USC Fall 2011 STATS ONLY DECISIONS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/25
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi/ biomed engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2020 superscore M: 760, CR: 700, WR: 560,
ACT: 34
Subject Tests: Math 2-730, Chemistry-780
GPA-UW:4.0 W:4.3
Rank: 7/847
AP/IB classes: Ap human geo-5, chem-4, calc AB-5, lang and comp-3, currently in 6 aps</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:honest, I wrote about cheering for our football team for important activity but it accurately gave a picture of who i am
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
EC highlights: all conference swimmer, volleyball, spanish club PR, NHS PR officer, debate, study-abroad in spain, tons of volunteer (habitat, health clinic tutoring)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IN
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Other Factors, hook?:i interviewed</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Presidential finalist somehow. REALLY EXCITED to be a part of the trojans class of 2015!!! congrats to everyone else!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Before 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/27, received a bit after due to snow!
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS (Undecided)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2110 M: 700, CR: 680, WR: 730,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 33</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 (730), Lit (680)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.7</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: Full IB</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: I barely remember honestly :confused: They were pretty generic, about how the core classes will help get a well-rounded education as I’m undecided, about how important community service is to me… They were pretty good, I guess, but they felt rather recycled.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Probably excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: From assistant principal instead; slightly repetitive about my EC’s but very complimentary</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Horseback Riding, National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Countywide Youth Advisory Committee, Tutoring, Piano, Flute, Baseball Team Manager, Regularly Babysit 3 Children, Horseback Riding Camp Counselor, About 700 hours of community service so far; Therapeutic Horseback Riding Instructor (for special needs children + veterans), Volunteer in the Federal Public Defenders Office, Created and operated a baseball + nutrition camp for a group of underprivileged children[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: MD</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Competitive public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: nope</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Was slightly disappointed that I didn’t receive an invite for a big scholarship (though I just got my letter today that I received the Dean’s!!! which is still awesome, nothing wrong with a free year!), but I’m really thrilled to get an acceptance FINALLY (deferred EA from Stanford and won’t hear back from others for a while…) USC is a great school and though it is not THE very tops school on my list, I would not be upset in the LEAST if I ended up there. I’m really excited!!!</p>

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<p>Date applied: November
Date decision postmarked/received: January 24th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Computer Science</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2200 M: 780, CR: 720, WR: 700

  • ACT: 31
  • SAT Subject Tests: Math II (800), Physics (780), Literature(660)
  • GPA-UW/W: I think it was about 3.6. My school doesn’t do that, so I had to calculate it on my own, and now I can’t find what I put.
  • Rank: school doesn’t do that.
  • AP/IB classes: Biology(5), Calculus BC(5), Computer Science(5), American History(4), English Language(4). Enrolled in AP Chem right now
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good

  • Teacher Recs: I’m pretty sure that teacher likes me.
  • Counselor Rec: I only met the counselor writing my rec once. But I can’t imagine it’s anything negative.
  • EC highlights: did theater all 4 years of high school, Odyssey of the mind one year, Co-President of the Amnesty International Club, volunteered at Dare Education Foundation(Dare is the county I live in), few other things.
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: North Carolina

  • School Type: residential public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: National Merit Semi-finalist, school I go to is fairly prestigious and the classes are a lot harder than at a regular school, so I think that made up for my lowish GPA.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Presidential Scholarship Finalist</p>

44

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: November 30
Date decision postmarked/received: January 24
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2000 M: 690, CR: 560, WR: 750

  • ACT: 29
  • SAT Subject Tests: 710, 740, Math 1, Math 2
  • GPA-UW/W: 3.78/4.0
  • Rank: 4 of 543
  • AP/IB classes:AP Calc AB: 5, AP lang: 3
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Essay was about my mother’s bipolar disorder

  • Teacher Recs: Awesome; written by an english teacher in the national hall of fame
  • Counselor Rec: Amazing; something about how I am one of the most amazing students she has ever encountered
  • EC highlights: I am never home. I had about 12-13
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:Texas

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Indian
  • Gender: Female
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: None that I can think of…</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I got presidential scholarship finalist!!! SOOO EXCITED! My brother is also a junior at USC. Might go there depending on where else I get in, but would not mind at all going there!!</p>

