<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>