How good is USC for Business grad/jobs? Also, chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Hello,
I applied for USC's undergraduate program at Marshall/Levanthal School of Business and I'm wondering if USC's business program is regarded as one with good vigor in comparison to other top notch schools such as Carnegie Mellon or NYU Stern. I know that for graduate school, the vigor of my undergrad's b-program is imperative, so I was just wondering how USC parred. </p>

<p>In addition, I'm from NY so I was wondering if the alumni network was only in California and if I could still get a good internship after graduating from USC (granted I go to USC and that I do well).</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>Also, chance me? (: I am applying for the Marshall School for scholarship consideration. Do you think I can get a scholarship? 50k is just too much me a year...</p>

<p>GPA: unweighted: 3.75 (? not sure because my school is on a 90-100 scale)
from 0-100 scale unweighted: 93.5</p>

<p>SAT scores from one sitting: 2110 three subjects and 1410 M+R </p>

<p>Course Senior Yr: 4 APs, 1 college level course
Has taken 6 AP classes in total and 4 honors classes.</p>

<p>Nature of High School: Amongst highest ranked in the nation, a public high school in NY that requires an exam to get into.</p>

<p>ExtraCurriculars & Honors/Awards:
-Debate Team (Varsity, 4 year member) Treasurer
-National Hr Society VP
-Amnesty Int. Secretary
-National Merit Commended
-Degree of Excellence in the National Forensics League
-National Honor Society of High School Scholars
-300+ hrs of community service / political internship
-Chinese Culture Club for 2 years, performed chinese fan dancing
-..There are others, but these are the most significant.</p>

<p>SATII Scores: 550, 560, 660. Let's just leave it at that. I am really bad at SAT IIs One was from freshman year though. (This is probably the weakest aspect of my application which I am worried about....I really want a scholarship)</p>

<p>Location/Person: NY / Chinese female, 1st generation</p>

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<p>Your stats are solid for admittance, but your scholarship chances aren't the best.</p>

<p>Undergad B-School is Top 10. The MBA Program is 25. EMBA is Top 10.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know scholarships are very difficult to obtain. </p>

<p>I don't think I can attend the school if I need to pay 50K a year. It's a huge financial burden.
Any advice besides outside scholarships? I will apply for financial aid but I won't get much. :(</p>

<p>Also- someone from my school got a scholarship with only a 91 GPA and high 2000s SAT scores (however this was two years ago) so it just proves how arbitrary some of the process is. I know that at my school, the average GPA of accepted students about 2 points (on the 0-100) scale lower than the average accepted GPA in total for USC. I don't know why this is, but maybe it's because of my school profile since it is a very competitive high school. </p>

<p>Looking forward to other people's inputs on this.</p>

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<p>The average GPA is really just that, an average. Slight deviations are okay; even low ones (3.33) are not uncommon. It's not that a 3.0 student will do poorly, but if a student blew off classes in high school, why would colleges want to admit them when college is more work? GPA is generally a good indicator of how students will do. That said, it's not the only thing taken into account, but it's certainly really important.</p>

<p>When you put it into the context of your high school, please don't draw attention to it on your app, which is about you, not your school. They have your transcript, and they probably know rankings.</p>

<p>Perhaps you could apply for the Asian Alumni Association Scholarship (I don't think you need to be a legacy to do that). Besides outside scholarships and FA, you really do have to turn to outside 'ships, works, and loans.</p>

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<p>The Marshall School of Business is well regarded. U. S. News 2009 rankings placed these programs nationally: (undergraduate)</p>

<p>Accounting: 5th
Entrepreneurship: 4th
International Business: 5th
Real Estate: 7th</p>

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<p>marshall is a decent business school but usc in general is not as well respected as nyu and cmu. not to say that it's any less selective but just the fact that usc is not as well known outside of cali.</p>