Objective:
SAT I: 1500
SAT II: Math II- 800, Biology- 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
UC GPA: 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I’m in the first quintile in my school, but I’m assuming top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats- 5, Bio- 4, English Lang- 5, Computer Science- 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, US Government, Modern Dance
Major Awards: National Merit Commended Student, CSF Sealbearer, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math and Science Club (VP), Robotics (co-captain, head programmer), Community Service Team, internship at doctor’s office, etc.
Volunteer/Community service: 70+ service hours
Personal Statement: 7 or 8/10, they were good but not spectacular
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major : Biology
State: CA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nope
Reflection:
Strengths: definitely my GPA and SAT
Weaknesses: so-so ECs and volunteering
Schools were you accepted to? UCLA, USC, Occidental, UCSD, LMU, Mount Saint Mary’s
Schools you were rejected from? Stanford (idk why I bothered applying there lol)
Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley
General Comments: I’m happy I got into USC, though I already committed to UCLA last week
wait why are some people getting accepted for spring semester?
since there’s no waitlist, this being accepted for spring semester basically their way of waitlist or something
Step one for surviving freshman year is likely being content with your USC Housing assignment. Here is my CC exclusive tip that we learned from USC Housing 3 yrs ago… and it worked for my older daughter then. Find a roommate (she found hers here on CC)… and agree on your preference options exactly in order 1-5. You will make USC Housing’s job easier, and you are very likely to get one of your top choices. She and her roommate got Choice #1.
I’ve been accepted and my portal stayed the same. For those dying to know, my scholarship info message from January has moved to the History. I don’t think there’s a correlation though.
For those just joining our regularly scheduled program:
NO CORRELATION between where the “no scholarship” letter you received in January (for those that applied by Dec 1st) is now or was. If it stays in Current Messages or moves to Message History, or has done that in the last week, or does so today, it has no bearing on whether you are accepted or not.
