<p>Decision: Accepted!! to Annenberg/Communications</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Math: 680 CR: 800 Writing: 760 Total: 2240
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 720 Japanese: 790 US History: 610
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 4.0/4.3
[<em>] Rank: 1/60
[</em>] Other stats: 150-200 hrs community service. Didn't interview.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I showed them to people and everyone loved them. I liked them? Wrote about kanji (japanese characters) and dinner at my mom's and dad's houses.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My teachers thought they were awesome but they weren't very specific or anecdote-y. One of my teachers said his recommendation was the best he'd ever written.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She likes me okay but she's not a good counselor
[</em>] Hook (if any): Won 1 of 10 full scholarships ($10,000) to live in Japan for a year... then lived in Japan for a year (with host families, not my family) my Junior year. Also have a mentorship at Wieden+Kennedy (Nike's main advertising agency.)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Arts Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Japanese/American
[</em>] Gender:[/ul]Other Factors?: Female.</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates:</p>
<p>I visited in November during Parent's weekend. Looked like the funnest school in the world. Like the Disneyworld of colleges! So maybe I showed interest that way instead of by interview. There was some drama concerning my SAT scores and their not recieving mine because I misspelled my name but all is fine now. Go Trojans!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to School of Cinematic Arts (animation)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1970
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: 700, 600
[</em>] GPA: 3.65u/3.73w
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats: USHist AP 5, Bio AP 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: interesting
[</em>] Teacher Recs: must have been really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably good
[</em>] Hook (if any): animation/art portfolio
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public, high-ranking
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: General Comments: Posted this for my daughter. Super excited to be admitted to her first choice after getting rejected by most UC's.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to MARSHALL/BUSINESS ADMIN</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160 (M: 770, CR: 690, W: 700)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chinese Listening, 780 Math IC, 720 US History
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.67 UW, 4.25 W
[<em>] Rank: pretty bad.. like 30% 'cus I go to a super nerdy school :(
[</em>] Other stats: huh...? NMF? does that count? LOL
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: really heartfelt. i thought
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should be excellent. i still talk to both teachers everyday
[<em>] Counselor Rec: sucked. the counselor hated me. she was a USC grad, probably didn't even recommend me :P
[</em>] Hook (if any): ermm. a bunch of state awards in speech and community dedication from senators and state controller, etc. personal recommendation from CA Senator Ellen Corbett b/c I interned for her for the summer.. a few jobs here and there.. pretty good ECs (average ish)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA, bay area
[</em>] School Type: SUPER nerdy. sends many to top schools like HYPS. ranked #49 in the nation for public/magnet schools.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors?:
i connected with business admin a lot in my life, so i wrote my essay on that. maybe that worked?</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates:
Status updated 3/4 to Mid Year Report, then 3/20 to Review, then 3/24 No change in message only date.. letter was dated the 24th :) oh and if anyone's curious, the envelope for USC is actually white.. inside is red :P</p>
<p>*GOOD LUCK ALL. i WISH YOU ALL the BEST!! DON'T EVER GIVE UP HOPE! I THOUGHT I WAS TOTALLY REJECTED TILL TODAY! :)!! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2120 (CR:690 M:800 W:630/8)
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT IIs: Korean-800 Math 2-800 Chem-770
[</em>] GPA: uw3.75 / w4.29
[<em>] Rank: 14 out of 470
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP's including Senior; 1 honor
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Maybe not that good. I consider essay my weak point.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good enough, but I won't say one of the best.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: More like generic
[</em>] EC's: Volunteer at hospital 16 hrs a month for 4 years, President of Youth Group, Cello (a lot of time spent), tutors, tennis, etc.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I don't think I have any
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA (citizenship - Republic of Korea)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:** General Comments: I am glad I am accepted to USC... because UCLA rejected me, so screw UCLA.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED International Relations (Global business)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1950 (CR: 610 M: 690 W:650)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Maths II 670 Maths I 730
[<em>] GPA: 2.7 / 3.2
[</em>] Rank: 23/ 97
[<em>] Other stats: full IB diploma candidate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good and unique i think
[<em>] Teacher Recs: dunno
[</em>] Counselor Rec: havent read it pretty sure it is incredibly bad
[<em>] Hook (if any): international from a country probably not represented in the undergraduate student body?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Greece
[<em>] School Type: Private extremely competitive (only full IB diploma candidates)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:** General Comments: EXTREMELY HAPPY (did not receive email from dhl so totally unexpected)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: na
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT IIs: math 1 770, math 2 760, chem 650
[</em>] GPA (uw/w): 3.732/4.1
[<em>] Rank: 29/232
[</em>] Other stats: 4 ap chem, 4 ap calc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i wrote about Linkin Park.. it was sweet..
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good, i guess
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it
[</em>] Hook (if any): 1st generation..
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors?:</p>
<p>General Comments, status update dates: SO EXCITED!! FINALLY, after faxing a billion sheets of FINAID that they keep requesting.. i wonder when i get my FINAID letter.. anyway, yay! architecture!</p>
<p>BTW- after you guys said all that stuff about you know you get in when you get a red envelope, i freaked out because my envelope was def white...</p>
<p>btw, two kids at my school who got in.....we live in Europe.....both of them got the DHL e-mail. though, i do not think its a hard and fast rule. i'm still waiting!</p>