The Rejects Corner

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>In order to request an appeal of the decision, you must submit the following items:
1. A cover sheet providing the following information:
- your full name
- your USC ID number
- the name and location of the school you attend
- your current mailing address
- a telephone number at which you can be reached
- an e-mail address
2. A one page statement from you telling us why you wish a review of our decision. We are most interested in new and compelling information that was not a part of your original application.
3. A new, official high school transcript showing your fall term senior year grades, and your mid-term grades for your final semester.</p>

<p>send your appeal request to:
Admission Decision Appeal
USC Office of Admission
P.O. Box 77952
Los Angeles, CA 90007-0952</p>

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<p>^ i don't know either (i am not going to appeal...) since i ripped both pages into pieces and threw them away</p>

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<p>as long as we're scrutinizing our rejections, i don't think we should put too much emphasis on our gpa and sat scores. granted they are important, but they can only tell so much about an applicant. i don't know anyone here personally so i can only make judgements based on what you post here on CC. but i think where many of us went wrong here was during the subjective parts of the application such as ECs, essays, recs, etc.</p>

<p>i believe that alentia is being modest when she says that she does not really have any hooks. just by looking at her ECs, her writing skills must have impressed the admissions officers. from her post, it seems that she really made an honest effort in conveying the full reflection of her capabilities. her story and essays seemed to have won the committee over during the decision making process.</p>

<p>even though some of us had higher scores, there is absolutely no way we can compare ourselves to other accepted applicants with lower scores, because we do not know the full story behind each applicant. many, including me, have made the mistake of relying too much on scores and that is where i think we went wrong (at least for me anyways). USC can see that accepted applicants will succeed at their university based on what is written and portrayed by the application process. many of us probably had what it took to bring intelligence, diveresity, and creativity to USC but failed to express it effectively in the application.</p>

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<p>Rejected, fresh "outta" the mailbox :D
In my opinion... they're missing out, but that's for you to decide ;D</p>

<p>Academic Overview
Attended East Lake High School (Tarpon Springs, FL) for freshmen year only.
Attended Mendham High School (Mendham, NJ) for the remainder. Ranked 153rd public HS in the nation by newsweek.</p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate
Rank: 15 of appx. 300 students (5%)
Weighted GPA: 5.12
UW GPA: 3.798</p>

<p>SAT:
Top Math:650
Top Writing: 600
Top Reading: 590</p>

<p>HL courses: Chemistry, European History, English
SL courses: Spanish, Calc, Psych</p>

<p>Junior year Schedule:
IB Chemistry
IB Spanish IV
IB Psychology
IB US History
IB Math Analysis
IB English
TOK</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
IB English
IB Spanish V
Physics
TOK
IB Calc
IB Euro
IB Chemical Themes</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
School Soccer (3 years, JV and Varsity)
Club Soccer (8 years, Co-Captain)
Student Council (4 years, Vice President)
Service Club ( 2 years, Steering Committee Member)
Soccer Clinic in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (Founder and planner)
Relay for Life (2 year, Corporate Sponsorship Committee Chairman)
Habitat for Humanity (2 years)
National Honor Society (1 year, President)
FIRST Robotics (1 year)
Chemistry League (2 years)</p>

<p>Awards etc.:
National Honor Society member and elected President
Spanish National Honor Society
"Student Voices" Town Representative
UNC Gatorade Leadership award (1 of 6 given out at a clinic of 250+)
School Representative at Iron Hills Leadership Conferences
Mendham Boys Soccer: Varsity Letter, County Champion, State Semifinalist</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Summer Employment- Cashier and Referee at Atlas Mini Golf and Paintball (2 years)</p>

<p>I also had recommendations from a USC Alum and a West Point graduate... (West point grad was in the Army for much of his life as an engineer and is now my 3rd year math teacher...)</p>

<p>It's okay though, I got into my #1 school a few weeks ago! University of Michigan, Ann Arbor College of engineering! Proud to be a wolverine... GOOOO BLUE. It just get's me wondering as to what would of happened if U MICH REJECTED ME! Phew...</p>

