Stats Only - USC Decisons 2009

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This is for STATS ONLY for USC decisions 2009. *
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<p>Here are instructions and a template you can use to help future generations of USC applicants:
-Copy/paste all the text below in the gray box into a new thread.
-Delete the line that does not apply, i.e. Accepted or Rejected.
-Add your specifics on the X's.<br>
-Preview your post to see how it looks before you submit.</p>

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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]</p>

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

<p>[li] Essays: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: X[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: X</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: X</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: X
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<p>Make sure you preview your post. It should look something like this:
*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: 11-29-08
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked: 1-23-09 Received: 1-24-09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: undecided</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2170 M: 780, CR: 670, WR: 720,
[</em>] ACT: 32--didn't submit
[<em>] SAT Subject 4.0/4.93
[</em>] Rank: 2/621
[<em>]AP/IB classes: Biology-5, US History-5, Calc BC-5 (AB sub-5), Chemistry-5, French Language -4
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Chose the accomplishment topic and wrote about how I became the varsity bball captain even though I injured myself and couldn't play anymore.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I think they were good...
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teacher ones
[<em>] EC highlights: 4 yrs basketball-captain
4 yrs mock trial; 11th-secretary, 12th-president
NHS-secretary
CSF<br>
Volunteered ~250 hrs
Math/Science Tutor[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Iranian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: ?</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Even though I got my letter, my status on usc's app page still says that my application is being reviewed...and I didn't get any scholarship info yet.</p>

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

<p>Date applied: By December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked, January 23, 09. Received January 24th, 09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Biomedical Engineering (Viterbi School of Engineering)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2310, M: 800, CR: 710, WR: 800
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 800, Phys: 790
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.00 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 9
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not so hot lol
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Dunno
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno
[<em>] EC highlights: lot of different things (including Basketball, Hospital Volunteering etc)
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][</em>]
State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Nopee</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: IM SOOOOOOOOO STOKED!!!! USC IS ONE OF MY TOP CHOICES FOR SURE!</p>

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

<p>Date applied: December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: January 23/24
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Engineering Undeclared</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2320 M: 800, CR: 730, WR: 790,
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 on Chemistry, Math 2, and US History
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.8/4.2
[<em>] Rank: ?
[</em>]AP/IB classes: one 3, two 5s, and 5 senior year
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not good but not bad
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Teacher loved me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: How useless are these?
[</em>] EC highlights: Couple leadership programs[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Southern Californial
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/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: 11/31/2008
Date decision postmarked/received: January 24, 2009
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall Business School</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2310 M: 790, CR: 730, WR: 790
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 chinese, 800 mathIIC, 770 us history
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.7
[<em>] Rank: 1
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 15 taken by end of senior year
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought pretty good. Demonstrated leadership and adapting to difficult situations.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[</em>] EC highlights: main thing is my community service youth council. other stuff include varsity tennis, speech&debate, toastmasters, acadec, etc[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: not that i can think of</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: if i get a hefty scholarship offer, i'd definitely consider going, especially with its great business program</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 11/30/08
Date decision postmarked/received: January 23, 2009 received Jan 24, 2009
Accepted at which school/major at USC: undecided </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: did not take
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 710 bio, 700 us history
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.74/4.6
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 12 ap classes total: 6 senior year, 5 junior year, 1 sophomore year
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: alright... talked about eating food ahaha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>] EC highlights: President of MUN, Mock Trial, tons of community service [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Spanish/Pacific Islander
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Spanish/Hispanic lol</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: maybe i'll go if i get a fat scholarship haha</p>

<p>you guys are scaring me.... i finished my application back in october and i haven't heard from them. is something wrong? :(</p>

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

<p>Date applied: before December 1, 2008??
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/23/09, received 1/24/09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2210 M: 750, CR: 690, WR: 770,
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 800, Japanese: 760, Physics: 720
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.3/3.9
[<em>] Rank: X7/533
[</em>]AP/IB classes:Calculus BC (5), English Lang./Comp. (4), Euro History (5), US History (4), French Language (3), Japanese (5)
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: about doing Tea ceremony
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: two pages long!!
[</em>] EC highlights: tea ceremony
japanese calligraphy
founded a tutoring program for English Learners
youth and government (State Legislative Counsel this year)
Math club (president)
stuff like that[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian (JapanesE)
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I'm in the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement program, which is affiliated with USC</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: none really</p>

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

<p>Date applied: end of Nov
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/23; 1/24
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (Keck School of Medicine)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2220 M: 770, CR: 740, WR: 710,
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II, 770; Chem 760; World Hist, 750; US Hist 700
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.6
[<em>] Rank: 16/535
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 9 total
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>] EC highlights: tons of community service, 4 yrs soccer, 4 yrs theater, 4 yrs student gov't[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Southern California
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Legacy, submitted original research</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: USC would be awesome, but I'm waiting to see where else I get in.</p>

