didn’t take IB. 1 AP：AP CAL-4</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: I think it’s okay…:)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: They are from my art teacher who really really enjoys my art and another is from my Bio teacher ;), i was the highest mark in both of their classes. I think they gave my good recs.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: I am really close with my counselor, and she is also a alum from USC!</p>

<p>EC highlights: President of Welcome Club, member of art club, kids help phone club etc.
UNICEF live world painting 2nd Place, Digital Media Gold award
Location/Person: BC
State or Country: Canada
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese-Canadian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?:strong Art Portfolio and Art background. I think this makes up for my SAT and got me in.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I am just here to say that there is always hope and a school that fits you will want you and accept you. I bombed my SAT and I don’t have a huge amount of AP courses, but I believe that my talent is demonstrated in my portfolio. I am truly thankful and proud to become a trojan!!!YES!!!
*also got into Pratt on $20,000 scholarship.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: Dec 1</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 3/26/2014</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: 2070 M: 670 CR: 670, WR: 730,
ACT: NA
SAT Subject Tests: NA
GPA-UW/W: 3.76/4.00
Rank: Doesn’t Rank
AP/IB classes: 8</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: Common App was ok but I had great supplements
Teacher Recs: One was great and passionate while the other was standard
Counselor Rec: Standardish
EC highlights: Passion for Art (had pieces in museums),Sex-ed peer educator, English teacher at a rural grade school in China.</p>

<p>Location/Person: </p>

<p>State or Country: WA
School Type: Lottery/Public (top ranked nationally)
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: I think it had to be my unique extra curricular activities (at least I think they’re unique), first gen college student, </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Doubtful on scholarships and fin aid but proud to be a new Trojan! :smiley: Fight on! </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: Before December 1st</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: 2/29/2014 received</p>

<p>Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business, Business administration, the World Bachelor’s in Business </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Total: Didn’t send
ACT: 35
SAT Subject Tests: Math II(800), Math 1(730), USH(690), Bio M(640)
GPA-UW/W: 3.69
Rank: Not available
AP/IB classes: Calc BC, USH, Lit, Lang, WH(5), Gov(5), Macro, Micro, Bio(4), Physics C</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: I wrote them the night before, first draft, I thought they were ok but not great.
Teacher Recs: 9/10 Teachers love me
Counselor Rec: 8/10 Decent Probably
EC highlights: Bunch of awards, varsity athlete two sports, lots of other cool extracurriculars. </p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: Iowa
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Male
Gender: African-American</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: International experience that really helped with the WBB I think.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: USC is my dream school, and WBB my dream major, but simply unaffordable with no large scholarships…Headed to H or S probably. </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected </p>

<p>Date applied: Early October</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: MArch 29</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 28
GPA-UW/W: 3.4/4.1
AP/IB classes: 5
Essays: Really good! People said it sent chills down their spines (in the good way).
Teacher Recs: Decent, I didn’t read them but I knew both teachers for at least two years
Counselor Rec: I don’t know, I didn’t read and she doesn’t know me very well.
EC highlights: I didn’t may many leadership positions but I had over 400 hours of volunteer service
Location/Person: Chicago
State or Country: IL
School Type: Large
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female</p>