Miracle Acceptance

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Perhaps this will give some of y'all some hope. My friend just got in with less than stellar stats. </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1780
GPA: 3.5 uw
Rank: 30/180</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: They were really passionate.
Teacher Recs: They were prob good.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Hook (if any): Nothing really, just wrote about passion for sciences.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public/Magnet....Top 500 Schools in nation
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors:
State science fair, latin state, HOSA state, NHS, community service... and more. fairly good ec's</p>

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<p>Did he get the aceptance today?</p>

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<p>Also heavy courseload...
English III and IV AP, Stats AP, Eco AP, Gov AP, Latin 3 Honors, Physics AP, Bio AP, Calculus AP...Other classes that aren't available AP taken as Honors</p>

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<p>He got it Thursday</p>

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<p>What major?</p>

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<p>wow that's amazing, tell your friend congratulations
haha all that looks awfully familiar except instead of science it's film for me.
this gives me and i'm sure a lot of other people a lot of hope :]</p>

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<p>Major = biochemistry</p>

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<p>WOW! That great! Tell him congrats!!</p>

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<p>do you think he has any other kind of hook? like really disadvantaged or maybe illness or family problems or something? lol i wanna see if that had anything to do with it...</p>

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<p>He was middle/class income, but that's like everybody. Not an athlete. He placed at State Science Fair and State Latin Club. Did science research at a university during the summer and school year. That's about it.</p>

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<p>wow that... makes me really really really happy lol :D</p>

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<p>okay so we have the same 3.5 unweighted GPA... that really gives me some hope!</p>

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<p>i bet the passionate essays REALLY helped.</p>

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<p>Well, this just shows there's so much more than just a few numbers to an application. </p>

<p>Plus there's a lot we don't know. Was there continual improvement, maybe straight A's junior year? His rank is 30/180 - impressive for a magnet school where probably everyone goes to fairly good 4-years.</p>

<p>But you're right - USC takes a much more "holistic" approach to admissions, and not just a formula - meaning that every person is considered on all their merits, not just some numbers for GPA and SAT.</p>

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<p>lol my stats are barely better than this... same unweighted slightly higher sat... lets hope this is a good sign</p>

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<p>Wow. My week has sucked because I keep seeing everyone who is getting accepted to USC. and no one seems to have an SAT below 1950 or something. I have a 1700, but an UW GPA of 3.96, W 4.20. Oklahoma doesn't push the SAT very much so my ACT is slightly stronger - 28 - but not great. </p>

<p>This does give me hope.</p>

<p>I've started preparing myself for a rejection letter to come.</p>

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<p>OMG! I have hope once again! I have similar SATs, higher GPA and rank, and I wrote a passionate essay about my dad. Like music I too have been preparing for a rejection letter. Yay! this made my day.</p>

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<p>for me, it's strong SAT, no-so-strong GPA. nevertheless, this 'miracle acceptance' gives us all hope!</p>

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<p>Yay, thanks for the wonderful news. Congratulations to your friend. :)</p>

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<p>a ray of hope...yet rejection seems inevitable...2 kids from my school (both genius) got accepted and one recieved an interview for a trustee scholarship...and i'm from central jersey....frankly hope is dangerous at this point =(</p>