USC Fall 2011 STATS ONLY DECISIONS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Decision: Accepted for Fall 2011!</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/30/10
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/23/11
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences - undecided</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2260 M: 740, CR: 800, WR: 720, Superscored - 2310 - CR - 800, M - 740, W - 770
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: 740/760 (don’t remember) Literature; 680 Math 2; 680 Physics
GPA-UW/W: not applicable
Rank: don’t know but for the 1st two years I was 3/60
AP/IB classes: 42/45 for IB Diploma
Subjective:
Essays: Not very good to be honest. Heartfelt but I feel my Commonapp essay was better
Teacher Recs: I think they were pretty good - from maths and psych teachers
Counselor Rec: very good, from my form tutor
EC highlights: 4 years Indian, 3 years school newspaper/literary magazine, editor freshman year. MUN for 3 years - gone to regional level competitions and won once at regional level. Hiking, community service. Leadership position for big charity event.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Hong Kong and India
School Type: international school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: they seem to accept a lot of students from my school</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Waiting to hear other decisions. It’s a good choice though. :D</p>

122

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

<p>Date applied: January 10, 2011
Date decision postmarked/received: January 1st
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Roski School of Art</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: 1880, Superscore: 1930 (I don’t remember each section)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 28, Superscore: 29.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: USH 640, Lit 660</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.73/4.1</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: –</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: USH-4, Chem-4, Lit-4, Currently taking 6 AP courses.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: VERY VERY STRONG</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Strong</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: -</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: X[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: California, Bay Area</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Applied to the art school so my portfolio was very strong.</p>

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

123

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

<p>Date applied: 2010/12/31
Date decision postmarked/received: today!!!March 25th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg, Communication Major</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2280 M: 800, CR: 750, WR: 730,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: MathIIC 800, Chemistry 780, USHistory 750</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 4.3UW, don’t know weighted</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: US History, Environmental Science, Psychology, Chemistry, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Calculus BC, English Literature</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: good. pretty satisfied.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: good. I haven’t read them, but they said the letters were perfect</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: pretty good. Not perfect.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Internship in National Broadcasting Station 2yrs, movie productions, lots of voluntary activities, Interact Club President, Department of Events Management, MC or other performances in school festivals. full of intersting ecs. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: South Korea</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private School</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: If I get rejection letters from rest of other schools, I will go USC. got into UCLA, USC, UIUC, UCSD now. Brown, Duke, Cornell, University of Notre Dame, Emory, University of Michigan, NYU, Carnegie Mellon left.</p>

124

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

<p>Date applied: late november
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/22; 3/25
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS- Biology</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 31</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW: 3.88</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: school doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: Gov (11th)(5), Lit (12th), APUSH (12th), Bio (12th)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: who knows</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: didn’t see them</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: didn’t see it</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: X[/ul]: Varsity swim captain, hundreds of volunteer hours, jv tennis, medical research project, NHS, clubs, ect.</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: WA state</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private parochial, not very competitive</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: caucasian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I interviewed…?</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Although I was accepted as a spring admit, I am hoping to be bumped up to fall and nothing will stop me from being a trojan:)</p>

125

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

<p>Date applied: 1/10 X
Date decision postmarked/received:received 3/25 X
Accepted at which school/major at USC: International Relations with a premed interest: Arts and Letters i think its called X</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: M: 690, CR: 670, WR: 700,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 720 Bio, 750 USH, 670 Lit (didnt send this last one)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.55/4 and 4.6/6</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 9th%</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: 11 AP 6 IB classes with tests and IB TOK</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: wrote about adjusting to the new economy after my parents lost their jobs, even though i wasn’t poor after, it was very heartfelt</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: she wrote about how numerous family circumstances hurt my GPA, but i tried extremely hard to bring it up, also very heartfelt</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Debate team event captain, relay for life advocacy chair, 250 hours of varied community service, film club founder, international science club captain[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: South Fla</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Large Public, IB</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: South Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: none lol</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: pretty surprising i got in huh? so far its my top choice, unless i get into Emory or Umichigan.
Also got into UF, Brandeis, UMiami (20k year scholarship), NYU (Liberal Studies Program)</p>

