USC chances?

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<p>Waiting for the results are pretty much killing me. So, if anyone could, what would my chances at USC be?</p>

<p>Indian, male, Senior.
SAT Superscore: 2240 (780 Math, 740 Writing w/Essay 11, 720 writing; 2200 first time, 2210 second time)
SAT Subject tests: 790 Math II, 770 Chem., 750 US History, 700 Lit.
ACT: 33 w/Essay8
Rank: 1 out of 800
Unweighted GPA: 4.00 every semester
Weighted GPA: This semester - 5.00. Past 3 years combined - 4.67
AP Tests: 5 on Chem., 5 on Englis Lang. and Comp., 4 on APUSH, 4 on Stats.
National Merit Commendation
CSUSB Presidential Academic Excellence Scholar (For being in top 1% of my school)
JV and Varsity Scholar Athlete for 2 years.
Student of the Month in November of Freshman Year.
AP Scholar with Honor award
I'm taking 5 AP classes and 1 Honors class this semester, and 6 AP Classes next semester.
I skipped the latter half of 3rd grade, and the former half of 4th grade.
Applied for Biomed engineering atUSC (something along those lines) with Physics as an Alternate</p>

<p>ECs: 4th year in JV/V Tennis. Have also played in tournaments and will continue to play whilst in college, and in my free time.
4th year in Science Olympiad w/ 8 Regionals Medals. Treasurer Junior and Senior Year, along with Team 3 Freshman year, and Team 1 Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Year (the team that represents us at State)
3rd year in Rotary Interact Club. Co-president this year and last year
3rd year in Link Crew.
3rd year in Academic Decathlon. 2 medals and a trophy Freshman Year, and 2 medals this year (competition was after the applications were submitted). VP Sophomore Year, quit Junior Year, and back in Senior Year.
One year volunteer at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center w/ 200 hours
AP Stats Club Junior Year. Treasurer.
2nd year AASP Club (Admissions, ACT, SAT, PSAT tutoring club). Co-Founded and am Admissions Coach this year and last year.
Part-Time private Tutor.
Through Rotary, I have a few hundred more community service hours.</p>

<p>Essays: They'll hold up. One essay about my namesake (common app).
USC: Paragraphs about proteomics and my wish to study overseas.</p>

<p>Recs: My counselor's will be alright. My English teacher's isn't particularly good. My SO advisor and AP Chem. teacher will probably be really good, since she's more of a friend and knows me better than I know myself (sadly, I'm not joking here).</p>

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<p>No one knows but, if you read the results threads from prior years, I think you should feel you have a pretty darn good chance.</p>

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<p>^^ agreed. Although sometimes it is hard to predict, you look well qualified. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Though I was also wondering what my chances were for a merit scholarship…Since I can’t really GO there unless I get a scholarship. /: Oh, and does anyone know around what time decisions are sent for Scholarship applicants? I heard a rumor that it comes out in mid-January…</p>

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<p>If you search the threads from the last couple of years, the scholarship interviews either came with the acceptance package or a week or so afterwards. This happened at the end of January. It is much much harder to predict who will be offered an interview for one of the generous merit scholarships, but you can search the threads from the last several years to get a general idea.</p>