<p>Hi everyone! I haven't seen a thread for students applying to the program in 2012 and hoping to start in the fall of 2013, so I thought I would! Im from New Jersey and (obviously) am a Junior in High School. My stats are:
Applying for: Film and Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts
GPA: 3.97
SAT: 1990 (taking them one more time in October)
Took all honors Freshman year, all honors and AP last year, and all AP this year. </p>
<p>Leadership:
CFO and President of Small non-profit H2O 365 raising money to build wells in Africa
Founder and Producer of ASchundler Video, a small freelance film production company
Editor for School Newspaper</p>
<p>Clubs:
Newspaper, Model UN, Anti-Bullying, Science and Math League, Intramural Sports, National Honor Society, and Ski Club</p>
<p>Extra-cirriculars and awards
Honor Roll, National ScriptFrenzy Winner (screenwriting contest), NJ Amazing Student in Business, Outstanding Student in Video
Cross-Country and Fencing for Sports</p>
<p>Most of my time is spent doing work in my film production company, recently I have done two weddings, an 8-week summer project, and two videos for the United Nations, one of which being the International Day of Peace</p>
<p>Well thats pretty much me! Who else is applying?</p>
<p>I’m applying too. I’m from California which, from experience is about equal in competitiveness with New Jersey.
I’m applying for international relations
My SAT from last year is 2140 and I just took the October one expecting a worst case scenario of 2200.
My GPA is 3.8/4.6 and I have practically invented a course schedule that is the hardest ever devised at my school. I am an full-IB candidate with 9 courses this year all IB except APUSH. Naturally I was all honors freshman year with the sorts of Precalc and such. Sophomore year I took all honors with 4 APs.
Sports: JV Tennis 9
JV football 10
Possibly JV basketball 11
Varsity tennis 10-11
Varsity Wrestling 10
Leadership:
Treasurer:
Recycling Club, Higher Hopes(Presidential gold award in volunteering recipient club), Panther Pit (Student section-big thing at my school)
Historian:
American Math Contest
President:
Junior Class
Speech and Debate (National Forensics League)
VP:
Model United Nations
Commissioner:
Future Business Leaders of America-Politics</p>
<p>Clubs:
Interact club, California scholarship federation, National Honor Society, Mock Trial, Youth and Government , Freshmen United School Experience, Junior State of America, Honor Roll</p>
<p>I’m applying to USC through Questbridge. I ranked it but didn’t get matched. Do anybody know how hard USC look at test scores? My highest SAT score is 1590, and my highest ACT is 24. My GPA is very good, its 4.35. Does USC do that little balancing function like other schools?</p>
<p>I would assume they would look at test scores pretty harshly from what I’ve seen (I’ve read that the average SAT score is 2300 or around there). But I don’t think it is all about test scores. If you have some good extracurriculars that’s good too.</p>
<p>Schools do look at scores, but weighted with other factors. If your ACT, for instance is a 24, but your GPA is 4.35 out of 5, the next thing they consider is how academically rigorous your school is. Afterwards, they also look at things such as location (for geographic diversity), extracurriculars, etc. The hardest part of any admissions process is understanding that the odds are low for everyone at competitive schools. For instance, USC gets 40,000+ applications. So it might not be your scores, it might simply be they are looking for certain attributes to round out the incoming class and don’t have enough space to give everyone a spot.</p>
<p>It happens. Don’t try to second guess the process.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m applying this year too. I got an email in January saying that I wasn’t being considered for scholarships and haven’t gotten anything since… do RHP students still get acceptances during the month of March or is it just rejects from here on out?</p>
<p>Hi! I applied as well, but after receiving a notice that I would not be getting any scholarships in January, I have not received any information. I did not interview either. I assumed that was because I wasn’t getting a full ride though. I read around that they send acceptance packets around March and that rejections get mailed the first week of April.
Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>^A note about RHP scholarships: if accepted, all accepted RHP students receive the Dean’s scholarship, worth approximately $11,000/year even if you received the “no scholarship” letter earlier this year. If your PSAT score qualifies you as a National Merit Scholar NEXT year, you will be awarded the USC NMS Presidential 1/2 tuition (~$22,000) scholarship starting your sophomore year. If you do qualify for the NMS Presidential, it will replace your Dean’s scholarship rather than being stacked with it.</p>
<p>Of course, RHP students are eligible for need-based USC financial aid, so be sure you have submitted the FAFSA, CSS Profile and any required documents.</p>
<p>The RHP application said that interviews were required, but so far I haven’t heard of anyone who’s not in the running for the big scholarships being interviewed for the regular RHP part. Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
Do anybody know how hard USC look at test scores? My highest SAT score is 1590, and my highest ACT is 24. My GPA is very good, its 4.35. Does USC do that little balancing function like other schools?</p>