OOS Early Applicant

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>I am a junior from Minnesota and I plan on applying to USC early (early action, I believe). I am just curious as to what people think my odds are.</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Jewish</p>

<p>Courses:
Freshman: Honors English, Honors Civics, Honors Earth Science, Honors Geometry, 9th grade band, 3 gym classes, Spanish 2.
Year GPA: 3.821 Cumulative GPA: 3.821</p>

<p>Sophomore: Marketing, Honors Lit, Honors Comp, Honors Speech, Honors Algebra 2, 3 gym classes, Honors Biology, Ap US History, Spanish 3.
Year GPA: 3.917 Cumulative GPA: 3.869</p>

<p>Junior (still underway): AP Language and Comp, Honors Precalc, AP Stats, 2 gym classes, Honors Chemistry, AP Euro.
Current Year GPA (2 trimesters): 4.0 Current Cumulative GPA: 3.893
Class Rank: 45 of 461 Percentile: (90.24)</p>

<p>ACT Composite: 28 PSAT Scores: (Math/Reading/Writing) 69,63,55
I plan on taking the SAT soon and I will be taking 2 additional ACT tests.</p>

<p>Extra:
Varsity Lacrosse (since sophomore)
JV Soccer (freshman, sophomore, junior)
National Honor Society
Planet Earth Club President
Regular Volunteer at Eagan Resource Center (food shelf)
Volunteer at Feed my Starving Children
8 Years of traveling soccer
Lacrosse player on a traveling Elite team
Work year round at Lifetime Fitness (my cafe has won the corporations highest honor 3 times)</p>

<p>I am a very strong writer so I do not believe that essays will be an issue and my grade trends are really good.</p>

<p>Any Opinions? I'm also looking at other colleges such as UNC, UVa, and Purdue. Any suggestion?</p>

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<p>SC is a great college to consider. It does not have early action or early decision. Now is a good time to think about visiting the colleges you are interested in over the summer or in the early fall…if this fits your budget.</p>

<p>Wherever you attend there will be expenses involved. I suggest reading the book alamemom suggested so your family will be more informed about costs and the financial aid process.</p>

<p>Good luck in your college journey.</p>

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<p>your gpa is fine but you really need to get that ACT score up to a 30something</p>

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<p>OOS doesnt matter as much since USC is a private school. its not like getting into a UC school OOS</p>