Please, chance a hopeful USC class of 2017 applicant

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Thank you so much for helping me! Any feedback would be great!
White/Caucasian
Public School in NJ: 700 students
UW GPA: 3.84
W GPA: 4.09
UC GPA: 4.07</p>

<p>SAT: Math=710 CR= 650 W= 670 TOTAL: 2030</p>

<p>AP Tests: 5: Micro
4: Environmental</p>

<p>9-11th grade: 4 Honors courses
2 AP Courses</p>

<p>12th Schedule: AP Calc, AP GovPol, AP Macro, Honors Lit 4, Human Development or AP Psych, Academic Internship Program</p>

<p><em>Concussions forced me to have to take a less demanding schedule (constant headaches, memory, concentration). My concussive syndrome improves every year though. *</em>Explained in additional information on Common App*8</p>

<p>Essays: 8.5/10</p>

<p>Recommendations: 9.5/10</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>PACERF: Protecting Students from Concussion through Edu. Research. Fund.
- President and Founder
- Numerous lectures at school,small sports events,liaison for concussed students
- 10th, 11th, 12th
Hunterdon Medical Center Hospital: Fundraising
- Director of Student Involvement
- Created many successful fundraisers + website
- 11th, 12th
Somerset Therapeutic
- One on One mentor for a child with autism. Taught him basketball and life skills
- 2 hours/week for 10 weeks + still in contact with him
Roberto's Kids
- Collected thousands of dollars worth of equipment and sent to P.R
Dream Elite Basketball
- General Manager for travel high school basketball team
- 10th, 11th, 12th
FBLA+FLDC Member
- 10th, 11th, 12th
Internships
- Two summer internships
- Financial firm internship in senior year</p>

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<p>improve your SAT scores</p>

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<p>I will say that your GPA and SAT score definitely are not one of the highest, but you seem to have a lot of good extracurricular activities including summer internships. If you can improve your SAT score a little bit, that would be great. Otherwise, bring out your extracurricular and strengthen your essay. Good luck!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Based on the most recent official data, your UW GPA is “average” and your SATs are at the 25th%-tile. I agree that 100-150 more SAT points would certainly blunt any negative statistics talk. Your story (concussions) could be a very good one though I’m a bit concerned about the lessened rigor. All in all I think you have a fair to good chance (i.e., I wouldn’t get too comfortable with the idea of being a Trojan just yet). Keep hitting the books and think about one more run at the SATs.</p>