Stats Only - USC Decisions 2010

anonymityftw · February 1, 2010, 10:42am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Mid-November
Date decision postmarked/received: January 26th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: I applied to Production at SCA, but am currently accepted as Undeclared. Crossing my fingers for SCA.

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2270 (M: 700, CR: 800, WR: 770)
[] ACT: didn’t take it
[] SAT Subject Tests: Literature (720), US History (710)
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.79/school does not weight (I wish it did)
[] Rank: school does not rank either, but top 10%
[]AP/IB classes: 4 IBs, 4 APs

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: decent
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read, good I hope! I got them from my favorite teachers
[] Counselor Rec: he likes me
[] EC highlights: actively involved in theatre, Habitat for Humanity, community service, writing for a city-wide magazine, film, etc. [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: US Citizen living abroad
[] School Type: private/international
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Not really a hook, but I did make quite an effort to get to know the USC rep where I live… I included pretty unique random facts about myself in my app. I truly felt with my USC app that the adcom would “know me” after reading it.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m being considered for a scholarship (looking at the crazy SAT scores on this forum, I’m not surprised!) But if I get accepted to SCA, I will most likely go to USC.

xxLAJxx · February 1, 2010, 7:06pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: early novemeber
Date decision postmarked/received: acceptance postmarked 1/26, scholarship 1/28, both received 2/1
Accepted at which school/major at USC: english

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: n/a
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: 740, 760, 790
[] GPA-UW/W: ~99
[] Rank: 1
[]AP/IB classes: all honors/APs, AP scores 3, 4, 5, 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: i reused essays from common app other schools/ i like them, but i was nervous USC would think they didn’t fit the questions, although i thought they did.
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[] EC highlights: in a lot of clubs–all leadership positions[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: NY
[] School Type: smallish public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: none

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

Arctic92 · February 1, 2010, 8:16pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26 - 2/01
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Architecture

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2180 M: 760, CR: 690, WR: 730,
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 780
[] GPA- 89.8/100 UW
[] Rank: n/a
[]AP/IB classes: AP World History, AP Calculus AB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: Great
[] Counselor Rec: not sure.
[] EC highlights:
Freelance Web Designer
ACE Mentoring program
President of the Architecture Club
President of a Graphic Design Club
Wall Street Dragons Dragonboat Racing team
United Chinese Association of Brooklyn Intern[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: New York City
[] School Type: Public - Very prestigious
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Probably a more unique portfolio (a lot of digital artwork), Minor Hearing Loss

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Presidential Scholarship Candidate according to the website trick, Waiting on financial aid to see if i’m going to USC, but it’s high on my list of colleges.

zaibur · February 2, 2010, 1:59am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/1/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/Middle Eastern Studies

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2270 M: 780, CR: 740, WR: 750,
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 800, US History 800, Bio M 780
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.95/idk
[] Rank: not ranked
[]AP/IB classes: 11
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Room for improvement.
[] Teacher Recs: Decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Decent.
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Michigan
[] School Type: Public.
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Pakistani)
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I had some unique clubs/childhood experiences.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Depends on the Trustee scholarship, I can’t afford it otherwise.

Salient · February 2, 2010, 5:15am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/1/09… last minute xP.
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS - Undecided

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2360 M: 790, CR: 790, WR: 780
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math IIC, 800 US History, 780 Biology-E
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.56/NA
[] Rank: NA
[]AP/IB classes:
AP US History -5
AP English Language - 5
AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Biology - 5
AP Psychology - 5
AP Human Geography - 5
AP Environmental Science - 5
AP World History - 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Eh, it was all right. It was kind of cute but I didn’t know how much substance it had.
[] Teacher Recs: Hopefully good, didn’t see.
[] Counselor Rec: Hopefully good, didn’t see.
[] EC highlights: None, really [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: China
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?:

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Dean’s Scholarship with chance to raise to Presidential via National Merit, am relieved. Still waiting on other schools though.

