<p>Date applied: January 10th 2009 Date decision postmarked/received: March 9th 2009 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Business Administration, Marshall</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2280 M: 800, CR: 770, WR: 710,
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math Level 2: 790 Physics: 730 Lit: 680
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.65/3.9
[<em>] Rank: 19/189
[</em>]AP/IB classes: IB Diploma (4 HL)
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I spent about 1 and a half hours on it, but it turned out a lot better than I expected :D
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Long and detailed I think.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good I guess
[</em>] EC highlights: Basketball Team Captain, Volunteered 100 hours to organize fair for migrant children, responsible for ticket sales in city-wide event, taught english to hotel personnel in four-star hotel, blah blah
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Shanghai, China
[</em>] School Type: Uhh...international division of local public school O.o
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: Dutch nationality? Nooo idea.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: Probably no scholarship, but I'm really liking USC :D</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/29/2008
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/21/2009
Accepted at which school/major at USC: BioEngineering, Viterbi School</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2260 M: 790, CR: 730, WR: 740,
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: Math Level 2: 780 Chem: 600 Lit: 730
GPA-UW: 89% according to my counselor, but according to an admissions officer at another college I applied to, 94%
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: AP US: 5
AP Chem: 3
AP Lang: 5
AP Calc BC/AB: 5/5
AP Bio: taking 5/2009
AP Lit: taking 5/2009
AP Comp Sci A: taking 5/2009
AP US Gov & Politics: taking 5/2009
Subjective:
Essays: According to my teachers and counselor, excellent
Teacher Recs: Good? I'm really not sure.
Counselor Rec: Same.
EC highlights: Roswell Cancer Institute Summer Internship (25 app. selected out of 300+ applied), Fourth Place in NY State Math Club Competition, Math Club Secretary, Volunteer hours at local hospital, Shakespeare Club, Music (Concert Band, private lessons, music mentor at middle school), History Club, Masterminds (State Champions, 2008-09), French Club
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY State
School Type: public school....1st in state
Ethnicity: 2nd gen. Indian immigrant
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: Woman studying engineering? </p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: I doubt I'll get a scholarship, but I'm probably going to USC :)</p>
<p>Date applied: Sometime in November Date decision postmarked/received: March 20/March 23 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi/Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC 800, Chem 770,
[<em>] GPA-UW: 3.6
[</em>] Rank: Our school hates ranking
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 5, 5, 5, 4
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really Good!!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: REALLY GOOD!!
[<em>] EC highlights: Too lazy to state[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Decline to State :P
[li] Gender: I'm pretty sure I'm Male :P[/li][/ul] Other Factors, hook?: I thought my essay was alright. Apparently it caught the adcom's eyes.</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: FIGHT ON!</p>
<p>Date applied: End of November, I believe? Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 3/19, Received 3/23 (Took long enough!) Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg - Public Relations</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2010 - M: 600, CR: 660, WR: 750
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Terrible!
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.932 unweighted (no weighted)
[<em>] Rank: Top 4.15%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Full on IB Diploma (Five classes last year, six classes this year)
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty decent?
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Solid, not as fantastic as I was expecting
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I have no idea, but probably pretty generically good
[</em>] EC highlights: Quite a bit - sorry, I'm lazy and afraid to give my identity away[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Pacific Northwest region!
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whiiite
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: My stats were in range and I have yet to know whether my essays/ECs are what may be getting me into schools..</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: No scholarship money, because of the stats. I have no idea whether I'll be going. At this point, I have USC and UCLA, but I have yet to hear from 8 or 9 schools?</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/30/08 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/11/08 into LAS-Undecided; 3/23/09 SCA Accepted at which school/major at USC: SCA-Film Production</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 790; Physics 700; USH 690
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.87
[<em>] Rank: Doesn't rank, but in top 5 (UC ELC top 4%)
[</em>]AP/IB classes:
Eng.Lang/Comp: 5
Calc BC: 5, Calc AB Subscore 5
Physics B: 5
USH: 4
European History: 3
Taking senior year:AP MacroEcon, AP Gov't, AP Physics C, AP French, AP Eng.Lit/Comp., Took Statistics at CC
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Discovering and following his passions
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see
[</em>] EC highlights: HS broadcast journalism show director/video editor (national award); guitar (garage band); community service; Nat'l. Merit Commended, junior book award, NHS, etc.[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: S. Calif.
[</em>] School Type: large competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: Didn't interview because was originally planning to major in engineering; canceled his viterbi interview when he realized his heart was in film, and by then the sca/admissions interviews were filled. Worked 24/7 to complete both production and cs supplements in 2.5 weeks (Fall French grade suffered so not a valedictorian but sca definitely worth it). Maybe his Critical Studies supplement was also looked at by Production and added to his overall story? Brother is in sca production but don't think that mattered for sca admittance.<br> General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: He is on Cloud 99999 (Regents interview for Berkeley and ucla acceptance) and my Bruin spouse is in shock (again!) Fight on!</p>
<p>Date applied: January 10, 11:58 PM :) Date decision postmarked/received: March9/March16 Accepted at which school/major at USC: SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE!! </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: horrible! :P X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: N/A
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.63
[<em>] Rank: top 2%!
