<p>spydimag: don't worry! i had the same situation as you... great test scores (2290 SAT, all SAT2's are in the 700s, plus great ECs)... my freshmen year sucked, and it brought my class rank down to 12/74! i received a total of 4 B's (2 each semester) freshmen year, but for the rest of high school I've received straight A's! however, those 4 B's totally affected my class rank, which i worried about... however, i received notification of my acceptance last week, so all I can say to you is: if you've truly "rebounded", as you say you did- DON'T OVERWORRY. if your stats are like you say they are, i think you have a good shot... and we'll all end up where we're supposed to be anyway. good luck! : )</p>
<p>Thanks guys. And I got my letter two days ago..I got $8,000. Quarter tuition...not what I was hoping for, but a good amount nonetheless. ^^v</p>
<p>So... when are the rest of the decisions coming?</p>
<p>By late March, along with all the other colleges</p>
<p>My D just received her acceptance package! I will provide some of her stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2190 (740M/740CR/710W)
SATIIs: took 3 on the same day (don't recall which ones) and scored below 700 on all of them.
3 AP's this year
Top 40% at one of the top private schools in Texas
National Merit Finalist
EC's: Ballet/Dance, Some volunteer work</p>
<p>I never read her essays, but I can only assume they were typically outstanding.</p>
<p>What is funny is that only last week she had received a letter telling her it would be late March before she would hear anything more.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you out there!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190 (740M, 680CR, 770W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 US History, 720 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.15/4.33 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 8/676
[<em>] ACT: 33
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, but not great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Outstanding
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[<em>] Hook (if any): I didn't get any scholarship offers, so probably no
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Michigan
[<em>] School Type: decent public / great public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Key Club, NHS, DaimlerChrysler 2 year exchange program, intern for US Representative, German Club, Spanish club
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Had the stats to get into what is not a super-selective school
[</em>] Other thoughts: I was hoping for a scholarship but am not in contention, so I don't think I'll be attending. I can't justify $45,000 for USC vs. $18,000 for Michigan. But if I somehow come into $100,000 over the next month or so, USC is back at the top of my list.[/ul]</p>
<p>congrats dsmo! are you able to log in to explore usc?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/exploreusc%5B/url%5D">www.usc.edu/exploreusc</a></p>
<p>I got a scholarship rejection letter so I was surprised to see my acceptance come so quickly.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - Marshall</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 MATH II, 790 US History
[<em>] GPA:4.1
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't send any
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent I guess
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bay Area
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino/White
[<em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: band
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: good test scores
[</em>] Other thoughts:</p>
<p>Does getting the notification in early march mean that we are qualified for some other kind of scholarship or does it mean nothing?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2260 (800 CR 680 M 780 W)
* SAT IIs: 750 Bio-M 720 USH
* GPA: 3.86 uw
* Rank: 17/442
* Other stats: 5 AP Bio, AP US History
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: nothing special
* Teacher Recs: decent
* Counselor Rec: good I would assume, I don't really know my counselor, but he keeps on telling me how great my stats are.
* Hook (if any):
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: section editor for school newspaper (11+12), section editor for yearbook (12), active member of FBLA and won awards, Youth in Government, National Merit Commended Scholar, nothing special.
* Why I think I was accepted/deferred: test scores and I was lucky?
* Other thoughts:
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720M (790 Old M) 710W 690R
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math IIC, 730 Chem, 700 US History (USH Not Sent)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 10/194
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Graduated 2 years early, a bzillion college credits from Stanford, JHU, and a local community college (Somewhere around 20)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I seem to recall having a blast with the USC one(s) so I guess they were pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: No idea, I'm sure they were positive, probably not anything stellar though
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably useless, my GC was a total dolt
[<em>] Hook (if any): White guy, in Taiwan, alone, interning at an Electronics company, speaking Chinese
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York (Actually currently in Taiwan)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President of Interact Club, Lead Drama Roles, Section leader of Drumline, Select choral groups, church choir, hardcore snowboarder, Exchange to Taiwan for a year, Internship at Taiwanese electronics company,
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Taiwan?
[</em>] Other thoughts: Kinda sucks about no scholarships, I guess it's a stats thing.
[/ul]</p>
<p>but three for three so far, yippee!</p>
<p>hey jpburton...question:</p>
<p>How did you get your letter so quickly all the way out in Taiwan?</p>
<p>Well, I'm an exchange student so my real home is in New York, and as I was originally planned to be moving around a lot (but my Rotary club failed me on that actually so I'll be at the same house all year) so because of that and other reasons I just used my real home, where my parents live, as a "hub" for all things related to colleges.</p>
<p>Thank goodness this is the age of the internet though, if it weren't, things would be REALLY difficult.</p>
<p>Just got accepted yesterday
GPA- 4.0
SAT- 2100 (1420 m+v)
Recs- pretty good
essay- very weird
EC's-- tons</p>
<p>im going</p>
<p>for those who have been accepted, were you all scholarship applicants or did some of you apply to the regular deadline?</p>
<p>I applied by the scholarship deadline, I think all the people just getting contacted are the ones who applied for scholariships but weren't notified earlier because they weren't eligible for any of them I guess, if you get what I'm saying.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2300 (800M, 780V, 720W)
* SAT IIs: 770 US, 750 Math IIC, 740 Bio
* GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.72 W
* Rank: dont rank.
* Other stats: a lot of independent research, various clubs and volunteer work, jobs...nothing special
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good...adapted my common app essay
* Teacher Recs: Didn't see them
* Counselor Rec: Didn't see them
* Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: New York
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>we should add a deadline section in the results so that we can know when regular app decisions are comin in.</p>
<p>have any film people heard yet???</p>
<p><em>is very scared</em></p>
<p>I'm a Critical Studies applicant (I'm not sure if you just mean Production, but they're both in CNTV and require portfolios, so...), and Explore USC says "Congratulations on your admission to USC," but I haven't received anything in the mail. I don't know; I think I'll wait until I get a letter (if I do) before I post a decision here. >_> I also remember seeing a few CNTV scholarship acceptees in February. I wouldn't worry, though. Other than being more selective, I don't think CNTV works much different than the rest of USC; there are many more acceptances to come. Plus, I think I remember seeing your stats and writing sample on the NYU board, and you seem like you have a pretty good shot.</p>