Stats Only - USC Decisions 2010

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[noparse]*Decision: Accepted *
*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Date applied: X
Date decision postmarked/received: X
Accepted at which school/major at USC: X</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: X/X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: X</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: X</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] EC highlights: X[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: X</p>

<p>[li] School Type: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: X</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: X</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: X[/noparse]

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<p>If it works, it should look something like this (BE SURE TO PREVIEW YOUR POST!):</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *
*Decision: Rejected *</p>

<p>Date applied: X
Date decision postmarked/received: X
Accepted at which school/major at USC: X</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: X
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: X/X
[<em>] Rank: X
[</em>]AP/IB classes: X
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: X
[</em>] Teacher Recs: X
[<em>] Counselor Rec: X
[</em>] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: X
[</em>] School Type: X
[<em>] Ethnicity: X
[</em>] Gender: X
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: X</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: X</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/15/2010 (approx.)
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/2010 * 1/27/2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi/Undeclared Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2200 M: 750, CR: 740, WR: 710, Took Once Junior Year
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Physics: 790, BioM 790, Math 2 790, Chem 780, Math I 710
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IB classes: GCSEs 9 A<em>s, 5 A Levels (Phy, Bio, Chem, Maths, Further Maths); 1 A</em> so far. Four more (hopefully) in July.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably Good; Did Not Read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably Good; Did Not Read
[</em>] EC highlights: State or Country: London, UK
[<em>] School Type: Boy’s (very) British Boarding School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Went overseas in 8th grade to start at Harrow. No friends or relatives and had a great experience. Top flight academics, activities and experiences. Lots of friends and good times. I am very fortunate.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Loved USC when we visited. Looking forward to sunny weather. Fight On!</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/27
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/Neuroscience</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 700. US: 710
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
[<em>] Rank: 31/779
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 2 honors, 4 AP, 7 IB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: X
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican/White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: participated in a medical program in Argentina</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>**Date applied: ** November 18
**Date decision postmarked/received: ** January 27 (not the letter, but online)
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi (Chemical Engineering)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2400 M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 790, Chemistry: 790
[<em>] GPA-UW: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/19
[<em>]AP/IB classes: All IB classes (IB diploma candidate)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] Essays: Decent?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: None
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I hope.
[<em>] EC highlights: Founded three clubs[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: Oregon
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Some engineering research over the summer, but other than that, nah.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Trustee Scholarship candidate! :D</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/1/2009
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/ Neuroscience</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2100 M: 610, CR: 700, WR: 790,
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Spanish w Listening: 800, Bio E: 760, Chem: 740
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.6
[<em>] Rank: 10
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Bio (5), Physics C (5), Chem (5), ELan (4), SpanLan (5)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Good/Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] EC highlights: Too much to list[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: URM</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I feel great! Probably not going there though…</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, BioMed</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2360 M: 760, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 760, 770
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.76
[<em>] Rank: 2/205
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 14 total
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: NMSF, hope for more money</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Dec 2
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2220 M: 740, CR: 770, WR: 710,
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Physics 780, Math II 680&750, WH 730, Lit 680, French 800, Italian 800
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: top 10%
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IB classes: HL Physics, English A1, Chem, SL History, Math, French A2, Biology (certificate) — I am a predicted 40-41
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: thomas edison one, about sailing, entertaining but not particularly profound, typo in the 1st sentence
[</em>] Teacher Recs: English Teacher and Physics Teacher, excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, probably good.
[</em>] EC highlights: Debate Society (1 award), Sailing (international competition) [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: FRANCE
[</em>] School Type: Semi-Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White 3/4’s european, 1/4 middle eastern (not relevant I’m white)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Italian-American in France, 3 languages fluently, academic parents, balanced EC/academics.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Waiting to compare with other acceptances/aid. Hoping for the int’l scholarship. </p>

