<p>Okay so i got 2250 sat 1 (750cr, 800m, 700w)
760 mathii
700 ushis
740 chem</p>
<p>3.91 uw all ap and honors at school
I kind of thought of USC as a backup so i kindof didnt take this app seriously and wrote hella troll answers for supplements, but I still didn't think I'd get rejected. they were still within reason. I got into better schools, but now I really really want to go to usc so I was wondering if I should spend the time to appeal. I heard that even if i appeal i wont get a spot until spring and my parents are really against me changing schools once I start.</p>
<p>Oh ya, im also asian and my ec are pretty strong
just my supplement answers were pretty bad</p>
<p>Are you positive USC is the school you want since they have indicated they don’t want you? Do you have the “compelling” new information they are looking for in an appeal? If I recall the process, if you appeal, you may not get your answer until some time in May - after you will need to have accepted at another college. A lot of hassle if you are not absolutely positive. My S was also rejected - 2300 Single seating, 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 4.0 UW GPA, MNF, PSP, with lots of good ECs. As with you, it was the back-up school but he put some real effort into the supplement because his first choice was MIT and the chances there are always slim. Luckily he got into MIT - but the rejection at USC was shocking. He thought about appealing just because he assumed there must be an error. It’s almost like you feel you have to clear your name. If you are positive that USC is the place for you, and you think you have something new to offer them that was not clear in your application, then go for it. If however, you really feel you just need to convince them that you are good enough for them - and there’s still a chance you would go elsewhere, even if they reconsidered, I think you should move on and focus on the college you did get into. You’re obviously going to be successful wherever you go.</p>
<p>If you read last year’s appeal threads, there were successful appeals in 2012 from candidates with far lower stats. If you feel strongly that you want to go to USC, yes I would appeal. But you should probably deposit at your second choice just in case. I do think that most of the appeals that were successful turned into spring admits (again look at the 2012 appeal thread). So that’s something to think about. You could do something else in the fall if you don’t want to start someplace else; if you have some AP credits you will not have a problem graduating on time.</p>
<p>Based on your own statements - No. You shouldn’t appeal. They take only a small percentage of students on appeal. You admit you blew off the application, assumed you would get in ---- and this one just baffles me - then admit you got into “BETTER” schools.</p>
<p>Go to a school that accepted you. USC will likely review your original application when looking at your new materials and it doesn’t bode well if you feel your original application was blown off.</p>
<p>my answers were still “within reason.” by ■■■■■ i meant that my answers made me come off a lot more eccentric than i really am, but w.e. my parents were always kind of against me going to usc anyways. I think I’ll be attending northwestern next year, but i have so many close friends going to usc :(</p>
<p>honestly they dont really consider much other than stats, ■■■■■ answer doesnt seem to affect app in any way…my answer for dream career last year was to be a “piano”. Yes, to be a piano. My favorite food listed was calorie.</p>
<p>USC is pretty holistic. But they also rejected 42,000 applicants this year. A lot of students who filled out that questionnaire had unusual responses - I don’t think that made much of a difference. </p>
<p>Honestly - it’s a popular school. I just think there were too many applicants for too few spots. Given your clarification, if you really want USC now - you could try an appeal. But I’ve heard from others the response doesn’t come until mid summer and only a small percentage get accepted that way. Nortwestern’s a good school and there’s a lot going on in nearby Chicago. It’s a pretty good option, and a competitive school that turns down a lot of qualified applicants. So that say something positive about your candidacy of you have been given a spot there. Good luck!</p>
<p>Well I can’t speak for other people but when I applied to the film school I had a TON of supplemental essays and writing samples that drove me crazy, but it was a great way for them to review everyone holistically in a way that other schools, especially public schools, don’t.</p>
<p>If you were a tool on your application then that’s going to show. If they have 40,000 (?) applications for 2900 spots then they’re not going to waste their time on an applicant who demonstrates no interest in actually attending the school, as, believe it or not, that’s actually one major criterion. They also take a good long look for evidence of moral character. There’s a lot to it above and beyond just numbers, and they have the right to be picky - who would you choose to invite to join your club? That’s basically what it boils down to.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to go to USC then don’t waste yours or anyone else’s time. Northwestern is a great, great, great school and their president was actually at USC in the 1990s. But if you actually do want to go to USC instead, you’re still going to have to convince them otherwise.</p>
<p>BTW when President Obama was admitted to Harvard Law he was rejected by several other lesser schools as it’s not just numbers (or, in the case of grad school, work after graduation) but also whether or not each applicant is a fit for the particular school. You can’t take this stuff personally.</p>
<p>which schools was he rejected from??? and what were the rankings back then? cus i know harvard law is definitly not the most prestigous nor selective law school by far.</p>
<p>Obama was rejected by several state schools. Don’t know the names of any off hand but I’m going to guess it was probably top 10-20 law schools like Michigan and Boalt or UVa.</p>
<p>HLS is not the absolute #1 but it’s definitely top 3 at worst. Yale is #1 and Harvard and Stanford are generally back and forth between 2 and 3. The only thing with Yale is that it’s very small and the vast majority of my friends who were admitted to Yale went to Harvard instead because its larger size meant that they would have more resources. Harvard also has a fairly large business school class but has all of its students take their first year classes together in one of nine or so sections.</p>