<p>Stats:
SAT: 1980
ACT: didnt take
SAT IIs: didnt take
GPA (uw/w): 3.85 UW, 4.05 W
Rank: no rank
Other stats: 8 APs by grad
Subjective:
Essays: They must have gotten me in
Teacher Recs: she loved me... so im asumming good
Counselor Rec: don't really know counselor
Hook (if any): off campus interview.... 3 sport varsity athlete
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arizona
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Other Factors/Hook?: 3 sport varsity athlete... essays must have been bomb
General Comments: NEver been so happy in my life</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2040
ACT: no.
SAT IIs: Math I(730), Bio M (720), Spanish (800), Literature (670), US History (670)
GPA (uw/w): 3.7uw
Rank: 16/499
Other stats: 8 APs by grad
Subjective:
Essays: idk
Teacher Recs: ok
Counselor Rec: made me seem like an *******
Hook (if any): *** is a hook?
Location/Person:
State or Country: texas
School Type: public charter
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: M
Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments: wants to know whether usc has a visitor/overnight program... i need to see the damn place</p>
<p>This might give those with lower SAT scores some hope: </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[list]
[<em>] SAT: 1980 (670 CR, 660 M, 650 W)
[</em>] ACT: didn't take
[<em>] SAT IIs: French - 800, Math I - 620
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.97 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/6 (very small school)
[</em>] Other stats: taking French baccalaur</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 math ii, 720 lit
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/700+
[</em>] Other stats: 7 APs, all 5's so far
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: ok
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't do, not required....
[<em>] Counselor Rec: public school, not much interaction with my counselor
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Midwest
[</em>] School Type: big public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:** General Comments:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2140 (650 CR, 780 M, 710 W)
* ACT: 32
* SAT IIs: Math II- 800, USH - 670, Chem- 630
* GPA (uw/w): 3.98 unweighted / 4.44 w
* Rank: 4/500
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Fair. I did them in one night. I never thought I would go to USC. But now I am considering it more and more.
* Teacher Recs: Great
* Counselor Rec: Excellent
* Hook (if any): Low income, lots of extra curriculars,
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Korean
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1920 (570CR, 710M, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: 660 math II, 690 chem
[</em>] GPA: don't know.. probably around 3.5
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: upward trend in grades from freshman to all As in junior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: strong
[</em>] Hook (if any): low income family?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: live overseas but CA resident
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: maybe not many apply for science majors?? General Comments: really didn't expect this acceptance after looking at all the 2000+ SAT acceptances in this thread, hence i don't have the 4.0 etc.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (International Relations)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720 CR + 730 M + 740 W = 2190
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 French, 800 Latin, 770 MIIC
[</em>] GPA: foreign grading system... grades weren't stellar -> upwards trend!
[<em>] Rank: hs doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: had a few typos (was in a hurry for scholarship deadline) but certainly unique (at least the big one; the short answers were rather bland)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: as far as I know they were absolutely great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: counselor didn't really know me but I guess the rec was at least decent?
[</em>] Hook (if any): many languages (native language is german, fluent in english, 800's on Latin and French SAT IIs) + being unique
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Switzerland
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: m
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: graduated last year, currently on a gap year doing the mandatory military service in my country General Comments: YAY! didn't expect the decision to come out this early after i learned that i'm no longer considered for presidential/trustee.. still hoping for the international scholarship (when would i learn about this??)</p>
<p>Here is a "prediction": if there is a new wave of acceptances, we will find out in EXACTLY 60 minutes, at 2:40pm PST, when the mailman hits the SoCal streets.</p>
<p>I know, I know, I am just wasting electrons :-)</p>