45

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: Applied Late October
Date decision postmarked/received: Letter dated 1/24
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: X</p>

<p>ACT: 35</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests: 770 Math II, 770 USH, 780 Physics</p>

<p>GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.62
Rank: N/A</p>

<p>AP/IB classes: Lit (5) USH (5) Physics B (5); Taking 5 this year</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Great Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<p>EC highlights: Started charitable organization, 2x Lax Captain, State Champion WYSE Team, leadership role in 2 philanthropic clubs, football, robotics, academic bowl
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL</p>

<p>School Type: Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Causain</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: None</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Presidential</p>

46

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: December 1st
Date decision postmarked/received: Received around the week of 1/24
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2280

  • ACT: 34
  • SAT Subject Tests: 800 (Math II), 790 (US History), 720 (Chem)
  • GPA-UW/W: 3.86/Does not weight
  • Rank: Does not rank
  • AP/IB classes: 3 AP + 1 honors (11th), All college courses (12th)
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Kinda personal. Talked about my experience w/ autism

  • Teacher Recs: I sent two from my high school and one from a professor at a nearby communit college
  • Counselor Rec: Do not know
  • EC highlights: Internship at a nearby clinic, volunteered at 2 hospitals, member of a youth leadership group in the city, member of the teen advisory council for police in city, member/founder of Spanish club at my school, member of CSF (9th - 12th)
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: California

  • School Type: Prestigious public HS - most kids are either on an AP track or are headed to community college. Most 4-year college-bound kids go to UCs and Ivy Leagues.
  • Ethnicity: Asian Indian
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: None??</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I got an interview for a Presidential Scholarship! :smiley: I also got an interview for Bac/MD :smiley: Extremely excited. Most likely going to go to USC</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Before 12/1/10
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/25/11
Accepted at which school/major at USC: BA Theatre, School of Theatre</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2110 M: 730, CR: 690, WR: 690,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Chem - 670, Math 2 - 650, English Lit - 700</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 4.0 UW</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: No Rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: 7 total</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Talked about trying to beat my dad at chess</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: For USC - 11th grade History teacher, 11th grade English teacher; For School of Theatre - rec letter from my school drama teacher with whom I’ve worked with for 5 years.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Did not read</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Theatrical productions, choir, singing and dance lessons</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[list]
[li] State or Country: California</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private, All-girls</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Caucasian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
**Other Factors, hook?: Not that I know of.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Finalist for the Trustee Scholarship!!! SO STOKED!! USC is one of my top 3 choices, along with Carnegie Mellon and NYU.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: Before 12/1/2010
Date decision postmarked/received: Sometime in late January/early February
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2350 M: 790, CR: 770, WR: 790,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Math: 800, Physics: 800, Chem: 790, US History: 740</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW: 3.93/4.00</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: n/a (but top 5% most likely)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: Calculus BC, Physics B, Physics C, Government, US History, Euro History</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: meh. 7/10. Not as good as I had wanted.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: 10/10. Written from retirement by one of my schools best English teachers. When I told my counselor who wrote it, he commented on my luck.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: 7-10/10. I have full trust in my counselor to have written me a great recommendation.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: [/li]State-level Pole Vaulter (5th place junior year)
State-level Debater (PFD)
College-level internship at a financial inst. during sophomore year
Euro trip last summer
Chess team co-captain
Soccer 9th-11th grade[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: Hawaii</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private (400+ kids)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Half white/half asian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Literally. none.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?:
Pretty psyched to have gotten the chance for the full scholarship (trustee). Completely unexpected. Feels good.</p>

49

<p>Wow, so many accepted people! :)</p>

50

<p>^^^</p>

<p>That’s because only those who have been accepted have been notified so far. Wait until april. The thread will change</p>

51

<p>Decision: Accepted
Date applied: Before Dec deadline
Date decision postmarked/received: Late January
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Arts and Sciences, undecided</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2160

  • ACT: 34
  • SAT Subject Tests: Math 2, 710, Lit 790, Math 1 720
  • GPA-UW: 3.87 UW, 4.3 W
  • Rank: N/A(But in top 12- up for valedictorian)
  • AP/IB classes: 4 AP tests. 4 AP’s senior year
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Excellent: one on theatre, one about the museums in dc

