Stats Only - USC Decisons 2009

bbb123 · March 10, 2009, 5:41pm

Decision: Accepted!

Date applied: 11/26/08
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/9/09, 3/10/09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2080 M: 720, CR: 670, WR: 690,
* ACT: 31
* SAT Subject Tests: Literature- 690, U.S.History- 730, World History- 740
* GPA-UW/W: 3.51/3.7
* Rank: School doesn't rank
* AP/IB classes: AP Euro (4), AP U.S. (5), AP Art History (4), AP Literature (5)
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Great
* Teacher Recs: No idea, but i'm guessing good.
* Counselor Rec: " "
* EC highlights: Drama (4 Years), 5 Play productions, National Honor Society (3 Years), ACS, Film Production (2 years), Associate Producer in Film Production, various other awards. Wow, not very much at all really.

</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

Other Factors, hook?: My sister is a Sophomore at USC, National Merit Finalist

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: USC is one of my #1's. I'm a NMF and declared USC as my #1, so Presidential scholarship I think???

My stats aren't too great LOL, so I was really surprised to find that big envelope offering admission in the mail today!

Eagungguwl · March 10, 2009, 6:52pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: 11/26/08
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/10/09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undeclared, Letters and Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2060 M: 680, CR: 640, WR: 740,
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: Lit: 690, Math 2: 670
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.97/4.1
[] Rank: 52/774
[]AP/IB classes: AP English Lit, AP English Language, AP Government, AP Biology, AP Calc AB
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Okay.
[] Teacher Recs: I'm assuming it was fine
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] EC highlights: 4 years of marching/concert band, badminton club, student-run musical quartet, CSF, klezmer band [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: No

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Wasn't expecting this. Too expensive :(

Ludicolo · March 10, 2009, 7:03pm

*Decision: Accepted * :D

Date applied: like before December 1st sometime, but didn't get the merit scholarship X
Date decision postmarked/received: March 10th, 2008 X
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Chemical Engineering X

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2240 M: 770, CR: 710, WR: 760
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT Subject Tests: Chem 790, Bio 800, Math 2 800 (retook it), US history 750
[] GPA-UW/W: like 3.95/4.5 I think, maybe less
[] Rank: depends, if you include freshman year, 13, if you don't, 7.
[]AP/IB classes: I got 5's on Bio, chem, calc BC, US history, and English Lang, and i'm currently taking English lit, physics C, stats, American gov, computer science AB, and outside of school I'm gonna take Latin Vergil.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: >_> they were decent, not the greatest.
[] Teacher Recs: Probably OKAY. Actually, I don't even know if they sent them correctly, lol.
[] Counselor Rec: probably not superb, but not bad.
[] EC highlights: violin, political clubs (Young Democrats, JSA), Latin Club, a few jobs/internships/etc.[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: public, large
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Well, I have some pretty good leadership roles and leadership work outside of school.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Definitely would attend, but it depends on what other acceptances I get.

xboredguy · March 10, 2009, 8:00pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2050 M: 740, CR: 690, WR: 620
* ACT: Didnt take it
* SAT Subject Tests: Mathematics Level II: 750, Biology: 680, US History: 740
* GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
* Rank: 45/556
* AP/IB classes: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP US History, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Chose the accomplishment topic and wrote about how my volunteer experience changed my perspective on things
* Teacher Recs: Korean teacher who had me for 4 years, personally i think my best recommendation out of all the teachers, also ended up writing four for me
* Counselor Rec: no idea
* EC highlights: Varsity Tennis-3 Years, JV Cross Country 2-Years, Vice President of Korean Club, Executive Board Member for Environmental Club, Some Math Competitions, Volunteered at a marsh preserve for 3 years, Audobon YES! Award Recipient, AP Scholar with Honor(had nothing else to put in the awards section XD)
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: Korean
* Gender: M
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mattw09 · March 10, 2009, 9:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2130 M: 670, CR: 680, WR: 780</li>
<li>ACT: 33 (35 Math, 36 Writing)</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Mathematics Level II: 690, Literature: 690, US History: 760</li>
<li>GPA-UW/W: 3.71/4.25</li>
<li>Rank: School does not rank (definitely top 15)</li>
<li>AP/IB classes: AP Art History, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP European History, AP US History, AP US Government, AP English Lang., AP English Lit., AP Psychology</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: Wrote about finding my identity in the midst of what I misperceived as an insignificant conversation during a summer course.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Art History teacher, Excellent, English teacher, Very good/Excellent, Additional rec from Northwestern summer journalism advisor</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Probably Very Good</li>
<li>EC highlights: Varsity Track and Field-3 Years, JV Basketball - 3 Years, School Newspaper Editor-in-chief, Content editor of another school publication, Local newspaper intern, Quiz Bowl - 4 years, Community Service Board member, AP Scholar with Distinction, etc.</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
</ul>

candy45 · March 10, 2009, 9:22pm

so, i'm seeing that people in california are receiving acceptances today... perhaps, in the next days, we will be hearing about acceptances from other states as well..this will probably follow the structure of the first wave..i remember during the 1st wave, people in california were informed first..and then the other states

mistershooby · March 10, 2009, 9:36pm

Anybody get accepted into Marshall today? Also, what does your USC online status say if you got accepted?