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

<p>Date applied: Before December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: I guess 1/23 then 1/24
Accepted at which school/major at USC: English</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2340 M: 740, CR: 800, WR: 800
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 800, US History: 800, Literature: 800
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.5
[</em>] Rank: 11/540
[<em>]AP/IB classes: US History (5), Environmental Science (5), 6 this year.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[<em>] EC highlights: League champion debater, Academic Decathlon medalist, various leadership positions in other clubs.[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic Jew
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: URM? Legacy.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Nice to know I'm going to college. Haha my family is pretty connected to USC and I'll definitely be considering it.</p>

<p>Notice that, so far, all these acceptances are in California, so don't be anxious if you haven't received anything yet.</p>

<p>sitk: you just made me more anxious because I'm from california.... D:</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 11-30-08
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 1-23-09 Received 1-26-09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: School of Cinematic Arts - Cinema-Television (Production)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2080 M: 690, CR: 720, WR: 670,
[</em>] ACT: 30--didn't submit
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: French: 770 Chem: 690
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.6ish (one B in 8th grade, rigorous schedule)
[<em>] Rank: Doesn't Rank (probably around 20/130ish)
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Chemistry-5, US History-5, AP Lang-5, Human Ge-5, American History-5
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Chose passion essay and wrote about film making and how my work is a reflection of my life. It's very solid.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Stellar
[<em>] Counselor Rec: OK but it really backed up the rest of my app.
[</em>] EC highlights: Very active filmmaker with a lengthy resume and experience base to back it up. Active within local community.
NHS
National Hispanic Scholar
Volunteered ~100hrs
My ECs and activities all related to my major so it shows strong passion that has been consistent for the past four years. [/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Public (Gifted- Selective Entrance) 2-12
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Colombian)
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I'm pretty confident my supplemental application for the SCA was extremely solid. My statement of purpose was top notch and my creative samples were well written and showed a lot of talent. I think if anything my recommendations got me in. One of them was from a film addict English teacher I have known since 6th grade (my school is 2-12) and the other was from a local lawyer who is pretty much my Lorenzo de 'Medici and has helped me in much of my work. He wrote a very damn good rec. </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Status changed to "reviewed by committe" on 1/21, second update on 1/24 opened up Oasis. Fingers crossed for Trustee! Only applied here and at FSU Film (where I can go for free) so hopefully I can get my aid in order and I can be a Trojan!</p>

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

<p>Date applied: December 1, 2008
Date decision received: January 26, 2009
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Computer Engineering/Computer Science at Viterbi School of Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2160 M: 680, CR: 790, WR: 690
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Mathematics Level II: 690, Literature: 660, US History: 660
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.17
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP World History, AP US History, AP Physics B
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: IMO, Best part of my application
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I believe
[</em>] EC highlights: Varsity Basketball 9-12, Home Restoration Project in Lake Charles, LA after Hurricane Katrina 10[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Public/Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: URM, female interested in engineering</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: An excellent school, I'm excited to have been accepted. However, I'll probably be going to STANFORD...unless USC can offer better financial aid and I fall in love with the campus when I visit later this spring :) Congratulations to all those accepted!</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 1/23; received 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2340 M: 780, CR: 760, WR: 800,
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 780; US History: 740
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.6
[<em>] Rank: 3
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 12
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] EC highlights:
DECA - 4 years; Treasurer for last two years; two-time qualifier for nationals; first place at State last year
Math Team - 4 years; President this year; started a tutoring service for Calc students; 2nd place varsity competition last year
Spanish Honors Society - tutor
Volunteer Work - 350+ hours
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: no big hook</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: USC is definitely one of my top choices. I would go there in a heartbeat if I got the trustee scholarship.</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 12/1 at 11:30 P.M.
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 1/23, recieved 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Letters of Arts and Sciences, Biology</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2300 M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 700,
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Biology 790; Math II 770; U.S. History 710
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.26
[<em>] Rank: 14/550
[</em>]AP/IB classes: taken 3 AP classes and 3 IB classes; I have 6 IB's this year; as far as tests go, in AP I have five 5's and one 3. I have one 6 in IB
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I didn't think it was that good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic
[</em>] EC highlights: HOSA, Vice President and Secretary 4 years; Tennis 6 years; NHS Secretary 2 years [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Atlanta, GA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Hook, are you kidding me? I have anti-hooks (e.g. ASIAN)</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: this acceptance really must have been based off my test scores and grades. everything else was pretty mediocre. but yay. fight on!</p>

<p>any word in NorCal?</p>

<p>i think my friend might receive his acceptance today</p>

<p>anyone still have the preliminary review status, mine was last updated on november 26th, lol?</p>

<p>yeah beachlax, i'm with you. any thoughts?</p>