<p>ok if I do the formatting wrong I'm really sorry</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
SAT: didn't send because my ACT was better
ACT: 29
SAT IIs: didn't send in
GPA (uw/w): 4.2
Rank: school doesn't rank but 2nd decile
Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
Essays:amazing- my counselor said they were the best he's ever read & English teacher cried
Teacher Recs: Excellent- talked about my work ethic & how I stayed on honor roll when I was diagnosed with 2 chronic illnesses
Counselor Rec: Great- I guess
Hook (if any): as I said I was diagnosed with 2 chronic diseases my sophmore year so talked about how they affected me
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
State or Country: atlanta, GA
School Type: small private that sends a lot to top schools
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: as I said above, plus I have tons of volunteer work & extracurriculars?
[]General Comments: I'm so excited!!! but if you're looking to apply for future years- don't stress about what you read on these forums! there are people with great stats that get rejected & ones with not so great stats that get accepted so just apply & know that everything will work out for the best! Good Luck!]:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1870
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.68 UW (Tons of honors courses and a few AP's)
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: Honor Roll and all that jazz.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: My film essays were very heart-felt and tweaked about 20 times - I guess nobody bothered to read them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I had my favorite teachers do them so I'm guessing great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read - I'm sure it was good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): The anti-hook, low SAT's.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Vineland, NJ (USC says south Jersey doesn't exist, I beg to differ).
[</em>] School Type: Small, very competitive, all boys, sends kids to lots of top schools each year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: Very well-rounded resume/started a tutoring program for less fortunate children in Camden, NJ. Varsity sports, music, leadership positions, NHS, NSHS, student government, Big Brothers, etc. etc. General Comments: My parents went with a very laissez faire approach concerning the college admissions process so I'm proud of the other 7 schools I did get into. My biggest regret is worrying so much about USC that I didn't get to enjoy receiving my other acceptances. I visited, had a great interview, made it known USC was my top choice all over my application, but I guess USC didn't want to hurt its numbers. Am I disappointed? Yes, but I'm used to being the underdog and will save my rejection letter for my first Oscar speech. See you in Hollywood!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Never took it.
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II (800), Chemistry (750)
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.92 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: My school doesn't rank.
[</em>] Other stats: </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Really good. I worked really hard on them!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great! The teachers who wrote my recs both had me for freshman, sophomore and junior years.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing, I love my college counselor.
[</em>] Hook (if any): A broadcast journalism major who wants to go into medicine.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Private, ~120 kids/grade
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors?: I had lots of extracurriculars where I was a leader...I think that helped. President of the science team, EIC of my school paper, etc. Varsity dance team for two years, a capella group for two years, lots of different areas.</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates: For everyone who's still waiting, don't give up hope! It took USC a week for them to get me all my important stuff. Good luck!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1390/2100 (710 M 710 W 680 R)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT IIs: Did not send
[</em>] GPA: 4.18 W, don't know unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 15/530
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Strong, could have been stronger since I kinda put my app together at the last moment.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Did not read, however - 1 was a teacher I've had 2 years before, involved together in ECs. Other was a former prof at USC
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not read. Had one of the best relationships with counselor of anyone in my graduating class
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: I had a lot of diverse ECs including leadership roles in band, debate, theatre, Peer Assistance, and a lot of community service work including some projects I put together. General Comments: I am happy to be accepted and now just waiting for financial aid to come in to make my decision. I would not mind having the 1st semester off!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math II, 690 U.S. History
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.5 unweighted, 4.31 weighted
[<em>] Rank: Does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: 2nd decile unweighted, 3rd weighted
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: extremely good (talked about the businesses I started)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was outstanding, one was very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not sure (most likeley good)
[</em>] Hook (if any): started businesses, lived in hong kong when younger, counselor said I was the "one" student (out of many) who really wanted to go to USC
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED Spring 2009, Cinema-Television</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220 (750W, 740CR, 730M)
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT IIs: -
[</em>] GPA: n/a (foreign grading system). Stellar at the beginning of grammar school, declining towards the middle, and then again very good at the end --> huge upward trend.
[<em>] Rank: 2/63
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I really liked my big essay and put a lot of effort into it. One of the short answers was rather boring, the other one was quite good, IMHO.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
for the university: good
for the film school: awesome.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: we don't have any counselors...
