<p>Submitted my SCA app a few weeks ago. What do you think my chances are?</p>
<p>Filipino/Pacific Islander
Male
Would be 3rd generation of family going to USC if accepted
Several other family members, not including immediate family, attended usc
Resident of California</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.2</p>
<p>Two honors classes total
One two-year IB class (Film)</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
Religion 4
Film IB HL 2
US GOV
Environmental Science
Prob/Stats
French 4
English 4</p>
<p>ACT: 26</p>
<p>SAT: 1640(mom woke me up day of test and told me i was taking it)</p>
<p>JV track all four years</p>
<p>170 hours of community service
Devoted an entire summer for Junior Lifeguards as an instructor
Member of Third World First, Invisible Children, Green Machine(recycling club), Cystic Fibrosis Club</p>
<p>Essay Chosen:
visions and voices. i wrote about how i was a key element in a group project in an IB film class. (past SCA undergrad suggested that i mention working as a group because SCA loves when students are collaborative)</p>
<p>LOR
two teachers(both are my favorite teachers of high school)
one USC faculty member</p>
<p>Are you or are you not a SCion (legacy)? That will boost your chances slightly.</p>
<p>But honestly, academically you’re ehhhhh - I hope you have a brilliant creative sample and excellent essays for the SCA app. I feel like SCA is willing to pull strings for applicants with high amounts of creative potential and have them placed in SCP (Structured Curriculum Program), which really isn’t that big of a deal other than the fact that you have to wast four credits to take EDPT110. </p>
<p>Just to give you an idea, though, here are my personal stats:
High school GPA: 3.67
SAT: 2190
And I was placed in SCP. Considering I went to one of the top high schools (if not THE top high school) in the country, I was ****ed. I’m personally finding college easy.</p>
<p>You certainly have the “pedigree”, being from a long line of family members having attended. I still have to think that you’re somewhat of a reach, though, given your stats and resume. Good luck and fight on!</p>
<p>You still need the stats to indicate a chance to succeed in the curriculum or the school won’t admit you. The competition to get in is severe. To be brutally honest, I think you will not be offered admission, but you never know.</p>
<p>Being a legacy indicates potential future donors. Those are different things.</p>
<p>SCA is definitely able to pull strings if they think you’re talented enough. It’s really all down to the work sample and creative stuff you have to do for the app. I got by somehow with a 2.7 unweighted GPA and a 2090 SAT & 32 ACT. It’s almost all in the potential/talent/etc. Have hope!</p>