<p>^^it’s more than stats that get the full ride from 'SC – the kid has to have something that they really want. </p>
<p>A neighbor with a 240/2400/4 x 800/5-5’s (at the time of the app)/advanced calc & linear algebra at the local UC/val at a US News gold school/accepted into every 8 year med program to which he applied/accepted into the two Ivies to which he applied (including Yale)/Siemens finalist/publishable research/yada yada yada, but yet was not offered the full ride at USC.</p>