@foodnetwork 34 act, 3.90 UW, (no weighted, no rank at my school), ECs focused mainly on athletics, music, and journalism w/ leadership positions. showed a ton of interest and made it known that usc was my top choice!
@rollkang i believe white is fall acceptance and yellow is spring acceptance
just asking again: has anyone from the bay area received a package? (particularly fremont ca)
USC mail just arrived in South Eastern Massachusetts! Congrats to all admitted!!
@Versalia I live in the bay area extremely near you and i JUST got it today
DS got acceptance today in Oklahoma. his stats, for reference: 33 ACT, 1480 Sat, 4.3 or so GPA, in IB program, National Merit Finalist. Won’t be headed west…he has already been accepted and chosen WashU.
@sadsenior omg congratz! i wont be home until late at night but im so happy for you!!
are we positive the portal will be updated at midnight PST…i don’t see anywhere where USC officially stated that
@Faultystart Hang in! I’ve been (mostly) an outside observer, but I’m really hoping it works out for you!!!
Decision: Accepted (but for spring, so I know I barely got in)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 eng, 800 math)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 eng, 35 math, 34 reading, 36 science)
SAT II: Math 2 (800), Chinese (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably around top 15/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology, Psychology, Chem, US History, English, Chinese (all 4s/5s)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP Compsci A, English, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band, various music ensembles, cultural club
Job/Work Experience: No “official” job
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring/teaching
Summer Activities: did berkeley summer session before
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay like 6 and supplemental like 5…i would reject my own essays after rereading them just now…
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, I had her for 2 yrs & she really liked me. she’s an eng teacher so good at writing?
Teacher Rec #2: didn’t submit
Counselor Rec: Probably a 6 (I go to a pretty large school so counselors don’t really know us)
Additional Rec: didn’t submit
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political economy
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Pretty high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: My test scores, basically
Weaknesses: My essays are literally the worst thing I’ve ever read…
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my test scores and gpa LOL
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, UCI and haven’t heard back from UC Berkeley, and UPenn yet
General Comments: Good luck everyone. Make sure you ask your friends to read your essays for you to make sure they’re good. Mine were pretty bad…
@CADREAMIN amazing! congrats!
Do nmf presidential scholarships come in the packet? When do we hear about those or smaller scholarships?
Congrats, @CADREAMIN
Did anyone get into the Iovine and Young Academy?
I love getting rejected from college. Really makes my day. I apologize for being so cynical…this will be my fifth rejection this week
My mailman still hasn’t come fndsjknfsjc 
@mimimo7890 I’m so sorry. It’s a brutal process. Are you happy with any of your choices?
@soulpup I got into BC and will probably end up there. I like it, but I am really disappointed because i did not get into any of the colleges I really loved.
what if u see ur mailman coming to ur house…white package in hand…and he doesnt drop it off at ur house but rather the house after LOL I WOULD DIE
@mimimo7890 yeh i feel u ive already got rejected by 6 including USC, in which 3 I believe to be my match schools, but 