<p>Date applied: Oct. 17th-ish Date decision postmarked/received: Mar. 26 Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS/biology</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2260 M: 740, CR: 760, WR: 760,
[</em>] ACT: 31 (did not submit)
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II- 710
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.81/unknown
[<em>] Rank: does not rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP Calculus (Private school- all classes are above AP quality but do not follow the specific AP curriculum)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] EC highlights: Extensive volleyball resume- played for 8 years on a top 30 club team in the nation, starting setter as a freshman on a State Championship Team, deeply involved in a camp for children with disabilities. [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Texas! Whoop!
[</em>] School Type: Classical Christian Private School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Greek)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: National Merit Finalist, Morehead-Cain Scholar Nominee</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Awarded Presidential Scholarship… Southern California here I come!!</p>
<p>Date applied: Jan 1stish
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Arts and Sciences – Comparative Lit</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 1960 M: 740, CR: 590, WR: 630
ACT: n/a
SAT Subject Tests: 640 math 2 540 lit
GPA-UW/W: 3.23
Rank: non ranking school
AP/IB classes: AP - Chinese, Calc AB, Psych, Micro/Macro Econ, Lit, Lang, Biology, IB - Theater, Film</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: awesome
Counselor Rec: great
EC highlights: Honor thespian, exec council, varsity softball
Location/Person: Shanghai
State or Country: China
School Type: Int’l
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Other Factors, hook?: first gen</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: 75% sure</p>
<p>Date applied: Before the December 1st deadline Date decision postmarked/received: March 11 / March 16 Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Political Science)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2020 M: 680, CR: 720, WR: 640, Superscored
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Literature:710, World History: 700
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.18 /
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 121
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP English, AP Physics, AP Calculus
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read but was told that they were excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: See above
[</em>] EC highlights: National Honors Society, Pacific Asian Affairs Council (President), Math League, Christian Service, After-school Tutor, Volunteer at local church and hospital, School Yearbook and Newspaper [/ul]Location/Person: United States, originally from the Philippines[ul][<em>] State or Country: Hawaii
[</em>] School Type: Small, Private, Catholic, All-boys school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino-Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Being from Hawaii? And maybe coming from the Philippines originally.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Got the Leadership Scholarship</p>
<p>Date applied: November 29th Date decision postmarked/received: March 18/March 20 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Architecture </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: X
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: Don’t really have on… my school doesn’t publish a GPA just sends the grades but I’d say its probably around 3.4 (no idea how to weigh honors/ap classes)
[<em>] Rank: None…
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP ME
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Really good essay, everyone who read it loved it and was well written. It told the story of my high school career in a way that truly highlighted the things I’ve overcome. (Perseverance/Persistence Question)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good, A’s in both classes in which I got letters of Rec (English and History Teachers)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor loves me so I’m sure I got a good one, I always was on time with everything and applied EA to every single college I applied to making his life a lot easier during crunch time
[</em>] EC highlights: Varsity Hockey/Track, Head of Political action club on campus, Competitive Sailing[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Illinois (Prep school in Northeast)
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I attended the USC summer seminar in architecture which I think helped my application dramatically. There I met a lot of amazing kids whom I still visit quite frequently. I also got a letter of recommendation from one of the professors I had during the summer at USC, who teaches in their program, which again probably helped a lot. I kept in very good contact with my USC representative. When they came to visit my school I walked her around campus and had some time to talk. I was really outgoing and forward about wanting to attend USC during the whole process. I sent thank you notes (email) to my representative after meeting with me. I really did everything I could to help my admission, which seems to have payed off. </p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m attending USC next year. Status did the usual fall grades----forwarded—reviewed</p>
<p>Date applied: November 27th
Date decision postmarked/received: March 24/March 29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Communications
Stats:
SAT Total:2060… M: 620 CR: 650, WR: 790
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: X
GPA-UW/W: 3.73
Rank: None…
AP/IB classes: AP English Comp, AP US History, AP English Literature, AP Euro History
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty unique…
Teacher Recs: Strong (of course, I asked teachers who liked me)
Counselor Rec: Strong
EC highlights: Captain of varsity volleyball team, previously on a nationally ranked vball team, community service, many hours of theater/drama productions, part time job since 9th grade
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: I really tried to show USC that it was my first choice school… I had a great interview and I wrote an essay that I think highlighted my writing capabilities (i’m in communications so i guess that’s important)</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: FIGHT ON!</p>
<p>Date applied: December 1 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/26 3/29 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2070 M: 800, CR: 600, WR: 670,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: X
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.3
[<em>] Rank: 4/126
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 2 APs, 1 college class, and others honors classes (my school has a very limited curriculum)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] EC highlights: varsity swimming and tennis captain, mock trial team, 100+ hrs of community service, and many many more[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: small urban catholic school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: My interview went very well. I explained to her how I would love to study abroad in Switzerland (I’m swiss). USC is the only school I know of to offer this and I have family close by the study abroad school. I also felt this application reflected my achievements better than the common app.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I was waitlisted to BC, Richmond, and UVa last week, so hearing this was another slap in the face. I would have gone here in a heartbeat, but now I’m not sure. I will probably visit.</p>
<p>P.S. my status went from fall grades to in review last week, and since then it hasn’t changed. I wouldn’t trust it. I never tried the back door things.</p>
<p>Date applied: Before Dec 1 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/26; 3/29 Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS - Biological Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2110 M: 740, CR: 640, WR: 730,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 730, 700
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/~4.2
[<em>] Rank: Top 20%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 5 APs; no IB classes offered
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Reflected on a personal circumstance and how I persisted even through those tough times.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Read one out of the 2. I wasn’t that close to either of the teachers, so I would assume that they were kind of generic.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Definitely generic. Don’t know counselor at all.