mraoshi · March 10, 2009, 9:56pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: 11/30/2008
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/9/2009, 3/10/2009
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi: Mechanical Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2150 M: 800, CR: 640, WR: 710,
[] ACT: X
[] SAT Subject Tests: 780 Math II, 660 US History
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.4ish
[] Rank: 45/640ish
[]AP/IB classes: Chem, 2. Physics, 3. English Language, 4. US History, 5. Calc BC, 5. AB Subscore, 5.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: She really liked me.
[] Counselor Rec: Above Average, I think.
[] EC highlights: Own Business, website, Photoshop skills, Varsity Swim, Piano, about 300 hours of volunteering at a non profit org and a Auto Parts company, etc. [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: First Generation College Student

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Need to get my financial aid package first before I decide. But I REALLY want to go.

goodatlife · March 10, 2009, 10:03pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: A day before the scholarship deadline.. Dec. 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: March 9th/March 10th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: M: 770, CR: 690, WR: 770,
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT Subject Tests: US History: 750, Chemistry: 740, Korean: 790, Math2C: 780
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.61/4.0 (but soph-junior is more like 3.4UW)
[] Rank: Top 10%
[]AP/IB classes: 8 APs in total
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I really liked it..it was candid, and very much so.
[] Teacher Recs: N/A
[] Counselor Rec:
[] EC highlights: A bunch of things...I cannot list them all right now, but I would say I am a well rounded student.
Location/Person:[list][] State or Country: Southern california!
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: F
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Nothing really..I've lived in a couple different places.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Okay, sorry my thread is so unfocused, but I need you guys to understand what a shock I am going through. I was confident withmy test scores and extra curricular activities, but my GPA was a real downer..so much so that I wasn't sureI would get in at all. But I did! I'm in a shock and am just writing bc I remember when I browsed these types of threads time to time ..well guys don't let GPA bring you down, if you really show them who you are then you will have a good shot of getting in.

ruskie · March 10, 2009, 10:10pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2010 M: 660, CR: 650, WR: 700
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 750, US History: 730
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
[] Rank: 1st decile
[]AP/IB classes: Euro, APUSH, Calc AB, Physics, Lit, Lang, American Gov/Economics
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: well written - been through many hardships
[] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but teachers like me
[] Counselor Rec: Didn't read, but should be amazing
[] EC highlights: Varsity Water polo 4 years captain, state recognized, league recognized, honorary mention, varsity swimming 4 years set league records, basketball 3 years captain, MVP, best defensive player, Symphonic Band 3 years section leader, 300 + CS, many jobs [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CALIFORNIA
[] School Type: PUblic, 600 class
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: MAle
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: first generation, very low income <30k, immigrant from Uzbekistan?

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Sooo excited, but the money will be the deciding factor.

evera · March 10, 2009, 10:53pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: 1/1/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/9/09,3/10/09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Computer Science and Computer Engineering @ Viterbi

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2080 M: 740, CR: 650, WR: 690,
[] ACT:Total: 34, E: 34, R: 32, S: 33S, W: 9
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math II, 800 BioE, 800 Chem
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.75
[] Rank: School doesn't rank
[]AP/IB classes: Bio, Calculus BC, Chem, Compsci A, Compsci AB, Econ, English Lang, Physics C
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Not that good
[] Teacher Recs: Decent
[] Counselor Rec: Decent/Average
[] EC highlights: 2 Leadership positions[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: California, LA county
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: None really

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

besaje · March 11, 2009, 12:35am

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: 11/16/08
Date decision postmarked/received: 03/09/09-03/10/09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Business Administration / Marshall

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: M: 780, CR: 610, WR: 730,
[] ACT: Didn't Take
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II:670 Chem:640
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.2
[] Rank: Top 3%
[]AP/IB classes: AP Chem (3), AP Stat (5), AP Comp Sci, AP Physics, AP Calculus BC
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Pretty good I think. Spent a decent amount of time on them.
[] Teacher Recs: Really good. From teacher I had my first 3 years of high school.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably okay. Got a new counselor this year which was a pain.
[] EC highlights: Started collecting and donating baseball equipment to less fortunate kids. Participated in baseball program to help disabled children play baseball. 4 years of baseball (3 varsity), 2 years basketball. ASB Commissioner senior year.[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Southern California
[] School Type: Public, decent size (550 in class)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: USC probably my number 1, so looks like I'll probably become a Trojan. Really excited.

