<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p>My name is David, and I've been roaming around this website for a while, and this is my first question. </p>
<p>Simply put, my dream school is USC, and I was curious if being in the military among other things will help in the decision process of whether I get accepted or not. Or do schools like USC not factor in these things. </p>
<p>I had an overall average gpa of 3.0 in high school which wasn't too good and I took the SAT cold once and my total score was a 1560(not great). Though, I just finished my first year of community college and have an overall average gpa of 3.784 at the moment. My first semester I got a 3.5 gpa, my second semester I achieved a 4.0 gpa but that was with 3 classes so as a part time student( I dropped one class) so they averaged my gpa out to 3.68. And my most recent semester which was this summer I achieved a 4.0. The classes I have taken are essentially all general education courses such as english, math, sociology, computer science 1, oral speech, anthropology, a second english class, history among other such courses. Oh, and by the way, my intended major is Nursing as I want to be an RN.(my job in the army is a medic)</p>
<p>This current year I am not attending college as I am getting ready to leave for 8-9 months for the military, so when I return and complete my second year of community college and it is time to apply to schools. If I stay on my current path and keep up a gpa in the 3.7-3.9 range, would I essentially have a pretty good shot of getting into USC(university of southern cal, not south carolina). </p>
<p>Also, if any of you have any other suggestions on possible schools, that would be great. I'm open to all opinions and criticisms and any advice. Sorry for the long post.</p>