[</em>] EC highlights: Community service (200+ hours), Marching Band for 4 years[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: none</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I definitely would have chosen to go to USC, but spring admit makes me reconsider my other options, which are very limited because I got rejected by a ton of schools. Basically, it’s between UCD and USC spring right now, but I’m leaning toward USC spring. Will have to wait for financial aid to make my final decision. Hopefully I’ll get bumped up to Fall 2010!</p>
<p>I’m really surprised by the stats of people who got turned away by USC. Mine are very average, but I think my essays definitely made my app more unique. </p>
<p>I was also waitlisted at BC and WUSTL. But that’s ok because I’ve got USC!!!</p>
<p>Date applied: December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/25 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2010 M: 670, CR: 680, WR: 660,
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: Bio: 580 (Horrid, I know) Math II: 690 Lit: 660
GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.7
Rank: 6/573
AP/IB classes: AP World History, AP U.S. History, AP Music Theory, AP Lang/Comp, AP Govt, AP Lit/Comp, AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Comp Sci
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: fantastic. I think it was too long though.
Teacher Recs: Great I assume.
Counselor Rec: Great I assume.
EC highlights: Mock Trial/Debate President, two years Varsity Tennis, 3 Years Concertmaster/Section Leader/Student Leader in Orchestra (Qualified for State), Co-Secretary in NHS, etc.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Nevada
School Type: Large Public School
Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: Uncle is grad alumni, wife works at USC administration, her sister is a Viterbi Asst. Prof.
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Was reviewed for the longest time, switched to forwarded and hasn’t changed since. My letter is postmarked the day after my status changed.</p>
<p>Date applied: January 3[?] Date decision postmarked/received: March 27 Applied at which school/major at USC: Undeclared at CLAS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2160 M: 650, CR: 740, WR: 770,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: M. Biology: 670, Literature: 700
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
[<em>] Rank: 72/853
[</em>] AP classes: European History, US History, Calculus AB/BC, Biology, Language & Composition {I got 4’s on everything but Calc, which I got 1 for BC and2 for the subscore}
[<em>] Senior Load: AP: Gov/Econ, Literature, Psychology, Studio Art, Statistics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, but I found a typo after I submitted them
[<em>] Teacher/Counselor Recs: X {Apparently none of them sent them even though I gave them a month to do it}
[</em>] EC highlights: President (Treasurer, Secretary) of Youth Ministry, President of National Art Honors Society, CSF, VBS, Tutoring, Art School[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA/USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: First generation student</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m not sure why I got rejected.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted ** Date applied: November 1 Date decision postmarked/received: received March 29</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2240
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: about 730 and 670
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.8 UW
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Many, many
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: strong
[</em>] School Type: public, poor
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: None</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Spring admit, no merit $$$, like the school, but have much better offers</p>
<p>Date applied: Dec. 1 Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: X M: 640, CR: 710, WR: 710
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 650 Math, 650 Literature
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: Around 3.4(my school doesn’t calculate or report it)
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn’t rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: School doesn’t offer AP classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: I think my essay was ok, well written but I’m not sure it conveyed enough about me
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Haven’t read but I assume they were great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t read but I assume it was great
[</em>] EC highlights: don’t feel like listing [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: URM</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Not sure If I’m going there yet but it feels great to be accepted.</p>
<p>Date applied: November 30 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/26 3/29 Accepted at which school/major at USC: None!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: X
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.8/4.3
[<em>] Rank: 56/354
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 2, both senior year. Stats and Government.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: I’d say they were okay. I wrote my main one about how my autistic brother influenced who I am.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 3, The most outstanding from my AP stats teacher who is an MIT alum.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it, but I know she likes me as a person.
[</em>] EC highlights: Marching Band Drum Major, Arizona Girls State, Orchestra, NHS, a few leadership positions.[/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Arizona
[</em>] School Type: Public, I’d say decently competitive. We have one going to Stanford, and my friend got accepted to Brown. A few got into MIT but aren’t going for whatever reason and one is still waiting on Yale.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I don’t really have a hook… my application was pretty average. I put a lot of work into it, but there is only so much I can show them.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: For the help here, I was “Committee Review April 1st, April 11th” (Since submitted) -> Forwarded (February 3rd) -> “Committee Review April 1st, April 11th” (March 27th)</p>
<p>I most likely will not appeal. The odds they mentioned in the letter didn’t sound too good. I can’t afford USC anyway.