[</em>] Hook (if any): probably not a real hook, but USC loves internationals: I'm half Swiss, half Polish, and was raised in Germany.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Switzerland
[</em>] School Type: public, but very good
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: There are a few things I'm really, really passionate about, and I think that shone through in my application. For the film school, my penchant for film sound and sound design and my "career" as an actor might have helped. Other than that, I tried hard to express exactly how I feel and what I want to say in my personal statements. General Comments: I was hoping for a scholarship. Oh well... Still awesome!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330 (800 CR, 750 W, 780 M)
[</em>]ACT: Didn't take
[<em>]SAT IIs: 750 Bio M, 710 US History, 710 Math IIC
[</em>]GPA: 3.59//w 4.02
[<em>]Rank: No idea
[</em>]Other stats: 5 on AP Bio, 4's on APUSH and Comp Sci A</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: People said it was good and feisty. I reread it and had a lot of typos, but it was slightly eccentric, so that must've been good. I'm really embarrassed about the typos though! I'm so lucky I even got into Spring.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I still don't get what 'hook' is supposed to be. I don't think I had any hook...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Southeast Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: Tons of ECs that range from political activities to simple volunteer hours. I volunteer abroad in third world countries, specifically on the border of THai and Burma (I'm burmese) and started a itsy weensy foundation that still has yet to officially start. I do tons of small stuff, and I'm active in my school artist community. General Comments:
I like and respect USC, and I am very thankful they accepted me//took a chance or I would have ended up at UCLA because I got rejected from my first choices (damn GPA and baby boomers).</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160 (CR 760 M 660 W 740)
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.56 uw yep, that was probably the killer...remember this when you hear people say that home schooled kids have moms who give them all A's...not true, home school moms are generally pretty mean :-)
[li] Rank: Home schooled, no rank, however he did put "valedictorian" on his graduation name cards. :-)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Hook (if any): Home schooled, farm boy, quite a few film awards
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Home school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/ul][/li]Other Factors?: Tons of leadership - lots and lots of positions held, schools attended, and leadership in Civil Air Patrol; state officer of YMCA Youth & Government and delegate to national convention, as well as local club president; Designed and taught year long video production class; organized bike team for 180 mile ride to benefit multiple sclerosis (MS-150); service projects on Gulf Coast (hurricane reconstruction) and in Russia</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates: Status didn't go "acted on" until 4/4; decision received 4/9; accepted to Chapman in film production with 50% merit scholarship and full Army ROTC scholarship (accepting the ROTC scholarship)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1940 (Math 680, CR 640, Wr 590)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II 710, M Bio 660, Lit 620
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.68/3.97
[<em>] Rank: 27/446
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent i guess... it really showed my passion for sports
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't use
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hispanic from a small town in southern new mexico
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Mexico
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:I think my ethnicity/location played a major factor General Comments: I got my decision on 3/20, and my status change to "acted on" until a week later. I feel really really fotunate for getting accepted for fall. My ECs were really diverse, but to be honest i didn't have almost any community service stuff. Now I just need to figure out a way to afford it...</p>
<p>Not many people from New Mexico apply to any other schools out of state because of UNM and NMSU. Almost everybody that's going to college at my high school is going to NMSU since it's 2 minutes away and because it's unbelievably easy to get a full ride.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Viterbi
3/15 Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190 in one sitting, 2240 superscored
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math IIC, 700 US History, 650 Chem
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.75 uw
[<em>] Rank: none
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: rocked them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I assume they were good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Hook (if any): 14 years of piano, a few years of tennis
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Highly competitive public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: Extremely rigorous junior/senior year schedule General Comments: After I sent in my horrible midyear report, I gave up all hope for USC. I was shocked when I saw the big envelope.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs: 670 Bio, 650 Math1c
[</em>] GPA (uw/w):Cant compute it from Indian system but not that great compared to everyone else
[<em>] Rank: school dosnt rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Awesome. Wrote about the life-changing impact my first experience with community service had
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Best the teacher ever wrote
[<em>] Counselor Rec: (none)
[</em>] Hook (if any): Lots of community service(?)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Indian
[</em>] School Type:Private
[<em>] Ethnicity:South Asian
[</em>] Gender:[/ul]Other Factors?: male</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates: 2/27 "being reviewd"; 3/29 "acted on". Way way too much competition this year. Totally shunted out of consideration by all those super-competitve IB folks from by city</p>
<p>Date Applied: December 6, 2007 Date Accepted/Rejected: April 14, 2008 (over the phone)</p>
<p>Statuses:</p>
<p>1/16 Awaiting review
3/26 In review
4/1 Acted on</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1710/2400 1080/1600 M: 520 V: 560 W: 640
[</em>] ACT: C: 26 E: 31 R: 28 M: 25 S: 19 (shoot...) Essay: 11
[<em>]SAT IIs: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.98/4.00 UW
[<em>]Rank: 5/120
[</em>]Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Solid, I had my English teacher approve them.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Glowing, my English teacher let me read it.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably the bare minimum, he's a terrible writer.
[</em>] Extracurriculars:
* Local Pageant Winner
* State Pageant Top 6
* Drama Club (4 years): President, Vice President, Secretary, 6 plays (all leads), 2-time Best Actress of the Year
* FBLA (3 years): Vice President, Treasurer, Regional awards
* National Honor Society (2 years): Vice President
* Executive Student Council (3 years): Executive Treasurer (2 years), Sophomore Class Treasurer
* Key Club (3 years): Treasurer
* Diversity Club (3 years): Lead a state workshop on diversity, Treasurer
* Tennis (2 years): JV
[<em>]Hook (if any): I'm from Washington state, and I come from a socioeconomically challenged area, so...geographical/socioeconomical diversity.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Washington state
[<em>] School Type: <500 students, crappy, never/"rarely" sends grads to top schools.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: First generation college student.</p>
<p>Scholarships: Nope</p>
<p>General Comments: I absolutely hate USC for not notifying me earlier. I had to wait ALL this time to hear I was accepted over the phone half way through April. Ridiculous. It's in the ghetto and I would never go there anyway.</p>
<p>PS: If it's helpful to anyone, I would also like to add that I was rejected at Pepperdine (which is weird because USC is far more selective), Emory, and Notre Dame. And I was waitlisted at Claremont McKenna.</p>
<p>KBaher believe me I would LOVE to be in your place right now ;(
That's so weird we had the exact same SAT score.. your GPA is solid though mine wasn't.</p>