<p>USC was my first choice school and I was very shocked to receive my rejection letter. The next day when I went to school and found out that other people got in, I was even more shocked. What went wrong? Should I appeal?</p>
<p>Stats:
National Merit Finalist (USC first choice)
Salutatorian
Ranked #2 out of 464 in class
4.55 GPA
2140 SAT I
780 (math 2C) 760 (bio) SAT II
Over 300 hours of community service
Member and Board positions in 3 clubs
Editor of School Newspaper
Research experience
Excellent essay
Good recommendations
Biochemistry, Communications major</p>
<p>You are a very well-qualified candidate, but USC received over 38,000 applications this year, most of them from very well-qualified candidates, so some amazing applicants were not accepted. See the <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1074764-usc-fall-2011-stats-only-decisions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1074764-usc-fall-2011-stats-only-decisions.html</a> for examples. Successful appeals usually contain new information that the admission s committee did not have access to in their initial evaluation, so if you have new info it might be worthwhile to appeal.</p>