General Questions+Chance

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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  1. What is the "easiest" from [CE,ME,EE] engineering major to be admitted to at USC?
  2. How can I increase my chances to be admitted/show interest?

STATS:
Instate in California
Indian Asian
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (CR-640 W-700 M-720)
SAT II: Math II:750 Physics:710
Unweighted GPA for 10-11: 3.67
Weighted GPA 10-11: 4.24
UC GPA: 4.0

Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10%
AP Scores: AP Euro (3), AP Chem (3), APUSH (4), AP Physics 1 (4), AP Calc AB (5), AP Spanish (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Comp Sci, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Physics C

12 APs/14 offered taken, which is why I have a low GPA, but no excuses

Extracurriculars:
3rd Degree Black Belt
Science Decathlon(Will this help?)
Taekwondo Teams/Tournaments
Taekwondo Instructor
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor
SSA Office Intern
Intern at major Aerospace company
AP Scholar With Distinction
COSMOS UCI CAMP

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USC does not accept by major; they accept by college e.g., Viterbi engineering. Your SAT and unweighted GPA are both on the low side for USC overall and especially Viterbi where they tend to be particularly high. (I believe the GPA is grades 9-11 not 10-11).

Look at the stickied post at the top of this forum for an excellent overview of anyone’s chances at USC.

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@GamerGal27 so would it be beneficial to put a major outside of viterbi for my alternate?

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I agree that your SAT and GPA are low for any engineering discipline.

Also, USC is private, can you afford their tuition and fees of over $60k per year?

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You can put another major from another college as an alternate but there is no guarantee that USC will even review it for it. They get so many applications that some colleges don’t have the resources to review the second choice.