STATS ONLY-USC Official Decisions- Fall 2008

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>Quote:
[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision [ /b][ /color][ /size]
Accepted
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2220
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT IIs:750,750,600
[ *] GPA:UW 3.65 W 3.98
[ *] Rank: 90/770
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: have no idea, didn't read, assume good
[ *] Counselor Rec: see above
[ *] Hook (if any): high test scores?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:CA
[ *] School Type: large public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b]strong upward grade trend?
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] average by CC standards. Had regular EC's such as student government and a couple of clubs, no varsity sports or crazy awards, did some community service. Did a lot of learning on my own outside of school and/or organized settings. Conveyed passion for creative pursuits of all types and intellectual curiosity in essays.</p>

<p>YIKES! In my frenzied haste, that template has problems- but this one works-
Cut and paste template in gray box from post #7-</p>

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<p>I'd love to see people list the major you applied to and whether you're accepted.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Received acceptance Jan 26th.</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130 (680, 710, 740) single sitting
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: Chem 740, m2 690, Span w/listening 590
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.98 (uw), 4.72 (w)
[<em>] Rank: 4%
[</em>] Other stats: 8 APs, most others Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: very good, unique, personal and expressive
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 2 teacher recs, did not see, but apparently excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: highly competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian ( Western European)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: Maybe the 4 years of independent research, with a lot of awards (nearly 30) at regional, state, national, international levels? Science conference presentations state and national venues since 9th grade.
General Comments: Since SATs are not exactly as stellar as others here (and latter 2 weak SATIIs taken while sick and not retaken), I think strength of app was due to research, conferences, GPA, heavy load of courses each semester, research director extra rec., and displayed strength and interest in both sciences and the visual arts. Acceptance at this stage is really surprising, and especially unexpected if any scholarship consideration is involved. Really happy and really hope for a chance at any scholarship!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300/2400 1600/1600
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs:780, 740, 730
[</em>] GPA (uw/w):3.56/4.43
[<em>] Rank:top 20%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Don't Know
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Good I assume
[</em>] Hook (if any):Substantial work with non-profit organization
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:USA
[</em>] School Type:Public, Magnet Program
[<em>] Ethnicity:1/2 Bengali, 3/8 Indian, 1/8 Arabian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments:Looking forward to a visit</p>

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*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[ <em>] SAT: 1540/2230
[ ] ACT: 31 (did not submit. was sick when I took this)
[ *] SAT IIs: Bio- 720/Chem-780/Math 2-800
[ *] GPA: 3.86 UW (higher after first semester)
[ *] Rank: top 2%
[ *] Other stats: 11 APs total. ~13 exams by end of this year
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn't read, but I guess pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: one was amazing, the other I'm guessing pretty good too
[ *] Hook (if any): research, music, RHP (accepted last year but didn't go). well rounded
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[ *] State or Country: USA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: non-URM asian
[ *] Gender: F
[/ul]
Other Factors/Hook?:* shrugs</em> trilingual?
**General Comments:
* I wonder when scholarship letters come.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (to Marshall)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (730 CR, 780 M, 800 WR)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780, 740
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 103.04 w
[<em>] Rank: 3
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent/good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:Two sisters got the full-tuition scholarship and attend there?
General Comments: I can only go here if I get the scholarship :/</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (780 V, 750 M, 700 W)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math IIc, 700 Physics, 800 Spanish
[</em>] GPA: 3.75, a bit misleading because I had a terrible frosh year, and basically a 4.0 from the latter half of soph year on.
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't
[</em>] Other stats:
AP Music Theory 3
AP Physics B 5 (self-studied)
AP Gov 5
AP Spanish Lit 5
AP BC Calc
AP Physics C
AP Lit
(my school has a limit of 3 APs per year, and you can't take any before junior year, so that's why I don't have too many)
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I liked them, they were a bit unusual and random, I felt they reflected my personality well
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, when I got deferred from another school one of them told me they were wrong, and the other one offered to call them personally to brag about me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I seem to amuse him for some strange unknown reason
[</em>] Hook (if any): I've taken a lot of initiative on my own, self-studied exams, taken 11 tris of 'tutorials' which are self-study classes in technology, physics, and spanish, started my own microcontroller company, as well as design web page design contracts independently. I'm also venezuelan which makes me a baller.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: I like cake?
General Comments: w00t for first acceptance!</p>