stavi · February 3, 2010, 8:26pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Dec. 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 27
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided Letters Arts Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2020 M: 690, CR: 690, WR: 640,
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 730 US History: 660
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.1
[]AP/IB classes: 2 AP’s jr year, 3 AP’s senior year (5 AP Comp, 4 AP USH)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Thought mine was good, counselor loved it.
[] Teacher Recs: Teacher likes me, really wanted me to get into wherever I applied, but she is also very honest. Did not read.
[] Counselor Rec: Generic. Did not get to know counselor well. Big public HS.
[] EC highlights: Varsity Baseball, Basketball; Started radio station for football games; Leadership class[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public, ~1500 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Radio station was probably big factor, featured on front page of county newspaper.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Finalist for Presidential Scholarship, going to do Explore USC program. If I get scholarship, I will likely accept.

aveclove · February 3, 2010, 10:55pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/28/09 (approx.)
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/28/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Economics - CoLAS

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2350 (superscore), 2330 (best sitting) M: 770, CR: 780, WR: 800
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 1: 730, Lit: 750, Math 2: 800
[] GPA-UW/W: 9.8/11.0 (school only publishes grades on an 11-point scale)
[] Rank: not published
[]AP/IB classes: not offered at my school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read - good, i think
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read - great, i think
[] EC highlights: horseback riding, lots of community service and leadership positions, also have had several fairly impressive jobs (reporter one summer, paid intern at a very large public relations firm another) [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Massachusetts
[] School Type: fairly prestigious boarding school (part of “HADES”, as I believe they are known here)
[] Ethnicity: Multiracial (White/Chinese)
[] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?:

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I want to go really badly, but I need the money first. I am a Trustee Scholarship nominee - fingers crossed!

threetreasurs · February 27, 2010, 8:12pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Dec. 1, 2009
Date decision postmarked/received: Feb. 24, 2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Thornton, Organ Performance

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2150 M: 650, CR: 780, WR: 720,
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT Subject Tests: X
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.98/4.0 unweighted
[] Rank: X
[]AP/IB classes: 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: X
[] Teacher Recs: X
[] Counselor Rec: X
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: X
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: live audition

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: NMF so hoping for NMF Presidential!

MagicalMalik · March 2, 2010, 4:14am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/31
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/27
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi School of Engineering - Computer Science (Games)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 1840 M: 590, CR: 630, WR: 620 (Superscored)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: World History: 730
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.92 UW
[] Rank: N/A
[]AP/IB classes: Junior Year: AP World History - 5. Senior Year - AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: A standout. I discuss my experience moving from California to Sudan.
[] Teacher Recs: I’ve been told that they were very good.
[] Counselor Rec: I heard that it was great.
[] EC highlights: MUN for three years, was our school’s MUN club Secretary General junior year. Went to two international conferences - one in Jordan, and one in Singapore. [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Sudan
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I’m Sudanese - there are only a handful of Sudanese people, graduating from high schools in Sudan, who apply to universities for undergrad.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Absolutely shocked I got in and with a Dean’s Scholarship, considering the stats of the many strong applicants on College Confidential. I am ecstatic and most likely going to USC, along with my twin brother who also got in with the same scholarship.

laure327 · March 11, 2010, 9:15pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Late December/Early January
Date decision postmarked/received:
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Architecture

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2160 M: 770, CR: 660, WR: 730
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 750, Physics 800
[] GPA-UW: 3.8
[] AP/IB classes: Studio Art, Calculus AB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: One was great, the other was fantastic (called a natural leader, the best role model for younger students)
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] EC highlights: Top Student Award for Physics and Art, Architecture Club (Founder & Head), Student Ambassador, Public Speaking
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Canada
[] School Type: Private, top in province
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: None

General Comments: USC is my 2nd choice and I still have the “forwarded” status. I think my weakness was the number of AP courses and my strengths were the portfolio and good results in the two subjects (Art and Physics) related to architecture.

