Just Rejected from ED school:( Hope for USC?

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<p>Okay I was just rejected from Claremont McKenna ED so USC is now my number 1.</p>

<p>Asian Indian from suburban Cleveland, OH.</p>

<p>GPA :3.82 Weighted, 3.43 Unweighted (ouch) </p>

<p>Courses: Hardest possible at my school. 8 AP's, 10+ Honors</p>

<p>SAT1: Math: 710 Critical Reading: 720 Writing: 730 Essay:12</p>

<p>1430/1600 2160/2400</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN: Officer 11,12</p>

<p>Spanish Club: Officer 11,12</p>

<p>JSA: In the process of starting chapter at school.</p>

<p>Math Tutoring</p>

<p>Spanish Tutoring</p>

<p>Project Support: Help organize social activities for special ed. kids at our school</p>

<p>Youth in Government Judicial: will be working with attorneys and ohio supreme court justices</p>

<p>School Newspaper</p>

<p>Played Tennis Freshman and Sophomore year had to quit due to tendonitis</p>

<p>Piano: Have been playing for 10 years. 1 Superior at OMEA music competitions, played for choir, various other performances</p>

<p>Summer 2006: LeadAmerica for Global Business and Entrepreneurship at Bentley College in Waltham, MA</p>

<p>Volunteer: I'd say maybe around 70-100 hours</p>

<p>Travel Exp.: 20 countries on 5 continents. Thats how I spent many of my Summers. Haven't been to Australia or Antarctica though lol.</p>

<p>Essays: What everyone else always says lol. Personal essay about skydiving in South Africa.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Great.</p>

<p>Teacher 1: About how I have taken my travel experience and applied it to a variety of situations</p>

<p>Teacher 2: Great Presenter, creative</p>

<p>Counselor: ?</p>

<p>Interview was alright. Shouldn't hurt or help although the guy seemed impressed that I came from Ohio for my interview. Went to the campus twice. Hopefully they see that as some dedication lol.</p>

<p>Is there hope?!</p>

<p>Thanks. Please be honest.</p>

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<p>Oh and I am applying for CAS Double Major in International Relations/Economics</p>

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<p>Statistically, you should be in. It will depend on how you presented your extras- and how they are viewed. Good luck.</p>

<p>You can compare your stats to last year's acceptances- see post #3 here for links:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/422566-faq-usc-admissions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/422566-faq-usc-admissions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>hmmmm</p>

<p>like i know my SAT scores are upwards of the 50th percentile but my GPA is terrible for USC. Like how far below average is my GPA? 3.43 seems pretty far below 3.8.</p>

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<p>Oops- sorry- you are right. I saw 3.8 and assumed too quickly. </p>

<p>It's going to be tough but you have good leadership. Hopefully, your ec's will overcome the GPA.</p>

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<p>I hope so too :(</p>

<p>Also, how much attention does USC (or all schools for that matter) pay to the grading scale. For instance, we need a 92% for an A compared to many schools that have 90% A's. This has significantly destroyed my GPA as if we had had a 90% scale, I would have around a 3.7 or 3.8. </p>

<p>Thanks cc411</p>

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<p>I know that USC admissions is very knowledgeable about most every high school in the country. They pay quite a bit of attention to a school's profile and judge your GPA and classes based on your school. (Unless you are in some extremely remote area where no one ever applies to USC!) </p>

<p>One thing you can do is talk to your counseling department or career center to see if they have a list from your high school that shows stats of those who have gotten into different colleges in the past. Our high school publishes a list every year- hopefully, yours does too. You might find the range of GPAs of those accepted to USC is lower than USC's average because of your tough grading scale.</p>