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Decision: Accepted (My Daughter)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 800, WR 800, M 690
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT IIs: LIT 800, Math1 750, Spanish 740
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.9/4.9
[<em>] Rank: 44/908
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great IMHO
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see
[</em>] Hook (if any): National Merit Finalist (?), 3 AP Tests - all scored 5
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: EC's School Paper and Literary Magazine - Major English (Creative Writing)
General Comments:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2300/2400 (800 CR, 790 M, 710 W)
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: 770 Chem, 770 Math 2, 770 US Hist
GPA (uw/w):
Rank:top 2/450
Location/Person:
State or Country: TN
School Type: Public
Gender: Female</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1890- 700 Cr, 700 writing ( 11 essay), 490 math
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT IIs: 740 US history, 720 Lit
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.5/4.4 full IB
[<em>] Rank: 20/504
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: one won Alice Walker's essay contest, pretty much a beast lol
[</em>] Teacher Recs: was good, " one of top few"
[<em>] Counselor Rec:eh
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM, 3 year Participant in Calfornia Youth Think Tank Held There
[/ul]Location/Person:STOCKTON
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: black
[</em>] Gender:male
[/list]
Other Factors/Hook?: Ec's were bananas- literally no time for class work- worked closely with alumn William Allen Young
**General Comments
: excited to be up for half or full tuition and to be accepted somewhere! Thank GoD!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 690 M: 690 W: 730
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT IIs: n/a
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 4.0/4.7
[<em>] Rank: 3/396
[</em>] Other stats: 5 AP European History Exam
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, I'd say...wrote about something that really showed my goals, etc.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average..I don't think she even met me before I asked haha.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Missouri Scholars Academy, well-rounded, ambitious
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MO
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: very competitive volleyball team 11 months a year, student council, volunteer at a hospital, MSA, etc.
General Comments: RHP :)</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>SAT:2050</p>

<p>SAT IIs: M2 670 spanish 800 World His: 760 Chemistry:720
GPA: 4.46 total.
Rank:1/660</p>

<p>Other stats : AP Chem:5, AP World 5, AP US His.:5, AP Spanish:5, AP Art his. :4, AP English:3.<br>
Subjective:[ /b][ list]</p>

<p>Essays: about an event I participated in my high school informing classmates about the "invisible" children in Africa. protesting in Mexico. </p>

<p>Teacher Recs: ok.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: i didnt submit one</p>

<p>Hook (if any): URM. my parents are immigrants. first generation. low income. </p>

<p>State or Country: so Cal.
School Type:public
Ethnicity:chicana
Gender:f</p>

<p>Major: Civil Engineering</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to BIOLOGY</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2100 (one sitting; i don't remember the multiple seating one)
* ACT: N/A
* SAT IIs: around/above 700 for all tests
* GPA: 3.8
* Rank:
* Other stats:
4 APs
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I didn't like them very much, they feel very hasty to me and I cringe at reading them. They are completely honest tho
* Teacher Recs: One is really good, the other one is alright, but not amazing
* Counselor Rec: Dunno
* Hook (if any): President of a club I founded, VP of two other clubs, hospital volunteer, IB diploma candidate, boys/girls state rep for school
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Public
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors/Hook?: I dunno, I'm very personable?
General Comments: looking at the other people, I don't know why i got in early..... but i'm really glad i did...</p>

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2310 new, 1570 old
[ *] ACT: 34 composite
[ *] SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 710 US History, 680 Physics
[ *] GPA: 3.78 unweighted, 4.53 weighted
[ *] Rank: my school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats: I'm not a big fan of stats
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Everyone I had read them thought they were excellent, but they were people who know me so who knows
[ *] Teacher Recs: You never (or at least shouldn't) know but they were probably good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good I guess
[ *] Hook (if any): Meh
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: "Gifted"
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] Pretty joyous. I've heard getting accepted this early means you're up for one of the BIG scholarships so that should be cool. I didn't submit the required supplement for the school of theatre but I got in anyway? Whatevs it was my first acceptance letter and first college letter so it was a good day.</p>

<p>P.S. I can't get the special layout thingy?</p>

<p>For the correct template-
(Sorry for the confusion- rather than correct my bug,)
Use the template in the gray box in post #7.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/454172-usc-official-decisions-fall-2008-a.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/454172-usc-official-decisions-fall-2008-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Marshall (for my daughter)</p>

<p>SAT:760/700/700
SAT IIs:780 Chem/760 Math II/710 Lit
GPA:USC 3.83
Rank:School doesn't rank, but proably top 10%
Other stats:AP Euro History 5/AP Chem 5
Subjective: Dancing since 3; now at 14 hrs/week. Girl Scouts since Kindergarten; Gold Award
Essays:don't know
Teacher Recs:Probably very good--those 2 teachers love her
Counselor Rec: Don't know
Hook (if any):Lived overseas
State or Country:Califonia
School Type:Public/competitive
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Female
Other Factors/Hook:Her interview may have been pretty good
General Comments:She's very excited!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 M:750, W:680, CR:630
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs:800 Korean, 740 Math2, 670 US History
[</em>] GPA (uw/w):not sure how to calculate, will edit later
[<em>] Rank: 13/590
[</em>] Other stats: 4 APs, 7 by end of the year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good/decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): nothing in particular
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public, magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments: Presidential Scholarship candidate woohoo!! Did not expect this. My stats are nothing compared to the other people in this thread.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: one sitting:2280 superscore:2290
[</em>] ACT: didn't take it
[<em>] SAT IIs: chem:670 bio:740 mathII:780
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): uw:3.8ish w:4.4ish
[<em>] Rank: 20ish/500
[</em>] Other stats: two 5s one 4 one 3 on APs,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I used my UC essay, it was decent but nothing too thrilling
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Sent two, both teachers taught me in APs should have been fine
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never even met my couselor until november...
[</em>] Hook (if any): CSF officer, AP scholar with honor
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public, not so competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: 7 years in 4H as a leadership member?
General Comments: Shocked to get acceptance this early, I hadn't even been checking the mail on a regular basis...</p>