I WANT TO GO TO USC! Can i?

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<p>Hello, im a senior at a los angeles high school.
I want to go to USC and major in biochemistry, or biology.</p>

<p>I have taken 4 AP classes so far, and currently taking 5 this senior year. From my knowledge, i only have 1 B this semester, in AP lit, and the rest are As.</p>

<p>My stats are
Rank: 7 out of 583
Gpa weighted: 4.14
SAT I: reading- 640
writing- 600 essay 10
math- 720
SAT II: Math 2 - 710
Physics - 660
World History - 670
Extracurricular:
-xcountry and track for 2 years, won medals for both years in x country
-hospital service for 3 years, doing 4th
-school community service club for 3 years, doing 4th
-several other clubs i just joined last year and this senior year
-Community Emergency Response Team, an organization i trained for only 30 hours
-and other small stuff</p>

<p>Work experience (paid):
-Cedars Sinai Hospital student employee, started 09/2012 and still working
Honors:
-nothing significant.. only principals honor role, top 10 in school, yeahh</p>

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<p>Your unweighted GPA is what is important.</p>

<p>SAT scores are a bit low.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars look good, particularly the hospital service one.</p>

<p>How were your essays and recommendations in your application? Your stats are a bit below average, so that is what would make it up.</p>

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<p>Aw crap…
My essays i believe are excellent. And my reccomendations, i think are great. The counselor just met me but hers was pretty good. I had my AP physics teacher write me one but it seemed flat, so im hoping my ap calculus teacher and ap english teacher wrote me much better ones.</p>

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<p>oh and my unweighted GPA im not sure of because i havent been told about it.
my W gpa is 4.14 on a 4.0 scale.</p>

<p>I have gotten 3 B’s in the course of my fresh, soph, and junior years. So im guessing it is around a 3.9 UW gpa</p>

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<p>Can your family afford to pay full freight, over 200K+? Can they?</p>

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<p>^ USC is need-blind in admissions for domestic students, so ability to pay will not be considered in admission decisions.</p>

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<p>im being considered for full tuition due to my fathers employee benefits</p>