If You Have Not Gotten In --- What are your stats?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Please post your stats to see how we compare to those who have already gotten in. Maybe we have a chance and are just part of another wave.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>3.63 UW GPA
4.20 W GPA
10 Honors Classes
8 AP Classes
About 50% A's 50% B's, No C's or lower
1950 SAT I (Math: 700, Reading: 630, Writing: 620)
SAT II (Math II: 620, Chemistry: 630)
80 Hours of community service
2 Weeks (1 Week Each Summer) Helping at a "Vacation Bible School"
3 Month's working at a movie theater
4 Elected Offices in ASB (1 per year)
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
Journalism Club/School Newspaper
Creative Writing Club.
Caritas Christi Club - Basically the administration selects the senior's who they feel best embody the mission statement of my school.
Executive/President of a school "Mentoring" Program
1 Year of Football (Scholar Athlete Award)
1 Year of Cross Country(Scholar Athlete Award)
4 Years of Lacrosse(Scholar Athlete Award x 4)
Eligible in the Local Context (UC top 4% of class program)
4 Classes taken over summer at a local Community College, all A's in all courses. (Intro to Film, History of Film, Intro to Business, Intro to Marketing)
I also have an older brother that is a Junior at USC (If that helps my chances of getting in.)
I also would say that my essay for USC (my first choice) was pretty effective in showing my passion for Business/Cinema-Television. If I do get into the Marshall School of Business I plan on entering the BCA program they have.</p>

<p>I attend a small private Catholic High School in Orange County, Ca.</p>

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<p>3.51 UW GPA
School doesn’t weigh GPA so I don’t know…
too many honor classes so I’m not sure…
6 AP Classes
1960 SAt
31 ACT
650 Math 2, 790 Chinese Listening
Extracurricular:
Yearbook 4 years, editor 3 years
Girl Scouts-also Gold Award
Volunteered at hospital and Habitat for Humanity
Key Club, NHS (cabinet), CSF, environmental club, tutoring club, etc.
essay: not so good I think, I wish I submitted my UC one (which I think was a lot better instead)
recs: good, but counselor one I hope was at least decent
I also took 3 college courses and received A’s in all of them.
Hook: first-gen</p>

<p>Sorry, for editing so much, I keep on forgetting about some of my ECs:
I also have a part-time job and I was in the orchestra for 3 years (2 years intermediate, 1 year advance)
I also had a lot of yearbook awards (some national)</p>

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<p>GPA: 3.6 uw (thing that really hurt me was math last year, but i have straight A’s in calc this year so midyear report should help explain that issue)
SAT: 1360/1600 or 2150/2400
SAT2 Math 2: 770
SAT2 Lit: 690</p>

<p>5 AP classes and the rest are honors
AP Spanish Lang
AP Spanish Lit
AP Statistics
AP English Lit
AP US GOPO</p>

<p>AP scholar</p>

<p>ECS
Debate 4 years, captain of team junior and senior year, traveled nationally and built up extensive record
Peer leadership 4 years
Varsity Golf 4 years
Orchestra 4 years
Symphonic band 3 years (co-section leader)
marching band 3 years (co-section leader)
Volunteer for darfur awareness 3 years
volunteer for promote the vote 1 year</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Teacher’s Aide at Hebrew School 3 years</p>

<p>Numerous awards and recognition on national, state, and school level such as ranked in the top 50 debaters in the nation. if specific details effects your opinion let me know and i can tell you what they were.</p>

<p>I feel recs are solid: 2 solid teachers, debate coach/teacher</p>

<p>I felt essays were great: personal and showed who i was (or at least my dad, counselor and I think so haha)</p>

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<p>It seems to me the GPAs are what’s hurting us… though someone in my school got in with a 3.6…</p>

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<p>I think someone on here got in with a 3.5… :/</p>

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<p>3.8UW/4.2W
1900 SAT
Hardest curriculum at school - many Honors/AP classes
3 & 5 on World and US History AP Exams
660 - Math 2, 630 US History SAT II</p>

<h1>1-3 Varsity Tennis Singles 4 years, Student Council 2 years, Community service 3 years, School Newspaper, attended USC Summer Seminars in Architecture and got A-, legacy with brother, volunteer at animal research lab for summer, worked in medical office for 2 summers, co-editor of literary arts journal, interviewed with USC in December, about 3 good teacher recommendations, and very good essays, NHS, CSF, Scholar Athlete award, Art Department Honors award</h1>

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<p>It seems like we all have a very good chance of getting in. I think they admitted people based off of preliminary information, such as standardized test scores or GPA’s. What I mean is if you were really high in either, I think they let you in a lot faster. If you are the average USC applicant (like the average USC student) i think it would talk a little bit longer to find out if we get in or not.</p>

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<p>GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.3 W
SAT: 2130
SAT Subjects: 790 Math II, 720 Biology, 710 Chemistry
8 AP classes, others mostly honors
AP Bio - 5, Chem -4, English Lang. - 5, US History - 4
School doesn’t rank, but in top 5</p>

