USC Chances! I'll chance back!

From upstate NY

GPA 3.9 with an unpward trend

1980 SAT (630CR, 650M, 700W)
29 ACT

Senior classes: AP sats, AP bio, AP micro, SUNY Syracuse English (SUPA), SUNY Albany Intro to poy sci Honors, Calc

Student council (VP or historian all 4 years)
Pep club
key club
Youth court
Temples youth groups (Board member 2 years)
NFTY (temple rep for 2 years)
National Honors Society
50 hours community service from Israel
Relay for life committee
4 weeks Summer leadership training program
Job as lifeguard
Softball (captain twice)
Volleyball (captain once)
Travel volleyball
Basketball

Backpacking trip in Europe (essay)
Lived in middle east during war (essay)
Semester abroad in Israel (common app essay)

Major in international communications

Strong recs, used my travels and semester abroad to write a pretty great essay on my world views and why I want major in international communications.

Also applying to:
Tulane
George Washington
Emory
American

I also would like to backpack Europe

If 3.9 is your UW GPA then it is fine, however, your scores are quite low (raise to 33+/2150+) for USC - low reach

@uclaparent9 do you think I should send in my ACT or SAT?

SAT obviously

Your SAT and ACT are almost equivalent. I go with the SAT.