anotherasian1234 · March 11, 2009, 12:44am

*Decision: Accepted, excited, relieved :) *

Date applied: 12/01/08
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/10/09
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2180 M: 800, CR: 650, WR: 730,
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 math 2, 790 korean, 740 US history, 680 physics
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.79UW
[] Rank: X
[]AP/IB classes: 9, including this year. 10 AP tests.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: mmm i just wrote what came to me at the moment...genuine?
[] Teacher Recs: decent? waived right to read them
[] Counselor Rec: generic; public school
[] EC highlights: umm...i guess if i had to choose one, variety of community service. [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: so cal
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: X

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: VERY excited...but i need financial aid =[ hope NMF helps cut some loans

chaserz · March 11, 2009, 1:01am

the fact that the next wave is just rolling through is freaking me out. i'm in utah so maybe (hopefully) i'll be hearing from em pretty soon.

they havent sent you anything concerning financial aid have they?

lattent · March 11, 2009, 1:41am

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: Dec. 8
Date decision postmarked/received: March 10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: undecided

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2070 M: 700 , CR: 710, WR: 630,
[] ACT: X
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 spanish, 730 chem
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.73/4.3
[] Rank: N/A
[]AP/IB classes: 9
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recs: Teacher really liked me but i didnt read it so probably good
[] Counselor Rec: Very good i assume
[] EC highlights: Marching band, jazz band, concert band, symphonic band, etc. [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I dunno, not really

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Im not sure if im going, still waiting for pomona's decision so USC is my second choice after Pomona. But FA could change that as well though so idk.

cassielam09 · March 11, 2009, 11:44am

*Decision: Accepted! :) *

Date applied: before Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: too lazy to check!
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences with Biological Sciences major

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2150 M: 710, CR: 700, WR: 740
[] ACT: 32 but not submitted
[] SAT Subject Tests: 730 literature, 710 math II, 710 US history
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.97/4.00 unweighted, 4.57 weighted
[] Rank: 5/319
[]AP/IB classes: 9 total, 4 this year
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: very good
[] Counselor Rec: average ehh
[] EC highlights: interact, CSF club, ASB, class council, varsity tennis, track & field, positions in all clubs, 400+ community service hours, volunteer camp counselor in the summer, etc.[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: F
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: first gen student
waiting to hear from Ivies and UCLA/UC Berkeley

IndiaRubber · March 11, 2009, 12:07pm

Decision: Accepted!

Date applied: Dec 28
Date decision postmarked/received:-
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Biochemistry

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2220 M: 750, CR: 690, WR: 780
* ACT:
* SAT Subject Tests: 800 french, 800 italian, 740 bio-e, 720 math II
* GPA-UW/W: 4.21/4.5
* Rank: within top 5%
* AP/IB classes: 6 IB HL classes + TOK
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: good
* Teacher Recs: good
* Counselor Rec: good
* EC highlights: art, piano, lots of medical-related work/shadowing etc
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: Italy
* School Type:on a gap year
* Ethnicity: mixed (Italian/East African)
* Gender: F
</code></pre>

Other Factors, hook?: no idea

JJ227 · March 11, 2009, 2:09pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: By December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 03/09, 03/11
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sceiences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: X
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.417
[] Rank: 1/193
[]AP/IB classes: 8
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recs: They love me
[] Counselor Rec: I'm sure great.
[] EC highlights: Lots of theatre, National-level legislative debate - Just a lot[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Michigan
[] School Type: Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I dunno... I really want to go, and I'm sure that showed.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: I'm waiting on the School of Cinematic Arts... That will probably decide if I go. That and the ability to afford to go (Financial Aid)

londonx105 · March 11, 2009, 2:19pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: March 9, 2009/March 11, 2009
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg School for Communication/Print Journalism

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: Did not report scores.
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT Subject Tests: Did not take.
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0398/3.957
[] Rank: 3/400
[]AP/IB classes: 6
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I mean I'm not gonna rate my own essays that's kinda dumb but obviously good enough...
[] Teacher Recs: 2 teacher reccs...I read them...nothing WOW but I guess convincing.
[] Counselor Rec: Regurgatated all the information from the teacher reccs lol
[] EC highlights: Editor-in-Chief school newspaper, Varsity tennis captain, NHS Secretary, SADD Secretary, extensive volunteer and missionary work, Student Council Rep, Quiz Bowl.[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Michigan
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: First generation

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: I cried when I opened this beautiful package lol. I really want to go to USC, hopefully I am offered some type of need-based financial aid. If not, I still REALLY want to go lol!

wanderlusting · March 11, 2009, 2:40pm

*Decision: Accepted *

Date applied: December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: March 9th / March 11th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: --
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT Subject Tests: 670 Math II; 620 US History
[] GPA-UW/W: W4.0 (my school doesn't do UW)
[] Rank: 16/189
[]AP/IB classes: 8 total
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: freaking awesome
[] Teacher Recs: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] EC highlights: marching band for 4 years and became drum major; president of Interact; vice president of NHS; created a website- graphic design and all; volunteered over 200 hours for the Center for Food Action. [/ul]

Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasion/Hispanic/Asian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: none

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: I will most likely be going!

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