Stats Only - USC Decisions 2010

college6 · January 29, 2010, 4:55pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 10/1 ish
Date decision postmarked/received: recieved 1/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall/Levanthal

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: Biology: 770 Latin: 750
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.08 (UW)
[] Rank: N/A
[]AP/IB classes: 7 total AP Statistics 5 AP Physics B 5 AP U.S. Government 5 AP English Lit. 4 Taking AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, and AP Spanish this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: I thought it was good.
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[] EC highlights: A lot [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: OR
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: National Merit Semifinalist

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Hoping for a Trustee otherwise probably won’t be able to afford it.

FashionCapital · January 29, 2010, 5:28pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 10/14/2009
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/29/2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences – IR

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2180 M: 690, CR: 690, WR: 800
[] ACT: 31 (didn’t send)
[] SAT Subject Tests: US History 760, Bio M 690, Math IIC 670
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0 (UW)
[] Rank: School does not rank
[]AP/IB classes: Sophomore - Euro (4) & Bio (5); Junior - Lang/Comp (5) & US (5); Senior - BC Calc, Env Science, Lit, World History
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Strong, though I wasn’t as happy with it as the ones I submitted with my CommonApp schools
[] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] EC highlights: EIC of School Newspaper, Editor of Creative Writing Lit Mag, Pres of GSA, etc[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Private/Independent
[] Ethnicity: Indian & Portuguese
[] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Bisexual? hahaha.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Stanford. I kind of regret not applying to SCA for Screenwriting instead, though.

heg123 · January 29, 2010, 5:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Date applied: early november
Date decision postmarked/received: postmark 1/26…received 1/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg

Stats:
ACT: 31
SAT Subject Tests: Spanish-740 Literature-700
GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.3
Rank: 1/376
AP/IB classes: full IB schedule, although only testing in HL tests
Essays: Definitely not the best ones I wrote, although I feel I took a unique approach to the prompts
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: None
EC highlights: editor-in-chief of the school paper, community service in Argentina, language learning programs
Location/Person:
State or Country: OR
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: conversationally fluent in Spanish

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I was surprised I got in early because my stats are pretty average but I’m soo excited that I got into my first choice major! usc is definitely one of my top choices and it’s very possible i will be a trojan come may! hoping for some kind of scholarship, although i would go there regardless

Alex7592 · January 29, 2010, 5:51pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Before 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: postmark 1/6… received 1/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi - BME

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT Subject Tests: MathII-800 Physics-780 Biology-710
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.9…4.7
[] Rank: i’m not sure
[]AP/IB classes: Full IB and lots of AP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Great(ish)
[] Teacher Recs: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] EC highlights: they were average[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CO
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: No hooks

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’M A TROJAN BABY

d4vidb4i · January 29, 2010, 5:58pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/26/2009
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan 26 / Jan 29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall Business

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2210 M: 760, CR: 670, WR: 780,
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 (800), Chemistry (800)
[] GPA-W: 4.0
[] Rank: does not send rank
[]AP/IB classes: Calculus AB + BC (5s), Chemistry (5), EngLang (5), Chinese (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5) … (Senior year - US Gov, Stats, EngLit, Calc3/ODE)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Not too bad.
[] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Dela-where?
[] School Type: Charter
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Sent separate rec letter from Gov School program (glowing)

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Hoping for Trustee. NMSF. Will go if I get good $$

thequestionmark · January 29, 2010, 6:43pm

**Decision: Accepted **
Date applied: By 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall/ Undeclared

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 31R, 35S, 9)
[] SAT Subject Tests: 770 Math II, 750 Bio E
[] GPA: 3.97/4.7
[] Rank: Top 5%
[]AP/IB classes: 13 AP Tests
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recs: X
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] Midwest, USA
[] School Type: Charter: top public school in state
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: X

**General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?:**Will be flying down for presidential I think

froggyonice · January 29, 2010, 7:13pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11.30.09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1.26.10/1.28.10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of the Letters, Arts, and Sciences/Biological Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X (taken in January '10)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 790, Biology: 770
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.55 (after 1st semester)
[] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[]AP/IB classes: AP World History (5); AP Eng. Lang., APUSH, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Chem
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: ???
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] EC highlights: figure skating for about eleven years, Girl Scouts, piano, badminton, founder of school’s ice skating club along with participating in numerous others[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: X
[] School Type: medium Catholic private
[] Ethnicity: Indian all the way
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I applied to their RHP program

