USC Chance Me

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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GPA: 3.568 UW 4.270 W on upward trend
SAT: 1340 (640 RW and 700 M)
Class Rank: 12th percentile in public high school class of 420
Schedule: I have taken 9 AP classes, 8 Honors, 5 Regular (Just about the hardest schedule my school allows)

ECs: 4 Years JV/Varsity Basketball
3 Years Involved in Crossfit Training
1 Year Involved in Freshman Baseball
2 Years Involved in Personal Basketball Training
2 Years Involved in Club Basketball
1 One year involved as founder/president of political discussion club

Honors: AP Scholar with Honors
4 Years on Honor Roll
International Certificate of Friendship with China through Basketball
San Diego All-Academic Team for Basketball
Varsity Basketball Rookie of the Year
German Honor Society
Multiple other athletic awards

Extra Info: Out of state applicant
Bi-Lingual (German)
First Generation College Student
Solid essay and recommendations
Applying RD as a Political Science Major
Had an interview which I though went moderately well

Please be as honest as possible.

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USC is a private college so your status as an OOS doesn’t really matter.
Your stats are good.
USC is very expensive sos I hope it is affordable?

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For those looking to get “Chanced”, I suggest reading an excellent thread on the topic from the beginning…

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1558825-what-are-my-chances-read-this-first-p1.html

I also suggest reading through the following very helpful insider’s guide to USC admissions…

https://tfm.usc.edu/a-guide-to-uscs-college-admissions-process/

Good Luck…

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I will add to @WWWard’s post by saying to apply broadly and apply to a couple/few schools you love. No dream school please! It’s too big a risk to invest emotionally in a dream school. With holistic admissions AND low acceptance rates, it is too hard for almost anyone to figure out if they will get into a school like USC. For some schools, it is easy to see that a student will get accepted (or not). This is not one of those schools, for anyone. People with 4.6 and 34 ACTs are turned away because so many apply. Some with lower scores may get in because they are so darn interesting. They want a well rounded class and the criteria may float with each application. USC is not a school where “chance me” works well at all.