<p>Anyway, I am still wondering why I didn't get accepted.... I sent in Part 1 as soon as they would let me in I believe October? I showed extreme, sincere interest & my essay(s) for them were really good. I spent a good amount of time on them... </p>

<p>It doesn't bother me, but I sure as hell am curious :D Sorry to all the others that weren't accepted... Keep doing what you do and prove that they made an error in the judgement of your potential.</p>

<p>Ry</p>

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<p>i totally agree with you main. wow i'm really really fired up now... i am definetely appealing, and if that doesnt work i'm just going to transfer from Chapman, damnit I thought I had done my best to convey my passion for film, and dedication to the school, I poured my soul into my cinematic arts essays, this really ****es me off. oh well time to write a damn good appeal letter.</p>

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<p>024, I think you're exactly right.</p>

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<p>Dratinizunny, the official sound that UCI makes is ZOT ZOT <em>hand motion</em> haha iunno if anteaters really make that sound though...lol</p>

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<p>If it makes you guys feel better, I had very good stats too, yet I was also rejected (and unlike those of you guys who had similar stats to me, I applied to Marshall and not Annenburg)</p>

<p>I'm surprised by my rejection as well.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I:</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 700 Bio, 690 Math IIc, 700 Chinese /w Listening (give me a break, I'm an ABC)</li>
<li>ACT: 32 (33 super-scored)</li>
<li>GPA: 3.65 UW (4.1 W I think)</li>
<li>Rank: N/A (School doesn't rank)</li>
<li>Other stats:
• Varsity Tennis (9-12) - Captain
• Science Olympiad (11-12)
• Quiz Bowl (9-10)
• FIRST Robotics (9-12) - Captain
• Model UN (11-12) – Cofounder, Vice President</li>
</ul>

<p>Honors/Awards:</p>

<p>• Science Olympiad Regionals – 2nd Place
• Science Olympiad States – 4th Place
• U of M German Day Winner
• FIRST Robotics Judges Award
• WLAA Tennis Conference Champs
• WLAA Tennis Division Champs
• 2003 USATT Michigan Closed Table Tennis 17 & under doubles – 1st Place
• 2004 USATT Michigan Closed Table Tennis 17 & under doubles – 2nd Place
• FIRST Robotics Judges Award</p>

<p>Subjective: (let's be honest, everyone says their essays are good, but I really doubt that's the case)</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Avg</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Avg</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Avg</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Good ECs? Clearly not good enough</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MI</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Bad GPA, avg ACT, avg essays/recs?, good ECs?...?</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Read above :P</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to acceptances, good luck to waitlistee's, sorry to rejections. It's okay, I'm fine with being rejected due to the fact I've been accepted to UMich (in-state), Emory, and NYU Stern. . Not going to lie though, I'm kind of surprised I didn't get in o.O. College decisions this year have been quite confusing...waitlist BC, reject USC, reject CMU, accept w/ 7.5k NYU Stern, accept Emory, accept UMich, accept Lehigh, waitlist WashU...</p>

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<p>found out I was rejected today..... on APRIL 4TH!!!!!!! that really pis ses me off. If they say by April 1, it should be by April 1st. In a way though, I'm sort of glad, I didn't really want to go there anyways. I got into NYU !!!!</p>

<p>p.s. I thought it was hilarious how in my rejection letter they were talking about appealling the decision. (If you want to appeal, that's fine, but what follows is just my opinion)
:: if they didn't want me, that's fine, but why should i go begging back to them. sorry they missed out on me, now I will never look back at usc.&lt;/p>

<p>Go NYU!!!!! </p>

<p>sorry for the rant.... had to get it out of my system.</p>

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<p>Mainevent...
"I'll transfer to USC after a year. I wouldn't if I were majoring in any program, but they have the best screenwriting program in the world, and that's what I want to do."</p>

<p>My daughter will apply as a transfer student too. She's majoring in broadcast journalism and is quite determined to get the degree from USC. Their film and broadcast majors are just really strong...</p>

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<p>this is so crazy!!! i mean im looking at your stats and there really good,then you see some people that got accepted and they are not nearly as good as yours. i guess it goes to show that usc admission is really random. its starting to make me nervous about applying</p>

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<p>yeah i haven't even heard yet and i live in socal lol.</p>