<p>congrats to everybody else!</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/27/10, 1/28/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Computer Science/Business Administration major, Viterbi School of Engineering (why isn’t it Marshall as well?)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2390 M: 790, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 2, 770 Chemistry
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.7
[<em>] Rank: 2/600+
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Comp sci 5, English language 5, US history 5, Macro econ 5, Micro econ 5, Human Geography 5, Statistics 5, European history 4, Physics 4 (will take calculus BC, spanish language, chemistry, biology) IBSL math 6, IBSL economics 6 (will take IBHL history, IBHL chemistry, IBHL english, IBSL spanish)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: about swimming, was okay i guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[</em>] EC highlights: Swimming, Science Olympiad, Rotary, NHS, etc [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Father is a USC alumnus, worked at USC Medical Center for like 10 years</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: need trustee scholarship to attend</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: November twenty-somethingeth
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26,1/28
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/Economics</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2380 M: 780, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 800 BioM: 750 USH: 710
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.87/4.32
[</em>] Rank: Second decile
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 3 jr year, 5 senior yr
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] Essays: I loved my main essay, but my short answers were pathetic.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] EC highlights: Lots of law related and volunteer-related leadership [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: nothing major. NMSF?</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: WAY excited…I love USC! Also candidate for Presidential Scholarship; not sure if it matters since I’m NMSF…</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>**Date applied: ** before 12/1, don’t remember exact date
**Date decision postmarked/received: ** 1/26
**Accepted at which school/major at USC: ** Viterbi - Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2140 M: 760, CR: 700, WR: 680,
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 770, Literature 730, Chemistry 720
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/School doesn’t weight
[<em>] Rank: 1/370ish
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Biology (5), World History (5), AB Calc (5), Lang & Comp (5). This year: Environmental Science, Statistics, US Government, and Literature
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[</em>] EC highlights: Riding horses for 10 years, 4-H equine 7 years (treasurer 3 years, state participant in performance 3 years & judging 2 years), HS equestrian team 4 years (treasurer 2 years, 1st district and 6th state cow sorting), NHS, key club, recreational soccer 12 years, HS tennis, church youth conferences/youth group, volunteer at a riding center for the disabled, band 6 years[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Washington
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends a few people to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: No real hook, but being a girl in engineering may have helped, and horse ECs are relatively unique/I’ll be on their equestrian team hopefully.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Hoping for a scholarship letter in the next week :smiley: Not my top choice, but I really like the school, so if money plays out right I may well be a trojan next year. Fight on!</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: jan 26/ jan 28, I need to learn 2 read…</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/01 Deadline
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall: Business Administration</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2350 M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 750,
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 800, Chemistry: 770, Biology: 750
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.62
[<em>] Rank: 10/600
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Full IB Diploma…6AP’s Senior Year (11 Total)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great Teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
[</em>] EC highlights: Chemistry Research at USC, Siemens Regional Semi-Finalist, FBLA, School Orchestra, Violin, Chess, Programming, Web Design,
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Orange County, CA
[</em>] School Type: Magnet, IB
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Research at USC, Dad is professor at USC</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: USC Class of 2014! So excited!</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/01
Date decision postmarked/received: January 26/January 28, 2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/International Relations</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.84/4.37
[<em>] Rank: 1/297
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Full IB Diploma + 9 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[</em>] EC highlights: Junior Class President, NHS Vice President, NEHS and NSHS tutoring, Habitat for Humanity secretary, cross country, Scholars Bowl Co-Captain, restaurant job 40hrs/week, intern at WBHM (local NPR station), individual UNICEF volunteer[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: AL
[</em>] School Type: public IB school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: X</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: WOW. Just wow. My stats aren’t great, so I was pretty surprised. I’m really hoping for a nice (dare I say TRUSTEES? lol) scholarship; otherwise we can’t afford it. I’m still pumped though…would LOVE to get a chance to visit through Explore USC. To the rest of you still waiting to hear back - I wish you the best of luck!</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/15/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/28/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi (Comp Eng and Comp Sci)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2320 M: 790, CR: 730, WR: 800,
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 800 Chem 800 Physics
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.97 / N/A
[</em>] Rank: Top 5% / 650 students
[<em>]AP/IB classes: Comp Sci AB, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C: Mech and E&M, Music Theory, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Spanish Lang
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] Essays: They were okay…
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good I guess, didn’t read them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average, didn’t read them.
[<em>] EC highlights: Website, 8 years[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: N/A</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Still deciding, and waiting for other colleges.</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Sometime in November