Hope this helps!

strive8 · March 13, 2010, 4:46pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: December 29, 2009
Date decision postmarked/received: March 13, 2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences/Major:History with a Pre-law emphasis

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2130 (M: 700, CR: 640, WR: 800)
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 680, Literature 660, U.S. History 700
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.6/4.1
[] Rank: top 10% salutatorian
[]AP/IB classes: AP Chemistry(3) , AP European History(5), AP US History(5), AP Spanish, AP English, AP Enviromental Science, AP Calculus A/B, and AP Government (I also took the AP Biology test).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: pretty good!
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read them, but i think they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: again, didn’t read but i have known her since i was born so…
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: SoCal
[] School Type: large, white, competitive, public school
[] Ethnicity: middle-eastern (Caucasian)
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: My sister went there, graduated in three years with a 3.8 GPA. Major upward trend, especially with my mid-year grades this year (I got straight A’s taking 7 classes-my school only offers 6 a day technically-and 5 APs)

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: My status went from “forwarded” for a good month back to “being reviewed…April 1st” just last night. I don’t think I got any scholarships, but I don’t know. I would love to go to this school because it is literally my life. I have been there so many times, been to games for like three sports, met the football team like three times, and I absolutely just love everything about this school. Unfortunately, unless I miraculously get a scholarship, my parents refuse to pay for another child to go there, they say it was a mistake monetarily.

College182 · March 13, 2010, 7:40pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/25/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: School of Theatre (B.A. Theatre Arts)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2090 M: 700, CR: 700, WR: 690,
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT Subject Tests: U.S. History: 700, Mathematics Level I: 680
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.79/3.94
[] Rank: (School doesn’t rank)
[]AP/IB classes: Junior Year: AP English Literature, AP U.S. History, AP Spanish Language / Senior Year: AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Pretty good. Original topic. Shows my humor while also presenting a serious message.
[] Teacher Recs: Likely excellent. Spanish and English recommendations. 
[] Counselor Rec: Likely excellent. Developed a nice relationship with counselor and they got to really know me.
[] EC highlights: Theatre, Track & Field, Freshman mentor, House system leader, Chair of school community service program[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Ohio, United States of America
[] School Type: Competitive Private School, 500 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: A nice person? haha I don’t really know… My essay was on a pretty original experience in my opinion.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I was invited to interview for the Presidential Scholarship and did so last week. USC is an incredible school but a bit pricey so I really need the scholarship. My status went to the “forwarded” one about a week before I received my acceptance package. I got the scholarship information about a week and a half after the acceptance package. Really stoked to have this opportunity.

Wowie · March 13, 2010, 7:48pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: March 12th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Arts and Sciences Undeclared

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: M:600 CR: 630 WR: 530
[] ACT: 28
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 590, US History:690, Biology: 690
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.79/ 4.71
[] Rank: top 10%
[]AP/IB classes: 9 AP Classes and about 9 honors or so.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Used my UC application essay and tweaked it. It was all right.
[] Teacher Recs: No idea.
[] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[] EC highlights: Varsity Track ( 9th-12th Grade) Captain (11th,12th)
Interact (9th-12th)
FBLA (11th-12th)
Mock Trial- Prosecuting lawyer and Secretary (11th-12th)
CSF- Vice President this year (10th-12th)
NHS-(11th-12th)
XC (9th-10th)
Music Internship-interview bands, write album reviews, cover huge events such as Crue Fest (11th-12th)
Sending update saying I am a student representative for a native american organization.
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: OC, California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:Cuban, Black (I forgot to check Native American when I applied)
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**Other Factors, hook?: First generation college, for background I wrote about my long lineage from civil war veterans to daughters of American revolution to my father coming from cuba, I wrote about my involvement in the entertainment/ music field

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I can’t get into the financial aid site.

FindAPlace · March 13, 2010, 7:49pm

This is for my son.