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<p>Yeah, well if you think that that's not bad enough, I called the cinematic arts school today just to ask them if I had been accepted and guess what? I HAD BEEN!!! Isn't that the most irritating thing in the world? The most prestigious film school in the world thinks I'm good enough for them but the university doesn't? That is messed up. And the screenwriting major gets about 7% acceptances, from what I hear. The girl was so nice when she told me, she even said that an official decision should be mailed out soon. I so fired up now....</p>

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<p>wow...so you haven't heard from USC but the film school says you are in? Congrats and that's crazzzzy weird</p>

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<p>all i can say to you all is not to stress too much over being rejected; usc's decisions often don't make "sense," by conventional standards. i applied last year and was rejected. i appealed to no avail. you could be the kid with the genius-level IQ that worked your butt off all 4 years to maintain a 4.0+ with excellent test scores and ecs... and still get rejected - don't take it personally.</p>

<p>i applied this year as a transfer applicant; i will ALWAYS love usc, but i've grown to love my current school just as much. if it weren't for the fact that my school doesn't offer courses in my preferred major, i'd stay here in a heartbeat.</p>

<p>if you're REALLY interested in going to usc, my advice is that you make it a priority to create a collegiate record so strong that it leaves no doubt about your ability to succeed. aaand don't knock opportunities at other school - if you have an open mind, you might be suprised (the professors and deans i've met this year have written incredible rec letters for me and will likely be writing my rec letters for med school).</p>

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<p>Oh, no, no, no, no. I HAVE heard from the university. And they REJECTED me, even though the film school had accepted me. Isn't that the most crap you've ever heard in your life?</p>

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<p>wow. that is the biggest piece of crap ever. aren't they going to reconsider?</p>

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<p>Well, I certainly appealed; though I didn't know the film school had accepted me when I did. See, I just called the Cinematic Arts school today and I sent off my appeals letter yesterday, although it had been written for about 2 weeks. So, I couldn't include that in my letter. I do hope they reconsider, but if not, I'm gonna transfer from Loyola Marymount. I should have applied to Chapman, but I already have job offers and internships lined up in LA. Plus, it's Hollywood. I mean, hello....</p>

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<p>woot, i got rejected from my #1 ~.~...Georgia Tech...</p>

<p>Stats:
3.839 GPA (UW, taken 3 AP classes)
SAT: 570M,570V,500W
EC's: VP of FBLA chapter(11-12), been in 4 school productions(11-12), ForTech (12 Certified technicians go around the school fixing the computers)(10-12), National Honor Society(12), Beta Club(11-12), Drama Club, International Thespian Society</p>

<p>Awards:
FBLA State 2006: 6th Place in technology Concepts
FBLA Rally 2006: 1st place in Intro to Technology Concepts, 2nd place Intro to Networking Concepts
FBLA FLC 2006: was in our battle of the chapters team got 2nd place
Organized HUGE community service project with FBLA- many community service hours
FBLA region 2007: first place in future business leader
FBLA State 2007: second place in networking concepts, second place in Community service project, third place in network design</p>

<p>Essay: umm...Average? I don't know
State: Georgia
School Type: Public
White Female
Strengths/Weaknesses: good EC's, bad SAT's, good grades</p>

<p>Anyone know why i didn't get in? i am guessing it's the SAT's...I'm appealing though, GT doesn't know about everything with FBLA, or that I was doing all of this at once while trying to take the SAT. On a good note, I got accepted to my #2 school today for a backup...Wish me luck!</p>

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<p>Uhh.. Should i appeal my rejection?
GPA: 3.73 UW 4.41 W
SAT: 800M 640CR 700W (3 sittings)
Essay: I thought it was okay
Class Rank: 55/365 Weighted 89/365 Unweighted
Recommendations: Okay maybe a little on the bad side
Extracurriculurs: NHS Executive Board
Varsity Track (1 yr)
FBLA Advisory Board
1st in a few math competitions
Scholar-athleete award
National Merit Commended
Church - Secretary Student Council
2nd at FBLA states competition
Tutor -
Mentorship- hospital</p>

<p>My friend w/ lower GPA and SATs got in. He has habitat for humanity over me.. but that's about it</p>