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Full IB Diploma
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: poured by heart and soul! I think it was good :)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: idk
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ehhh okay I guess?
[</em>] EC highlights: lotsss of volunteering hours, leadership opportunities, Junior Statesmen of American, pre-college program etc etc [/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: West Virginia -_- lol but I'm not from there!
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: middle eastern! :)
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: moving to the US in the middle of HS career (kinda what my essay was about lol), a lot of work and participation outside the classroom, and my architecture portfolio..and maybe because I might be the only from my school and state to apply there? </p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: I"M EXCITED!!!!!!!!! :D haha I'm waiting on finaid, but if it's a good package, I'M GOING! :) haha I know this is cliche, but I absolutely lovelovelove USC :) <3</p>
<p>Date applied: Jan 10th Date decision postmarked/received: March 23. March 24 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, undeclared engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2050 M: 750, CR: 630, WR: 670,
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: math 2 770, lit 650
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.1
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 5
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i would say avg... friends and family have told me its great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: outstanding :)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: average
[<em>] EC highlights: the usual laundry list Location/Person:[list][</em>] State or Country: california baby
[<em>] School Type: public, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul] Other Factors, hook?: ---</p>
<p>Date applied: Late November? Date decision postmarked/received: 3/24 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg- broadcast journalism</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total:2200 M: 700, CR: 800, WR: 700,
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Lit 780, World History 670
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.69/3.95
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Bio(2), English Lit(5), World History(5), Psych(5), English Lang, Comparative Government, US Government, AP Calc AB
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good? pretty funny i guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: AWESOME, my teacher's brother is actually a professor at usc so she was DYING for me to go
[<em>] Counselor Rec: fine
[</em>] EC highlights: SGA, Superindentant's Advisory Council, Competition Dance team, youth council[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: norhern va, like 20 minutes from dc
[</em>] School Type: top 100 public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: National Merit Finalist... that's about it</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: IM SO EXCITED! luckily, i get half off because of national merit, so hopefully i'll be able to go!!!!! FIGHT ON!</p>
<p>Date applied: Dec 1 Date decision postmarked/received: march 24 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi/aerospace engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2110 M: 750, CR: 670, WR: 690,
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 750; Physics: 790; Chem: 670; U.S. History: 510, 540; French: 600
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 2.97/5.3
[<em>] Rank: top 20%/750 seniors
[</em>]AP/IB classes: IB diploma, ib physics: 6, ib math: 7, AP world: 3, AP euro, 4, AP psych: 4, AP english lang: 3, AP english lit: 3. Currently taking IB chem HL and AP Calc BC
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] EC highlights: Mu Alpha Theta, FBLA, coach basketball as community service[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: MIA, FL
[</em>] School Type: public, top 20 in the nation
[<em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: immigrated to the US at 8, national hispanic scholar General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: also accepted to Georgia Tech and Purdue Aerospace programs, which are better ranked than USC, but ranking isn't everything. Waiting on financial aid from all 3 to decide, but USC is very appealing, it's more Miami-like than the rest</p>
<p>Date applied: 1/10/2009 Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked: 3/18/2009, Received: 3/27/2009 Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Undecided</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: Never took it.
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 680 Math 1, 640 US History
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.00/4.80
[<em>] Rank: 1/312
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Macroeconomics-5, English Language-5, Microeconomics-4, World History-4, Psychology-4, Chemistry-1 Haha. Currently enrolled in AP courses: Calculus AB, Biology, English Literature and Comp, and Spanish.
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good I guess.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Incredible.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic.
[</em>] EC highlights: Editor in Key Club, NHS, Economics Challange team, Native American Club, Crime Stoppers, tons of community service(food bank and such)[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Oklahoma
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Native American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: Most likely my ethnicity haha. </p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: My status still says it being reviewed, last updated 3/19/2009 with OASIS link. I would love to go USC(incredible school) but my first choice is Columbia, and I got a likely letter from there so...</p>
<p>Date applied: 11/20 Date decision postmarked/received: 3/25, 3/27 Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall, business administration</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1990 M: 720, CR: 630, WR: 640,
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 780, US history 720
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.85/4.0
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: AP US-5 AP Lang-5 AP World- 5 AP Chem-5 This year: AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Macro Econ, AP Physics B, AP Lit
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not bad
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good i suppose
[<em>] Counselor Rec: W/e
[</em>] EC highlights: Varsity Cross Country for 4 years
Student Council rep for 4 years, officer for 2
Beta Club Treasurer
FCA
Men's Chorus
4 years of Orchestra
Umpiring at local baseball park (part-time job, but also some volunteering involved)
Local Tennis Team[/ul] Location/Person:[ul][<em>] Georgia
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White!
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul] Other Factors, hook?: Location? </p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC...?: We'll see. It's my top choice, but family is on the fence.</p>