<p>I just got accepted to UCLA and would like to know how good my chances are now getting into USC? I got a 2100 and approximately 4.4 weighted GPA, plus tons of extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I got accepted to UCLA as well! This is a very interesting question because USC is my first choice and UCLA is my second choice. My stats are lower than yours in terms of test scores, so your chances are pretty good for USC. My hook is that I’m a Questbridge finalist and I hope that impress the admissions people! lol Good luck to both of us and congratulations! :D</p>
<p>I feel that USC focuses strongly on the extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I’m a current USC freshman (my views do not represent the school’s views,) GPA was around 3.5 but SAT score is 2190. Many of my friends have great ECs and are contributing alot to the student environment at USC. From looking at the students with me, many of them got in partially because of good stats but also because they are leaders, hard workers and will positively contribute to the student environment. </p>
<p>While in my opinion USC definitely looks at numbers, I think they heavily weight ECs too.</p>
<p>I’d have to imagine that USC practices more holistic admissions than UCLA - they get half as many applicants, and they’re not bound to serving CA kids, so they can really look at everyone. Your stats look good, and the ECs will probably help. Good luck, and congrats on UCLA!</p>
<p>Over the past several years, I do not recall a lot of good evidence that one acceptance predicts the other. We’ve seen some admitted to UCLA and denied at USC, some admitted to both, and some students admitted to USC and denied at UCLA. </p>
<p>UCLA puts a lot of weight on GPA and ranking in graduating class, which means applicants who attended highly rigorous private schools, for instance, may have grade deflated gpas and the UCs do not tend to take that into account. Those excellent students, often with high SATs, may find themselves out at top ranked UCs like Berkeley and LA, but fit well into USC’s range since USC, a private U, takes into account the rigor of the sending school. OTOH, USC’s various Schools do have varying admissions rates, with the most sought after Schools like Thornton, SCA, SDA, Marshall, and Viterbi being potentially a harder admit because of fierce competition. As an example, School of Cinematic Arts has an admissions rate around 5% while UCLA does not admit undergrad to their Film major until junior year, so it’s impossible to compare those kids’ chances.</p>
<p>Good luck to all. Congratulations to those who got admitted to UCLA. But I do know a Trustee scholar at USC who was not admitted to UCLA, so it’s clear the 2 schools may value different talents.</p>
<p>^^ That was beautiful!</p>
<p>Cause i know my school has SUCH deflated grades especially since it is a boarding school.</p>
<p>When I went to school in Cali…it was a diff. subject. I went to a public school and my grades were okay. I have a feeling the UCs looked more at my grades from freshman and sophomore year at public school that at my boarding school =(</p>
<p>I really wish they did letters of rec.</p>
<p>UC’s like UCLA and UC Berkeley have just as much as a holistic approach than any other private university. Actually, they are a lot more holistic because they have a need to serve the residents of California. UCLA or UC Berkeley will consider their living and school environment as an important factor because not all individuals are born equally into this world since some grow up in horrible neighborhoods with horrible schools. And UCLA’s film school is incredibly hard to get into because they only accept 30 individuals out of the whole application pool. The competition is incredibly fierce as well because you can only apply in your third year which means there will be applicants who have majorly improved their portfolio and applications as they matured into college. </p>
<p>If you were accepted into UCLA, UC Berkeley, or UCSB’s engineering, then you have a pretty damn good shot at USC because the UC engineering is difficult to get into and superior.</p>
<p>Do your ECs relate well with your major?</p>