USC chance, por favor

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Of course, anxiety is getting the best of me. Chance for USC Annenberg School for Communication, or USC in general.</p>

<p>Rank: 3/493. Was 4/503 but switched to 3 sophomore. This year a few students dropped out.</p>

<p>I think my weak point lies in my GPA and SAT scores, but I'm hoping my letters of recommendation and ECs will help cover that.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 weighted GPA, going up this year with straight A's</p>

<p>ACT: N/A</p>

<p>SAT I: 1940
SAT IIs: 650 on Literature, 530 on US History; was registered to take the SAT II two more times but one of those times I was sick with a stomach virus and the other time I had Walking Pneumonia for a week :/</p>

<p>ECs: Student Council (Active member first year, then DASH Committee Chair and Student Body Secretary the past two years)</p>

<p>Interact (Community Service) Club (Active member freshman year, then PR sophomore year then back to member Junior and Senior year)</p>

<p>Speech and Debate- National Qualifier twice, State qualifier three times in 8 events, Outstanding Point Recognition from the National Forensics League, just to name a few (Active member, then Secretary, VP and now President)</p>

<p>National Honors Society (Active member 10-12th)</p>

<p>Advanced Broadcast Journalism- created a daily television show (Active member 10-12th)</p>

<p>Youth and Government (10-11; didn't have enough funding to go this year)</p>

<p>Project P.A.S.S- Summer freshmen mentoring (11-12th)</p>

<p>Book Club (This year)</p>

<p>Recs: Was going to send in two, but my second one got ill right at the last minute so I only sent one but it was extremely well written.</p>

<p>Essays: From the critique I was given, they were pretty good and so was my letter of intent for Annenberg. -shrug-</p>

<p>Extra: Took 8 Pre-AP classes and 7 AP classes (AP Classes here are limited; the Economics AP teacher quit this year, so that one was abolished and for ECs I have to take certain periods so I'm not able to take as many AP classes as I'd like)</p>

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<p>Your GPA is not really a weak point. A 4.0 weighted is good, but without knowing your unweighted GPA it is hard to tell. The fact that you're ranked 3 is very good. It shows that your grades might not be the highest, but you are still the third best in your school. Your ECs are pretty good. Your course rigor is good, and I'm assuming Pre-AP is like Honors? The only real weak point that I see is your SAT and SAT IIs. Your SATs are not bad, but they aren't anything special. The scores won't get you into USC, but the question is whether or not they will hurt you. I don't really think the SATs will hurt you much, but the SAT IIs will. I don't mean to be mean at all, and seeing as you seem to be a good student, I'm sure you recognize that the scores are substandard. Overall, I think if you get good recs and write a compelling essay, you have a good shot.</p>

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<p>i'd say your a good match (but thats without knowing your GPA unweighted) I still think you'd get in though
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<p>I think you are a good match - your GPA seems solid. However your SAT I and II scores are a little week compared to your GPA (I think).</p>

<p>But again, I think you are in a good shape.</p>

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<p>@dreamsofivy: Mhmm! Pre-AP is pretty much the same as Honors at my school.</p>

<p>@all: Thanks you guys! Yeah, I was pretty sure my SAT I/IIs were my weak point; if I hadn't gotten sick the other two times I might have been able to retake and raise 'em :/ Oh well, I'll just hope for the best!</p>