Just a little Nervous

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>hey, so i'm a junior in CA, who is curious about my chances. it's been a rough last 2 years, with my mom having to move away and my granmother being really sick (both in my essay) so in anycase, here's my profile:</p>

<p>[ *] ACT Composite: 33
[ *] SAT IIs: Span: 770 Lit: 710
[ *] AP's: Span: 5 Eng: 4 US Hist: 3
[ *] Weighted: 3.53 (to give you an idea of how hard my courses were, i got a 3 out of a possible 4 rating on difficulty that my school has)
[ *] ECs listed on app: football, track, clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: did finances for a family friend's company (receipt stuff) and also had a job at a toy store lol
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): already started so they should be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: better than great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] School Type: Private, does not rank
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] 2 summer courses at a local comm. college- pysch and creative writing, both got A's.
* also got 4 awards at our honors convocation, but not sure that means much really. </p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>Looks good so far. Just make sure you continue to get high grades and you'll do fine.</p>

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<p>i think i should also mention that our school is considered the top 5% in the nation, according to the USC admissions director. </p>

<p>btw, does sc look more at test scores than they do gpa's?</p>

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<p>Mmmm...I'd say they look at both about equally. But, it seems like a super high SAT or ACT could offset a lower GPA (like a 3.5).</p>

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<p>how much does sc put on minority status?</p>

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<p>I believe USC doesn't care about what kind of person it accepts in terms of minority? It says so on the application I think. Your GPA is definitely on the low-side for weighted and even if it were unweighted 3.53. Kind of too late now to get that up since juinor year's almost over. But, it's not so bad. The rest of your app seems okay.</p>

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<p>just aim for all a's....it'll be hard, but may be unrealistic since ur classes are so difficult, but i believe in u =]..oh oh, DO SOMETHING VALUABLE OVER THE SUMMER, LIKE VOLUNTEERING OR WORKING ON SOMETHING UR PASSIONATE ABOUT...AND PUT AS MANY HOURS INTO IT AS YOU CAN. it'll make ur app look that much better, if you haven;t done much volunteering, than do it. and i don't mean at the library. do something for the needy.</p>

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<p>haha thanks gbv13, i appreciate that. and i'll get on some more volunteering</p>

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<p>yup yup, no prob...oh and if you're gonna be applying for any scholarships, in or outside of the school, you may be asked about ur volunteer wrok (or whatever u decide to do over the summer, even tho i suggest volunteering lol) and WHY you did and WHAT you learned. it'll be easier for you to answer the questions if u actually are excited about doing it. basically, don't pick something to do just so u can have more service hours, they wanna see that u actually made a difference or gained something...actually regardless of if you're applying for scholarships, if you're applying for ANYTHING that involves college, questions about it may come up (and your answers will only make you look better)</p>