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: November 23, 2009
Date decision postmarked/received: March 13, 2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Letters, Arts & Sciences/Physics and Interdisciplinary Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: M: 800, CR: 680, WR: 680
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 800, Physics: 720, US History: 680
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.4
[] Rank: 3 of approx 520 at time of application
[]AP/IB classes: Calc BC: 5, Physics Mechanics: 4, Physics Electromagnetism: 4, Chemistry: In Progress, English Language: 4, English Literature: In Progress Spanish Language: 5, Euro History: 4, US History: 4, Macroeconomics: In Progress Also, two college level math courses: Linear Algebra: A, Multivariable Calculus: In Progress
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Reasonable
[] Teacher Recs: Outstanding (from AP Calc and AP English Language teachers)
[] Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but GC likes me so it should be good.
[] EC highlights: Varsity water polo and varsity swim teams, Mock Trial, peer math and physics tutor, MESA Math Team, piano playing and composing, summer research internship at USC (paleoclimatology)[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Urban Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Although my father is on faculty, we’ve heard of professor’s kids who didn’t make it. This hook just helps with the $$ if you get in (tuition remission)

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: USC is my top choice in CA. Now I’m just waiting on five OOS reaches. Fight on!

superawesomegrl · March 14, 2010, 6:03am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/xx/09 I don’t remember the date, but it was at least a week before the deadline
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/13/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Communications, Annenberg School of Communications

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2270 M: 740, CR: 730, WR: 800,
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT Subject Tests: Lit- 750, Spanish- 730, Math2c- 650
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.4ish?/3.78
[] Rank: school does not rank
[]AP/IB classes: 10th grade- AP Euro, 11th grade- AP English Lang/Comp, AP Spanish, AP US History, 12th grade- AP Lit/Comp, AP Calc AB, AP Envir. Sci., AP Gov, AP Econ
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Pretty good, I hope!
[] Teacher Recs: Good–I’m guessing!
[] Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was great because my counselor really likes me.
[] EC highlights: Internships at city newspaper and major radio station, Stanford EPGY, Spanish tutor, News Editor for school newspaper[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Internships, trilingual, national merit finalist.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: National Merit Scholarship (half tuition) because I put USC as my #1 choice on the NMF application.

anuragSarkar · March 14, 2010, 6:20am

Guess the people rejected are too depressed to post their stats…

chocoblow59 · March 14, 2010, 8:41am

I don’t think anyone’s been rejected yet…

anuragSarkar · March 14, 2010, 9:52am

Yeah sorry…just found out. My bad. :p

cassenoix · March 14, 2010, 1:39pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/14/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Arts and Sciences undecided

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 1890; 640 Reading, 590 Math, 660 Writing
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT Subject Tests: 700 Biology E, 720 U.S. Histor
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/~4.3(?)
[] Rank: 2/447; now 1/447
[]AP/IB classes: Psychology (5), Biology (5), Language and Comp (5), U.S. History (4)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: They were fun to write so I felt they were a strong point of my application
[] Teacher Recs: 2; decent; I read them and they were poorly written.
[] Counselor Rec: 1; I believe it was good. She really liked me
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Taiwanese Asian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: First generation; talked a lot about my veganism and overcoming depression

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I am very surprised and happy that I got in Good luck to all who haven’t found out yet!

marmar16 · March 14, 2010, 2:21pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Sometime before the 1st due date
Date decision postmarked/received: Received 3/13
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg School of Communication, Communication major

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 1990 M: 560, CR: 680, WR: 750,
[] SAT Subject Tests: 740 US History, 640 Literature
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.8/4.1
[] Rank: 22/522 (top 4%)
[]AP/IB classes: AP Euro (2), AP US History (5), AP English Composition (5), AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Spanish, AP English Literature
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: My main essay talked about my unique culture and family values. It included some humor and was creatively written. I think this was the strongest point of my application. My short answers emphasized my dedication to USC, and the research I have done on the Annenberg school.
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent, from my newspaper advisor I have known for three years.
[] Counselor Rec: I didn’t have one.
[li] EC highlights: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper senior year, Arts and Entertainment editor of newspaper junior year, I have had my art showcased in three different art exhibitions, I was awarded an $8000 scholarship to attend college-level arts classes at USC[/ul][/li]
Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Southern CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: African-American/Asian
[] Gender: Female

[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I never chose ECs just to pad my resume, I was heavily involved in activities that I truly had a passion for. My essay was also very strong. My ethnicity doesn’t hurt either.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m 100% sure I’m attending! I have worked since 8th grade to live this dream, and I can’t believe it’s finally here.

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