  • Teacher Recs: Close to both, both taught me last year and this year in highly competitive APs
  • Counselor Rec: Good!(only 12 people share my counselor)
  • EC highlights: 2 internships, one with a global nonprofit and one with congress also lots f leadership roles
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: MD

  • School Type: Catholic
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Female
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Trilingual, dual citizenship</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: National merit finalist presidential! but i’m up for a full at UMD so if that happens, it’ll be hard to turn down</p>

52

<p>If as of now everyone who has been notified has been accepted then does that mean, after a certain date, if you haven’t heard back yet you’ve been rejected?</p>

53

<p>D received an invite from school of theatre for an open house in April. But she hasn’t received a decision yet. Has anyone else? Does this bode well?</p>

54

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: : End of November
Date decision postmarked/received: End of Jan
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS, English</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: Did not take</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 34</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Lit 730, Math II 730, US History 690</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.2</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: 9 total AP</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
Essays: I like writing so creative</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: English teacher for 3 years so probably good, Philosophy teacher good</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: I know him really well so good</p>

<p>EC highlights: President of literary club, editor of literary journal, contributor to school newspaper, student government for 3 years</p>

<p>Location/Person:

[list]
[li] State or Country: ID</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: None
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Very excited, received Dean’s Scholarship, invited and applied to Thematic Options program. Congrats to all.</p>

55

<p>only people who got one of the three big scholarships got their decisions early</p>

56

<p>ACCEPTED ( for my daughter)
Applied before Dec1
4.3
2290
710,690
9 AP classes
from florida
english major
Deans Scholarship
T.O application pending
GOOD LUCK to everyone RD!!!</p>

57

<p>Decision: Accepted
Date applied: Day before Jan Deadline
Date decision postmarked/received: March 23
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2340
ACT: NA
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 770, Bio E 720, US History 800
GPA-UW: Mid 90% unweighted
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: US History: 5. 5 AP’s senior year
Subjective:
Essays: I think they were good.
Teacher Recs: Never saw them, but I know they were excellent.
Counselor Rec: Excellent.
EC highlights: Basketball, student publication, peer tutoring, job, etc.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Canada
School Type: Private School.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Unlikely to attend.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date decision postmarked/received: Received DHL email a few hours ago (i hope this means acceptance!!)
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: - 1990</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 1850</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: Dont have in Russia</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: Dont have in Russia</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: IB (6 subjects, 3 higher 3 standard + TOK)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Very good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Very good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: absolutely horrible - me and my counselor hate each other.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Pretty standard, several hundred hours of volunteering and music. Also manager of an international gaming team hehehe[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: Russia</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: co-ed IB school</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Russian / Jewish</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Nope (i guess a hook is that i can pay the fees? :p)</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Still waiting for Brown and Columbia, but those are all LOOOONG reaches, so if i dont accepted im going USC!</p>

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<p>please note that the above post is based on knowledge of dhl mail - package is not in hand yet</p>

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<p>more stats at the end, because they’re too identifiable.</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/29 or 11/30. Bit before scholarship deadline.
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/23, 3/22
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, Computer Science.</p>

<p>NOTE: I was given spring admission, which seems to be a fairly large option for USC now.</p>

<p>[Can we please add a section for admissions cycle and interviews to the chart?]</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.98 / 4.2x</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 4 of ~630</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: 9 total, 4 years. Passed 5 tests so far.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: I was pretty happy with mine, could have been better, but not bad.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Should have been good. I think I submitted too many on accident. :)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Should have been good.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Debate, Leadership, iPhone app, FBLA. Highly involved in all of those and specifics would identify me.[/li][/ul] </p>

<p>Location/Person: LA suburb.

[ul]
[li] State or Country: CA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public, med-large</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male -I got lucky I think. :)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Single legacy. Interview</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: If aid come through, there’s a good possibility I’ll go. (It wasn’t my top, but those didn’t pull through.) Also I interviewed, which went ok. (First of my college interviews, and all went well but USC wasn’t the best.)</p>

<p>Glad to be on the plus side in my acceptances. :)</p>