<p>I have decent EC’s including yearbook editor, and felt that my essays and short answers were meaningful and well written. I’m from Southern California and was really upset when I didn’t get anything yesterday. About five people from my school were accepted yesterday. I don’t know if I can wait any longer…</p>

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<p>Same thing here! I’m in Southern California and a bunch of my friends got in and I got NOTHING! We just have to wait longer… UGH!!!</p>

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<p>3.9 UW GPA, 2200 SAT. NMF, as well as some leadership in EC’s… :(</p>

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<p>I think everyone in this thread will get in, we just have to be patient… unfortunately. ;)</p>

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<p>3.79 UW GPA
My school does weighted differently
AP Classes: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, U.S. History, English Lang., English Lit., European History, Calculus AB, Statistics
ACT: 31
SAT II: (740 U.S. History & 720 English)
ECs: DECA, Work Study, Founder of Sports Marketing Club, Ultimate Frisbee Club, We Help Others Club, many many more…
Work Experience: Intern for a political campaign and camp counselor
Recs: Spectacular (including one from the politican I worked for)
Essays: Pretty Solid</p>

<p>If accepted, I’ll be applying to the BCA porgram. If not, guess it’s U of Michigan for me.</p>

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<p>MA, public high school
3.76 UW, 4.09 W
Toughest course loads possible all years given my school’s options - we don’t have tons of AP’s offered
APs: Bio, Chem, Psych, English Lit, Spanish Language, US History
SAT: 1320/2040 (650 M, 670 CR, 720 W)
Very very strong essay that shows my passion for dance perfectly, excellent recs
ECs: Competitive dancer for 14 years, piano 14 years, Student Council class rep all 4 years, founder of Book Club, Model UN president, Habitat for Humanity LPC member, choreographer/performer/costume designer for dance show at school, Friends of Rachel Club
Volunteer: rebuilt dorms at school for mentally ■■■■■■■■, worked at hospital, helped run fairs at local natural science center, various projects through school
Work Experience: Worked at cafe since freshman year, started teaching ballet to little girls this year</p>

<p>Applied to CLAS for history. If this doesn’t work out, I’m gonna be a Hoooooooosier. Or maybe a Wildcat (Villanova), but probably not.</p>

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<p>Seriously.
I understand that i’m a HUGE reach to get into USC but it’s still my 1st choice.
I had an optional interview and Samuel Kim(Director of Admissions) was my interviewer.
I was EXTREMELY nervous and studdered from time to time, but overall I believe I did pretty well. I made sure he knew that I was IN LOVE with USC and that my SAT scores did NOT represent me well as a student.</p>

<p>I applied to LAS for
Biological sciences(1st choice) and Philosophy(2nd choice)</p>

<p>UC GPA-3.7
3.33 UW 4.188 W
Top 12% of class(over 500 students)
SAT I-1580 (590 Reading/520 Math)
SAT II- 640 US History/540 Literature
AP English and Comp
AP Government
AP US History
6 Honors Classes
AP Scores-
US History- 3
English Language & Composition-3
I was told by teachers and some friends that I had an awesome Essay</p>

<p>Honors Chemistry Student of the Year
NHS Member
Cross Country- 9,11
Track-9-11
Senior “Pep Squad”- 12
Worked throughout HS 20-30 hours (all 4 years)
30 Hours Community Service
Hispanic Male
Texas(Houston)
First Generation</p>

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<p>I think my weak point lies in my GPA and SAT scores, but I’m hoping my letters of recommendation and ECs will help cover that.</p>

<p>Rank: 3/493. </p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 weighted GPA, going up this year with straight A’s. Not sure about unweighted (school has it as 96.7 but I’m not sure what that is on the conversion scale)</p>

<p>ACT: N/A</p>

<p>SAT I: 1940
SAT IIs: 650 on Literature, 530 on US History; was registered to take the SAT II two more times but one of those times I was sick with a stomach virus and the other time I had Walking Pneumonia for a week :/</p>

<p>ECs: Student Council (Active member first year, then DASH Committee Chair and Student Body Secretary the past two years)</p>

<p>Interact (Community Service) Club (Active member freshman year, then PR sophomore year then back to member Junior and Senior year)</p>

<p>Speech and Debate- National Qualifier twice, State qualifier three times in 8 events, Outstanding Point Recognition from the National Forensics League, just to name a few (Active member, then Secretary, VP and now President)</p>

<p>National Honors Society (Active member 10-12th)</p>

<p>Advanced Broadcast Journalism- created a daily television show (Active member 10-12th)</p>

<p>Youth and Government (10-11; didn’t have enough funding to go this year)</p>

<p>Project P.A.S.S- Summer freshmen mentoring (11-12th)</p>

<p>Book Club (This year)</p>

<p>Recs: Was going to send in two, but my second one got ill right at the last minute so I only sent one. Got another teacher to write my second one, but it paled in comparison to my first so I just only sent one.</p>

