<p>bluebayou is right, itry. It sounds like you want to go to school in California. Don’t pay OOS tuition when there are so many great private choices for the same price…many of which may want to lure you with merit aid since you’re out of state (they want diversity). I urge you to cast a wider net in terms of California schools.</p>
<p>Thanks bluebayou</p>
<p>In fact, I do live in CA. The other UC I applied to, Irvine, would have cost wayyy more than Rice, even with instate tuition. </p>
<p>And itry, it’s harder to get into a UC from OOS.</p>
<p>please disregard tuition, i really like film/ engineering programs (UCLA is #1 in film)
actually, acceptance rate is higher for UCLA.
I doubt it, but does having relatives ( not nuclear family) that went to UCs help?</p>
<p>For film and engineering programs, you might also want to look at USC.</p>
<p>And yes, admit rates for OOS at Berkeley and LA are higher, but this is a debate that’s happened many many times on CC already. I’ll just say “selective vs hard to get in.”</p>
<p>berkley is lower i thought…
but USC is low on academics according to Fiske guide, idk.</p>
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<p>google some guy name Spielberg (and USC)! :)</p>
<p>and, btw, you can ignore overall admit rates for specialized programs like film – it’s all about fit.</p>
<p>im just taking film as an interest, mainly engineering
but its ranked high on US News. Are other programs good at USC? (like basic math and science)?</p>
<p>does usc look at freshmen gpa (as much) or is it like UCs where they calculate 10th +?</p>
<p>'SC’s engineering program is higher ranked than UCLA’s, so yeah, they can do basic math.</p>
<p>USC looks at UNweighted GPA for 9th - 11th grades, and most students are asked for a midyear grade report senior year. GPA improvement is looked on favorably, and course rigor is very important. Here is the freshman profile for Fall 2008 <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2008v3.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2008v3.pdf</a></p>
<p>btw its ranked lower than UCLA in engineering (mechanical, anyways)</p>
<p>If USC does not meet your requirements, why ask about admissions at USC?</p>
<p>havent really known much about it. cant hurt to learn about another one, right?</p>
<p>Right. It also can’t hurt to be a bit more diplomatic when inquiring. So far you have posted that USC academics and rankings do not meet your high expectations, and then you ask for “help” with admissions. As it stands now (and I know - you plan to improve), your academics and rankings do not meet the expectations of any of the schools you are inquiring about - including the one you seem to find unacceptable. Individuals familiar with schools are far more likely to offer useful advice when you are a bit more diplomatic.</p>
<p>im not against USC, i respect it. Its one of the top 50 schools in the U.S… Im just more fond of UCLA for engineering. I am a year ahead in science and was not used to it. (I HATE chemistry) and im taking the hardest possible classes. UCLA does not calculate freshman gpa, they look for improvement. I am very interested in my subjects next year, which is what motivates me to try harder (algebra, physics, U.S. history, music)</p>
<p>I want to got to Berkeley. But I’m OOS. So I don’t think I’ll get accepted.</p>
<p>same, but it doesnt hurt to try.</p>
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It was a different person who suggested that itry look at USC, not itry himself. I don’t think itry is necessarily all that interested in USC admissions, so perhaps it’s not too surprising he talked about points that he didn’t like about the school. </p>
<p>In any case, Berkeley is good with engineering, though not so much with film. And certainly it doesn’t hurt to try. But at the same time, there are other schools in California (say Caltech, Stanford, and Harvey Mudd) for which you’d probably end up paying the same money for as a UC and are equally good as if not better than the top UCs at engineering. So you might want to look into those privates as well…</p>
<p>Im not saying im not going to try hard, but Caltech and Stanford are reaches</p>
<p>Heh, yeah, that’s true, but I suppose they’re reaches for pretty much everyone. Good luck with admissions though. :)</p>