USC Dream School Chances!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Race: Asian Indian/California Resident

Scores/GPA:

SAT: 2120 (CR-660, M-800, W-660 Essay:10)
SAT II: 720-Physics, 760- Math II

GPA Top 10% of Class; (assuming there is grade deflation at my school):
9-11 UW- 3.68
9-11 W- 4.16
10-11 UW GPA- 3.69
10-11 W GPA (Uncapped)- 4.23
UC GPA (Capped at 8 Honors) -4.0
CSU EI-4572

AP’s Taken (12 by senior year) (Most Rigorous Schedule)- How important is that, does it make up for my poor GPA?

AP Scores (6 Total in 10-11)- AP Chemistry (3), AP Euro (3), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics 1 (4), AP US History (4), AP Spanish IV (4)

Senior Year Schedule (Rigorous Schedule?)
AP Gov
AP Stats
AP Psych
AP Physics C
AP Lit
AP Computer Science/Tennis

Total AP Courses In High School (Rigorous): 11-12

Major will be Computer Science!

Extracurriculars:
CSF (3 Years)
Key Club (3 Years)
Taekwondo 3rd Degree Black Belt (13+ Years)
1st Place Cal State Open Taekwondo Tournament
Junior Leadership Team for Taekwondo
Taekwondo Instructor Experience (200 Hours)
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor (50 Hours)
Intern at Social Security Office
Orange County Math Circle Competition-4th Place
Love 2 Read (Library Reading Program)
Teen Advisory Board at Library
AP Scholar With Distinction
Academic Connections UCSD Summer Camp
600+ Community service hours

SCHOOLS

  1. USC-Mathematics (In Dornsife Letters and Science)
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You’re a competitive applicant. You’re AP scores may show that your school does not have grade deflation if you manage to pull A’s while getting a 3 on the exam. I also believe that your extracurriculars may be a bit lacking in leadership qualities. Write good essays and go to the interview(since you live in southern California). Good luck

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Your GPA is low and your APs are not as rigorous as you think; Where is the AP Calu BC (and trying to major in math)?
(Low reach)

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My son is at USC Viterbi as a CS major. You mention Dornsife but say you want to be a CS major so Im confused by that. You also say Dornsife for math?

He had a 31 ACT (comparable to your 2120), similar/better ECs and a 3.83 unweighted GPA, 8 APs, A in BC Calc (5 on AP), A in AP Physics C (5 AP). He was accepted as Undecided into Dornsife and a Spring admit so he barely got it. He was able to transfer into Viterbi after a semester. I think USC is a reach for you.

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Seems like a low reach to me! And I think he’s saying he’s going to apply as a Dornsife major and switch to Viterbi. @GamerGal27