<p>Essays: From the critique I was given, they were pretty good and so was my letter of intent for Annenberg. -shrug-</p>

<p>Extra: Took 8 Pre-AP (like Honors) classes and 7 AP classes (AP Classes here are limited; the Economics AP teacher quit this year, so that one was abolished and for ECs I have to take certain periods so I’m not able to take as many AP classes as I’d like)</p>

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<p>These were my stats when I applied (got my first B on a semester this last mid-year)</p>

<p>SAT: 2120
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.0 unweighted ; 4.666 weighted
Rank: None (school doesn’t Rank)</p>

<p>AP’s:
AP Human Geography- 5
AP United States History- 4
AP English Language- 5
AP United States Government- taking it right now
AP Macro Economics- taking right now
AP English Literature- taking right now
AP BC Calculus- taking it right now</p>

<p>Somewhere around 15 Honors courses throughout my high school career. </p>

<p>ECs:
Editor-In-Chief of the school newspaper
HOBY Ambassador (Youth Leadership conference)
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta member
W.E.B. Leader
Co-founder/Director for student film/video production group
Won “Best Director” at the youth package in the 4th largest independent film festival ( was 8th when i put it in my resume though)
Directed a video for Habitat for Humanity that is supposed to be shown to high schools across the nation.
Lots of other film stuff for my film resume</p>

<p>Recs: Very good as far as I know</p>

<p>Essays: I thought they were all good. I spent a lot of time on my film essays… people who saw my supplemental essays said they were awesome. </p>

<p>I applied to SCA (Production), so I hope to hear sometime in the last 2 weeks of March… thats when SCA applicants found out last year.</p>

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<p>3.56 UW GPA
4.01 W GPA
5 honors classes
9 AP classes
2070 SAT 1 (690 Math, 670 Verbal, 700 Writing)
SAT 2: 750 Math, 740 US History
ACT: 32 (33 English, 33 Math, 31 Reading, 29 Science)
2 week “immersion trip” volunteering in South Africa (1 week Johannesburg, 1 week Cape Town)
Past 2 years split between 5 different jobs at various tech startups, and most recently as a web consultant for a prominent San Francisco-based radio station
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
2 years on student government as a class officer (1 of 9)
7+ years of Tae-Kwon-Doe
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Essay for USC was about breaking my femur while running for PE class freshman year.</p>

<p>I go to a decently sized Catholic High School in San Jose, CA. I applied to Marshall</p>

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<p>I applied to SCA Production and Crit. Studies</p>

<p>I don’t remember by exact GPA, but I think 3.7 UW.</p>

<p>SAT: 2110 (CR: 710, M:670, W:730)
ACT: 32
APs: English Lang/Comp - 5; US Government - 5; American History - 4
7 IB Classes plus AP Econ</p>

<p>Very personal essay, with good narrative style in my opinion. Recs from 3 excellent teachers and counc.</p>

<p>ECs:
Treasurer of National Honors Society
Treasurer of French National Honors Society
Treasurer of SADD/LIGHT Brigade
1 year of theatre; 3 of film (lots of experience in production, live video feed, etc)
150+ hours of volunteer work, including 20+ for AFI’s Dallas Film Festival, 15+ for Habitat for Humanity.
“Fish Camp” freshman orientation mentor 10-12 grade.</p>

<p>Work experience: one year at a fabric store.</p>

<p>I think my strongest points are my writing samples for SCA. Great samples for production, I thought. Biggest hook would have to be my Extended Essay I sumbitted for IB, which I sent in as my critical analysis for Crit. Studies (4000 word research-paper style analysis of three of Jean-Luc Godard’s films)</p>

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<p>Date applied: back in mid nov</p>

<p>Stats:
• SAT Total: didn’t take
• ACT: 32 composite
• SAT Subject Tests: didn’t submit
• GPA-UW/W: 87.57 final gr 12 mark, probably uw
• Rank: school doesn’t rank but heck I had like 60 kids in my gr 12
• AP/IB classes: school did not offer AP IB or honours.
Subjective:
• Essays: Okay but my weakest part of application. Had few teachers help revise and correct.
• Teacher Recs: Should be good since in the past recs I needed that I was shown were good.
• Counselor Rec: She’s got history of writing good letters.
• EC highlights: Orchestra 4 yrs, flute principal for 1 yr, pit orchestra for 1 yr, school badminton team, badminton award from school, some volunteering etc.
Location/Person:
• State or Country: Canada
• School Type: Private, religious
• Ethnicity: Asian, Canadain
• Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: Deferred my admission for a year from Canadian university. Got a cousin in USC.</p>

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<p>geez some of you guys who didnt get one yet have WAAAAAAYYYYY better stats than me</p>

<p>i feel like i stole someones spot…</p>