<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to School of Cinematic Arts </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1310/2020
ACT: n/a
SAT IIs: US Hist. 710, W. Hist. 730, Eng. 680
GPA: 3.8 (uw)
Rank: 7/234
Other stats: 4 on AP US History, taking 3 APs this year, one of which is an independent study</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I wrote about my passion for story which fit nicely with my app for screenwriting
Teacher Recs: Awesome...I'm a favorite of all these teachers
Counselor Rec: Great...he's a friend of my family
Hook (if any): A girl applying to film school? I heard that's good...</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Suburban Public, nothing special, very "normal"
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors/Hook?: I displayed a range in my supplement, doing both historical drama and contemporary comedy, which I guess was a good choice.
General Comments: *insert Wilhelm scream here</p>
<p>Quote:
*Decision: Accepted to College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences: International Relations *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2040 (650 M 730 R 660 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.95 W (Well now its like 4.05 or somethin)
[<em>] Rank: 11/77 or something, small class
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think they helped a ton
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Short, but both from heads of their department (Science, English) and one from my accounting teacher. All of them were sincere though because those three teachers are like parents to me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good, she likes me
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM, National Achievement Scholar, Various Church ECs, Good essays, not to sound conceited (actually I just got into USc so maybe a little bit) I think my essays were the best part of the app. Didn't write about hardships or anything, Held down a job and balanced everything else since i was 14, also interned at my dads real estate firm.
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey/United States
[</em>] School Type: Small Public, Unranked
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:** General Comments: So gassed right now, i really think im about to explode. Also, It doesn't seem that only special schools are going out. My Letter was post marked 3/20.</p>
<p>What does this structured curriculum program mean, is it just our gen ed classes? It has a letter about it but as far as I can tell its just saying I have to take gen ed classes if I dont do well on placement tests (seems like a given?)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2120 (700M, 660CR, 760W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT IIs: Literature 660, Math II 770
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 4.0/4.17
[<em>] Rank: upper 4% but don't know rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): well rounded, musician in a rock band and such
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: private catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: my dad and both his parents USC grads, plus other family members General Comments: my school didn't offer many APs but I took honors classes</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2080
[</em>] ACT:33
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730 Chemistry, 720 Math, 690 Biology
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.9/4.2
[<em>] Rank:9/195
[</em>] Other stats: 5s on Chemistry and Biology, 4 on US History, 3 on World History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good (used my UC essay; focused on soccer and its impact on my life)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): My mom graduated from USC and my great-uncle graduated from USC Law School.<br>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public, 4th-12th, Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: I interviewed...expressed that USC was my #1! General Comments: USC Class of 2012!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800,800,760
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 3/431
[</em>] Other stats: 7 APs already, plus another 4 this year; also lots of awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent IMO
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should have been good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: also should have been good
[</em>] Hook (if any): idk really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: tennessee
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity:asian
[</em>] Gender:male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: General Comments:i'm international but i was glad to get accepted</p>
<p>Decision: D Accepted to C of L, A & S (undecided)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1910
[</em>] SAT IIs: 660 / 630
[<em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.96 / 4.6
[</em>] Rank: 10/~300
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Don't know
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, did not apply for financial aid?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA (currently)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: F [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments, status update dates: Ended a depressing losing streak against UCSD and UCLA (probably considered OOS for UC's?). In review on ~3/4, status date changed 3/19, letter dated 3/20, received on 3/22.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2270
* SAT IIs: 770 / 710
* GPA (uw/w): 3.8 (ish) / 4.1 (ish) - not entirely sure, both may be slightly higher
* Rank: School doesn't rank. I believe I'm in/around top 10%
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: My main one was different. I think it made me stand out.
* Teacher Recs: Good?
* Hook (if any): Deceased parent (I feel very manipulative calling that a hook, but it was my essay topic)
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Private
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: F
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments, status update dates: I was accepted in the first wave in January. I didn't even know I could check my status until I came on this site. Received my Trustee Scholarship notification today!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to School of Cinematic Arts</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2030
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: Japanese w/Listening (630), US History (650), French (640)
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): n/a
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats: English Language AP (5), US History AP (4), 2 APs this year. Some other honors courses scattered about. Nothing <em>too</em> intense though.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: My friends tell me they were pretty funny...I hate to judge my own work. >.>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I have a passion for Japanese which I expressed a lot (I studied abroad, spoke of my experiences, etc). I'm also kind of quirky, so perhaps that appealed to them. I'm also a podcaster. <em>shrugs</em>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors?: I honestly have no idea. I got a rec from a USC Screenwriting alumni (grad school, though). I dunno how much weight those have.</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates: I'm really in a state of shock right now - I wasn't even expecting to get into the film school at all, much less my first choice major. My status updates were kinda weird. It went from prelim on 3/7, changed the date on 3/19, and again on 3/22. I got the letter today (3/24), but it's dated 3/20. Anyway, yay! Best of luck to the rest of you! :D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Science/ Undecided (Trustee Scholar)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230
[</em>] ACT: Didn't take
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770 Chinese, 700something US
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.85 UW, 4.52 W
[<em>] Rank: Doesn't rank, top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: Top school in the city
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Okay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Stellar and glowing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): Can't think of any
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese (I don't think I declared my ethnicity though.)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors?: Family is poor, parents are divorced.</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates:Just received notice on Trustee Scholarship today. :) Full tuition!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2020 (fourth try)
ACT: 30
SAT IIs: french 620, us. history 630, biology 640
GPA (uw/w): 3.4 UW, 3.6 W
Rank: Doesn't rank, top 30% probably
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Probably amazing, but didn't read
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): volunteered in Moroccan orphanage? applied as minority
Location/Person: NORCAL
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Moroccan (African-American)
Gender: Female</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2170
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] SAT IIs:730,710,700
[ *] GPA:3.67 UW, 4.07 W (dropped heavily first sem this year)
[ *] Rank: don't rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Kickass
[ *] Teacher Recs: Kickass
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good I guess
[ *] Hook (if any): NMS Finalist. Incredibly good-looking as well.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:NorCal
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Gender: M
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b]
[ b]I've been peeing my pants over this since letters came out in January. My grades also took a dive by almost .4 for sem 1, so I thought I was done for. [ /b]</p>