Date decision postmarked/received: Sent on Jan 26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, Computer Science (Games)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2370 (superscore) M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 770,
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 800 Physics: 770
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.07 weighted
[<em>] Rank: no rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 8 after this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no clue
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no clue
[</em>] EC highlights: Tech club, church choir and hymn leading, summer volunteer job for a college professor, nothing outstanding.
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State/ Country: US citizen, but living in foreign country
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I really, really love ducks. I think I wrote about that for some essay or other. No idea if that affected much.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Not going unless they give me lots of money</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Dec. 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 26/Jan. 28
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Thornton School of Music/composition</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2380 M: 800, CR: 780, WR: 800, single sitting 2350
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 800, Latin: 740, Lit: 680
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/n/a
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Comp Sci AB (5) Calc BC (5) Physics C (5) Music Theory (5) + college Math/science classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] EC highlights: Many music related activities- orchestra (double bass), piano- chamber groups; math and science competitions (winner at regional level); music composition awards, state and national level; church worship team and related activities; summer math camps at Duke, and music comp camps, etc.[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Iowa
[</em>] School Type: home school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white/hispanic/asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Not sure : )</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Will double major in music composition and math. NMSF & scholarship candidate. REALLY want to be in a warm climate and looking forward to visiting USC! (Obviously these are my son’s stats and info.)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: Nov. 15th
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 26th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided Arts & Science</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2150 M: 690, CR: 680, WR: 780,
Total: 2070 M:740, CR: 660, WR: 670
ACT: 33, 31
SAT Subject Tests: Math - 700
GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.20
Rank: School too small to rank.
AP/IB classes: AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Language and Comp., AP Calc BC, and AP French</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Counselor really liked it. So, I’d say very good.
Teacher Recs: I’m hoping they were good. Had my English & History teacher and my French teacher write them.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
EC highlights: State Forensics Team Participant (9,10,11), State Forensics 2nd, 3rd (2), and 6th place, Cheerleading Dance Captain (12), Cheerleading JV Captain (11), NHS Board Member, Student Ambassador, Play/Musical Parts (9,10,11,12), Volunteer at Open Door Mission</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Nebraska.
School Type: Very small, private.
Ethnicity: Whitebread.
Gender: F.
Other Factors, hook?: No idea. I had a really fantastic interview, I guess.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/29 or something like that
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi: Undeclared Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2160 M: 790, CR: 640, WR: 730,
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 740; Chemistry: 730
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.77/4.47
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank.
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 6 Honors, 6 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: They were okay. I’m not a very good writer.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[</em>] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public, Very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Student government, clubs, community service, sports, single-parent home.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I hope I have scholarship chances. I will go here if I get a lot of money or my other options fall through.</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan 27
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Biological Sciences, Pre-Med Focus (Now interested in Comp Sci though)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2280 M: 720, CR: 800, WR: 760,
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 780 Bio M, 790 Lit, 760 Math II
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.3ish (small school)
[<em>] Rank: 1/~30
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 3 5’s so far, 5 more this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Same one I sent to Stanford for a REA reject. Regret!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great?
[</em>] EC highlights: Private online business, Student Gov President, Making Games/Illustrating/Designing for Grammy-nominated employer on private contract, tech help community service, some clubs, etc[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Private religious
[<em>] Ethnicity: White wonderbread
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I dunno.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m pretty surprised, honestly. I wasn’t really expecting to get in. I used the same essay I sent to Stanford REA (rejected), and thinking of that essay has made me wince ever since. I feel like I choose the wrong topic and didn’t write well enough.
Still, though, very happy! Not sure if I’ll be a Trojan yet, but we’ll see how things pan out. Hoping for the scholarship info soon.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: November 30th
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 26/Jan. 29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Gordon S. Marshall School of Business</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2330
ACT:
SAT Subject Tests: math2 780, ush 770, chem 740
GPA-UW/W: 3.91
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: 9 APs + 2 college classes
Subjective:
Essays: rushed, decided to apply 2 days before the scholarship deadline lol
Teacher Recs: above average
Counselor Rec: above average
EC highlights: above average lol
Location/Person:
State or Country: East Coast, USA
School Type: charter
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Other Factors, hook?: i go to a top 50 school in the US.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: excited! i’m definitely planning a visit asap.</p>