Good luck USC Class of 2014!</p>
<p>Date applied: Before deadline Date decision postmarked/received: 3/27/3/29 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Waiting to hear-only applied to SCA Film Production or Critical Studies</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Physics 700, Comp 6??
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.59/3.7?
[</em>] Rank: DK/DC
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 5 after end of year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][</em>] Essays: I think they were really good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was excellent from prof. at class I took last summer at UCLA. Don’t know about other two, but think they must have been decent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ?/But think it must have been decent since I got in…
[<em>] EC highlights: STARS (Program to teach kids in middle school about waiting to have sex-two years), other typical ECs<br>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: Oregon
[<em>] School Type: Public HS (Did attend IB school for two years)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Talked about some early experiences, being on LAX team through high school, passion about film</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Doubt will get money. Turning down a sizable scholarship to attend another university that has an outstanding film school to go to SC.</p>
<p>Date applied: 12/1 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/24 - 3/29 Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS Biological Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2230 M: 720, CR: 710, WR: 800,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 730 Math IIC, 770 Biology M
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.28/4.6
[<em>] Rank: Top 5% (no rank)
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Biology (5) Junior year; This year, Govpol, BC Calc, and English Lit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: I thought my common app essay was very good, it was about how my aunt’s death from breast cancer made me want to pursue medicine as a career. But I can’t be sure…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] EC highlights: AVID equestrian, 3 jobs, President of Mandarin Chinese Club at my high school, Church Youth Minister[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I’m not sure, perhaps that I take Chinese/want to do cancer research?</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m very excited! Not sure that I will be attending though, it depends on where else I get in and what I think when I visit. </p>
<p>FYI, status went from midyear grades –> forwarded –> being reviewed –> acted on. The enrollment link worked for me around the same time I got the “forwarded” status.</p>
<p>Date applied: Early! november 15 i think Date decision postmarked/received: idk but i got it today Accepted at which school/major at USC: none : [ science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1850
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: didn’t submit
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: X/X
[<em>] Rank: X 14%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: X 6/9
[/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: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: first gen. several college classes over 10</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: im going to berkeley! woot</p>
<p>Date applied: 1/7
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/25
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Political Science</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total:2170 CR:720 M:680 W:770
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: 750 US History, 710 Literature
GPA-UW/W: 3.8ish/4.1
Rank: Top 5%
AP classes: European History (5) US History (5) US Government and Politics (5) Statistics (4)
Essays: About my experience as an exchange student; I thought it was pretty good
Teacher Recs: good?
Counselor Rec: good?
EC highlights: Spent senior year abroad, theater, thespians, dance, yearbook staff, Obama campaign volunteer, National Honors Society… etc.
Location/Person:
State or Country: OH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: I speak French… other than that, not much</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m really happy to have gotten in! Right now I’m deciding between USC and NYU.</p>
<p>status was “submitted to the committee for review” for weeks… changed today to “acted on” when I got my admission package</p>
<p>I am going to break my own rule here and post a non-decision note.</p>
<p>I want to make a very special **THANK YOU **to the students posting who were not admitted. The information you are putting up will be the most helpful to future applicants. Knowing information about admitted students is only half the story - seeing the great students that were not admitted will give a realistic picture.</p>
<p>You have been wonderful contributors to this forum and USC was crazy to let you get away. </p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted as an SCP Participant **</p>
<p>Date applied: 12/1 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/24-/3/26 Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS/Political Science Major</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1730 M: 510, CR: 610, WR: 610,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Literature: 600
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.00/4.32
[<em>] Rank: 2/19
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 6 (only 6 offered)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] EC highlights: Varsity Football Captain. MTAL All-League football. Varsity Basketball Captain and leading scorer. Athlete of the Year two times in a row. Mock Trial Captain. Student Government all four years. ASB Student Body President as a sophomore (youngest president in my area’s history). Worship president. ACSI Student award. I had a good variety of extracurriculars.[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Private Christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: Latino/Japanese/Pacific Islander
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: The contextual situations I had to overcome this last year were what defined my application. From my fathers death, to my cardio-vascular problems, to my close death due to renal failure. Also my mother being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I had to overcome these challenges in light of trying to succeed academically.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Committed to USC. Going to try out as a “walk-on” for the football team! Hopefully I don’t get too beat up. lol</p>
<p>Decision: S Accepted-SPRING
switched to forwarded 3/24 or 3/25–cahnged to acted on 3/30(same day packet received)
Date applied: 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/26—3/30
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS-undeclared (applied viterbi first choice CLAS-second choice)
Stats:
SAT Total: 2120 M: 730, CR: 700, WR: 690,
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: USH 720, Physics 670 Math II 650
GPA-UW/W: 4.00/?
Rank: 10/425ish
AP/IB classes: 5 (5,4 so far)
Subjective:
Essays: ?
Teacher Recs:?
Counselor Rec: ?
EC highlights: Drama, Area all state NHS (leadership in all) lots of State or Country: CA
School Type: Public Rural
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: NA
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: doubtful as S was not accepteed into Viterbi (S accepted to several very competive engineering programs including Cal)</p>
75% sure</p>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Maryland