126

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Date applied: November
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/25/11
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences - English/ Pre-med</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 1830
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: X
GPA-UW/W: 3.53 uw
Rank: School does not rank
AP/IB classes: 12 AP/honors classes total
Subjective:
Essays: Excellent! I’m a writer :slight_smile:
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Good
EC highlights: 3 year athlete (captain senior year), over 500 hours in community service, hospital volunteer work, several clubs (president of all), national honor society, service trip, published article, organized several fundrasiers/events in the community</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: Hard-worker, overcame alot in school, AWESOME interview</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Most likely attending in the fall! For anyone who is about to apply to schools next year, please take a close look at my stats and realize that it isn’t all about the numbers. My gpa is low but this is after struggling in a competitive high-school after having attending a very low-achieving middle school. My advice to all future applicants is to never give up on your dreams and see what God has in store for you. :)</p>

<p>P.S. when people say “you’ll do great wherever you go”… it’s true; if I hadn’t been accepted to USC then I would have attended a smaller school and would be absolutely happy there. It really does not matter WHERE you go to school as much as what you make of it. Good luck to all future applicants and I hope to see some of the other acceptees in the fall!!</p>

127

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

<p>Date applied: Nov 29
Date decision postmarked/received: Sent on 3/22, received 3/25
Accepted at which school/major at USC: SCA Writing for the screen and TV</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2060 M: 660, CR: 710, WR: 690</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 700 Lit, 540 World History (never took it in school, so I had to self- study… but yeah, not great)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: It’s different for Canada, but ‘converted’ it’s probably around a 3.6</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: School doesn’t rank, probably top 25%</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: AP English Languange & Comp. (4) , AP English Lit (3), taking AP Macroeconomics this May</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Did the one about what is important to me and why. I did a bunch of drafts, but I was pretty happy with the final one. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Pretty good. I was happy with them.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Lots of writing and acting experience, Varsity hockey for two years, Band for four years, Guitar club for three years, and Arts Editor for the Newspaper for two years. Plus a film internship during the summer before senior year.[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: Toronto, ON, Canada</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private/Catholic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Caucasian </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: First-generation college student? Not sure if I even mentioned that…</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: SO ecstatic to get accepted to USC! I never thought I would get accepted to USC, let alone to SCA. This is such a dream come true-- I was honestly bracing for rejection. I was rejected from three other schools in the last two days, but it doesn’t even matter because USC is my dream school and always has been. It’s gonna be quite the change from Toronto. Here’s hoping the scholarships pull through!</p>

128

<p>femmefatal!!
I got accepted to Roski school of fine art too!!! I will see you in fall :)))))</p>

129

<p>**Decision: Accepted (Spring Admit) **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/26
Date decision postmarked/received: Received: 3/23
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Business Adm. @ Marshall</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: M: 730, CR: 690, WR: 710</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 32 (34 E, 34 M, 31 R, 27 S, 30 E/W)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 770 USH, 710 Math II</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.9 UW/ 4.1 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 7/386</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: Physics B 4, Eng. Lang 4, APUSH 4, US Govt, Calc AB, Stats, Eng Lit, Physics C Mech.(self-study), Chem (all to come this year) </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Main essay was average to above average</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Probably pretty good, she’s known for good teacher recs that are personal. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Didn’t submit one</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Track (9,10,11,12), My Own Offseason Track Training (10,11,12), [/li]Community Service Club (11,12–12th Board member + small award 11th), Basketball–Just playing b-ball @ park, house, neighborhood (9,10,11,12)Library Tutor (11,12), Library Summer Volunteer (11)[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: CA–SoCal</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Average Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian Indian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: n/a</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Academics were my strength and EC’s/essays were alright. Not much leadership but I was dedicated in my EC’s to a few things. USC was one of my top choices, but I don’t think I’m going to Spring. The only option for me to be at USC, would be to defer my admission another semester and start Fall 2012. I was also accepted at Berkeley and UCLA and am probably going to be going to go to one of those two, pending my Notre Dame decision. I thought Berkeley was harder to get into SC, but the competition at SC seemed to be fierce this year. This trend doesn’t seem like its going to reverse itself either. Thanks to the USC CC forum for the support and information, esp. alamemom. Good luck to the Class of '15. :)</p>

