Marshall Chances?

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<p>Hey there guys,</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
Frosh Year: No honors. No AP. 3.33 GPA. My only club was Young Democrats. I was a slacker to say the least.
English: B+
Spanish II: B+
Physics: B
World History: B+
Algebra 1: A-</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: I matured greatly here. No honors or AP, but I did really well:
English 10: A
Spanish III: A-
World History II: A
Chemistry: A-
Geometry: A
Tis a 3.88 GPA. This year, I got really into everything. Joined the newspaper, debate team, World Politics Club, Young Democrats, and the Key Club. I completed over 200 hours of community service as well.
Took Algebra II with Trigonometry over the summer and got an A.</p>

<p>Junior Year:
English 11 Honors: A
Spanish IV: A
European History AP: A
Pre-Calculus: A-
Biology: A
It is a 3.94 UW GPA and a 4.24 W GPA. I still completed the community service, which is what I am dedicated to. As you can see, I slacked around Frosh year and matured greatly Sophomore year. Cared about school. In Junior Year, I still stayed in debate, newspaper, World Politics, Young Democrats, and the Key Club. I also made it on Model UN. Also, a bunch of debating awards. I am a lawyer hopeful. I interned at a Law Office. Overall, it is a 3.71/3.81 I UW/W I believe.</p>

<p>Senor Year Courses:
English 12 AP
Spanish IV Honors
American History AP
Calculus
Chemistry AP</p>

<p>I got a 2140 on my SAT's and a 34 on my ACT's. My essays are absolutely amazing (heh, I am modest), and my recs were very good to excellent as well. I was the VP Junior Year and Senior Year as well. I live in Florida and am a white male. </p>

<p>Thanks a lot guys!</p>

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<p>I think you should be in. Does your school offer a lot of AP's though? The fact that you only took one junior year will work against you.</p>

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<p>Not too many. Probably 2 or 3 a year at most.</p>

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<p>Yea, they will probably frown upon that aspect of your application. At the same time, the rest of your application is strong enough to make up for that.</p>

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<p>Your EC's and ACT are solid for USC, and for the Marshall School of Business as well (which is somewhat more competitive than other schools within USC). They will frown somewhat on your freshman year, and your lack of AP's, but they'll still let you in.</p>

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<p>If an applicant didn't take Calculus in HS (pre-calculus), are they completely screwed for Marshall? I know its pretty big, but is it make or break if everything else looks generally very good?</p>

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If an applicant didn't take Calculus in HS (pre-calculus), are they completely screwed for Marshall? I know its pretty big, but is it make or break if everything else looks generally very good?

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<p>If everything else looks good, you'll be fine although a would say a majority of students at Marshall took Calc in High School.</p>

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<p>i took calculus I at cal state fullerton instead of ap calc (my school doesn't offer it). will my year of college calculus look better than calc ab and calc bc?</p>