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: still waiting for all the mail to come in…

andromeda89 · January 29, 2010, 8:20pm

Adding to my post: Just got Trustee notification! USC is rapidly climbing my choices list!

andromeda89 · January 29, 2010, 8:42pm

Moved to another thread…

ECazndb8r · January 29, 2010, 9:18pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11-28-09?
Date decision postmarked/received: 1-29-10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Business Administration, Marshall

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2310 M: 750, CR: 800, WR: 760,
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 690, US History: 790, Chinese: 800, Chem :760
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.27 not sure about UW
[] Rank: top 10 %
[]AP/IB classes: Chinese, Comp Gov, APUSH, Eng Lang :5, Calc AB, Chem: 4, (as of junior year) taking Econ, Physics, Eng Lit, German, and Art History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: pretty good, prob not my very best?
[] Teacher Recs: good
[] Counselor Rec: no idea lol hopefully good
[] EC highlights: Debate: went to CFL’s freshmen yr, did pretty well regionally, if not nationally, some other stuff
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: PA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I live on the East Coast? also on an organic vegetable farm…NM semifinalist,

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: hope my scholarship chances are good (heard that if you got accepted by now you’re under consideration? someone please confirm) they will play a significant part in whether I go

labebe010 · January 29, 2010, 9:47pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: School of Architecture

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: M: 650, CR: 590, WR: 730,
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT Subject Tests: none
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.88/4.1
[] Rank: 39/336
[]AP/IB classes: IB Math HL, Art Studio HL, French HL, Biology HL, Physics HL, Sr. English HL
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Thoughtful
[] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Great (good relationship)
[] EC highlights: Founder of Interact at school, Camp counselor, scholastic art awards, lots of community service, well-rounded ECs [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Oregon
[] School Type: Public IB school
[] Ethnicity: Mexican (no U.S. citizenship)
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: 2nd generation, originally from the South, portfolio.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Going to USC if I find some way to pay for it lol

That1One3Guy · January 29, 2010, 11:40pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/27/2009 (approx.)
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/2010 (postmarked) 1/27/2010 (received)
Accepted at which school/major at USC: English

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT Subject Tests: Spanish - 760, Literature - 700, US History - 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.7
[] Rank: n/a
[li]AP/IB classes: Chem (3), Eng. Lang. (5), Spanish Lang. (5), US History (4), Eng. Lit, Spanish Lit., Stat, Human Geography[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: probably good; didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: probably good; didn’t read
[] EC highlights: EIC of school paper, founder and president of speech/debate club, Varsity soccer

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Private Independent
[] Ethnicity: Latino
[] Gender: Male

[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: URM, journalism program at Northwestern

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: am a finalist for the Trustee scholarship. not at the top of my list, but excited to get this acceptance!

banmaisen · January 30, 2010, 1:00am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Before 12/1
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total:2150 <== so-so
[] SAT Subject Tests: USH 710, Lit 660, Math 2 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.08
[] Rank: 1/245
[]AP/IB classes: USH 5, Lang 4, Bio, Lit, Cal AB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: great
[] Teacher Recs: so-so
[] Counselor Rec: so-so
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Hawaii
[] School Type: Sucky Public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino)
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: “underprivileged”

Presidential Scholarship!

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X

Kate002 · January 30, 2010, 1:01am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: November 30th?
Date decision postmarked/received: January 26th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Political Science

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: Didn’t take
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC-730, US History-760, Chemistry-690
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.337
[] Rank: 1/522
[]AP/IB classes: European History-4, Chemistry-4, Statistics-5, US History-5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Strong
[] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] EC highlights: Model UN, Show Choir, Cheerleading. I don’t really want to list the honors or anything[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Iowa
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Stanford EPGY International Relations, World Food Prize Youth Participant, etc…
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’ll wait until I get my other acceptances/rejections to make my ultimate decision.

CubsChamps09 · January 30, 2010, 9:33pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: November
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS (Political Science, Pre-Law)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2300 M: 800, CR: 760, WR: 740,
[] ACT: 33 (did not send)
[] SAT Subject Tests: 760 US History, 760 World History, 710 Math Level 2
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.69/4.27 (Higher after this semester)
[] Rank: No ranking
[]AP/IB classes: European History, 5; US History, 5; Calculus AB 5; Physics B, 4; Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, American Government, Comparative Government, Psychology, Statistics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Very good, personal, did the What Matters to Me and Why essay
[] Teacher Recs: i’m not sure, assuming very good
[] Counselor Rec: not sure
[] EC highlights: Marching Band, Jazz Band, Law Club, NHS, Model UN, Intramurals, Fencing, Public Forum Debate, Math Tutor, Rehabilitation Center Volunteer [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: Public, EXTREMELY competitive
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Election Judge, and other various things I’m sure…

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Considering my not superior GPA, I am kindof suprised to have gotten in this early. I believe all my other materials are what got me the early decision. Still waiting for Northwestern decision, and it’s going to depend on the money involved. Also thinking on U of Illinois-Champaign since it’s instate.

Saitsuzen · January 31, 2010, 4:04am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: before Dec. 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Received on Friday, January 29, 2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Philosophy, Politics, & Law (with a Pre-Law emphasis)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2320 M: 780, CR: 760, WR: 780
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: MathIIC: 760, Bio: 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
[] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[]AP/IB classes: Bio: 5, Stats: 5, Calc AB: In progress, English: In progress[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: pretty good, i hope
[] Teacher Recs: i have nice relationships with my teachers
[] Counselor Rec: average because each counselor has almost 200 kids
[] EC highlights: National Merit Semifinalist, sports editor of newspaper, youth court attorney, track and field, internship at UC Berkeley’s newspaper, mock trial institute at UCLA, piano, around 250 hours of community service, and church[/ul]

Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type: #1 public high school in the state
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male[/ul]

Other Factors, hook?: Not anything special haha

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: USC sounds great, I will consider going here

tebowforheisman · January 31, 2010, 6:21pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 35
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.43
[] Rank: 3/486
[]AP/IB classes: Statistics-5, US History-5, English Comp-5, European History-5. Calc BC, English lit, US Government, Macroeconomics still to take
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: really good
[] Teacher Recs: none
[] Counselor Rec: mediocre
[] EC highlights: president/vice-president of six clubs[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: TN
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Female going into sports journalism…

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Presidential scholarship candidate

aadelaiide · January 31, 2010, 7:59pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/01/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26 - 1/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Environmental Studies, CLAS

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2230 M: 790, CR: 680, WR: 760,
[] ACT: X
[] SAT Subject Tests: 720 US Hist, 730 Math I, 650 Lit, 650 Math II
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.96 out of 4.0 UW (school doesn’t do weighted)
[] Rank: top 10% out of about 260 students
[]AP/IB classes: total of 6; scores: AP Lang (5), US Hist (5) [4 APs in progress]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: I liked them
[] Teacher Recs: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] EC highlights: President of Spanish Club (member for 4 years); Secretary for 3 clubs; yearbook co-editor in chief (on yearbook staff for 2 years); props manager for drama department (3 years) [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I have a pending patent application, and I love USC; definitely showed in my essay and short answers

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Presidential Scholarship candidateee!! I love USC; totally will go if I get sufficient monetary aid.

vballfan · January 31, 2010, 9:42pm

Decision: Accepted

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

Stats:
SAT Total: N/A
ACT: 36
SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 800, US History: 750
GPA-UW/W: 4.00/4.60
Rank: Top 1%
AP/IB classes: 9AP’s(5’s on all taken to date)
Subjective:
Essays: Hopefully good
Teacher Recs: ???
Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
EC highlights: Stanford EPGY Business Program, Columbia Univ. Barcelona Program
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: none

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Trustee Scholarship Candidate

leso26 · January 31, 2010, 10:19pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/29/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/29/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: Didn’t submit
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: MathII: 710, Chem: 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.7
[] Rank: dont have it at my school
[]AP/IB classes: 1 sophomore year, 2 junior year, 4 senior year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Had about 12 edits, so hopefully good.
[] Teacher Recs: ???
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] EC highlights: Swim team for 4 years (varsity for the past 3), NHS VP, president of two clubs, scientific research, ASB [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Did a summer program at USC, NM semifinalist

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Deans Scholarship, I like the school but its not my first choice…depends on where else I get in

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