130

<p>Decision: Accepted - Spring Admit </p>

<p>Date applied: Not sure, but before the deadline.
Date decision postmarked/received: Received: 3/25
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences: Creative Writing/ Art History</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: M: 660, CR: 650, WR: 700
ACT: didn’t take
SAT Subject Tests: 690 US History, 670 Literature
GPA-UW/W: 3.4 UW
Rank: my school doesn’t rank
AP/IB classes: AP US (4), AP Euro (3), AP Stats, AP Art History
Subjective:
Essays: Great, I thought. Writing is my strong point, so I think that my essays really saved me since my stats are on the low side.
Teacher Recs: I think good? I never saw them. I had my English and Spanish teacher write them.
Counselor Rec: Strong
EC highlights: Varsity athlete, New England Young Writers Conference, Sewanee Young Writers Conference, multiple programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, school gave me a fellowship for creative writing, intern at Armenian National Committee and Armenian Assembly, JSA summer schools, student government (community service and arts), peer mentor program, debate club, environmental club</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type: Extremely Competitive Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors, hook?: mom was an alum, had an interview</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Right now I’m deciding between UMichigan and USC. USC is my top choice though, but I’m not sure I want to take a semester off. I’m so ready to go to college!!! Also, I wanted to rush.</p>

131

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED! **</p>

<p>Date applied: A week before Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Received 3/24/11
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS, Biological Sciences, emphasis on pre-pharmacy</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2300 (1 sitting) M: 770, CR: 730, WR: 800,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: didn’t take</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 770 Bio M, 770 Math II, 710 Chemistry, 740 World History</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.52</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: Top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: World History (5), Bio (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5), English Language (5)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Great</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Mock trial, piano, leadership conference committee, hospital volunteer, Girl Scouts, immersion trip, and others. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: CA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Chinese</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: NMF</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’M SO HAPPY!!! I’ve been obsessed with USC admissions the past few months and finally finding out feels amazing. I will very likely be attending this fall. Wow, this is like giving an acceptance speech…Thanks mom and dad! Fight on!</p>

132

<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/30/10
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/24/11
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi Biomedical Engineering</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: didn’t send in (it shouldn’t have been obvious that I was hiding these from USC since only SATs I sent in were Subject Tests)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 32 composite, 33 superscore (34 E, 33 R, 32 M, 32 S, 10 E)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 680 Chemistry, 670 Math II</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 90 unweighted (out of 100; school doesn’t do weighted)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: doesn’t rank, but probably 15-20% (rank dropped after an illness first semester junior year)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Comparative Government</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: great and well-written to say the least</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: never saw them but I heard the gist of them and they were awesome, and additional rec from summer program director at Vanderbilt</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: she knows me well…so I’m sure it was great</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Model UN/Youth Legislature (10-12; President for 2 years), Principal roles in most school musicals and productions as an upperclassman (ensemble roles as an underclassman), Mock trial lawyer/witness (10-11), Football (9-11), Track & Field (9-11), Student gvt (9-10), Church youth choir (9-12)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: TN</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: small competitive private</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: white</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: none really</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: my usually-pessimistic college counseling office thought I was a shoe-in for this school, so I’m pretty surprised to be honest. I guess they put more emphasis on CA residency and whether or not you visit/interview on campus, which is not a light expense. I’m most likely going to appeal the decision</p>

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<p>^definitely appeal; i don’t think the in state or visitation is true though…
even though you said it was great i’m going to have to guess your rejection is contingent upon your essay if they meant to reject you</p>

134

<p>I responded to the “overcome a challenge through persistence” question. The topic was from my Guatemala mission trip last summer (don’t make assumptions…it wasn’t clich</p>

135

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

<p>Date applied: Night before it was due
Date decision postmarked/received: Received March 24th, 2011
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Thornton School of Music - Voice Major</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2080 M: 650, CR: 700, WR: 730,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 30</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Literature - 630, Math -660, Spanish - 630</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 2.7 Weighted (I know it seems low, but this is due to freshman grades - they have increased steadily over the years)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: Music Theory AP, AP English, US History AP</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: I think they were good. I wrote one about my older brother dealing with Crohn’s disease, and then another about my time in Japan, if I remember correctly.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: I saw the ones from my voice teachers, they were really nice. The others, from a math and english teacher are ones I have never seen. I assume they were nice though?</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Again, I haven’t seen it. He wrote recs for my older brother and sister though (as he was their counselor) so I would hope he wrote nice things as well.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Various theatrical performances, choir section leader, contest winner, community service project leader[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: Texas</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private (Class size of 137)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Caucasian </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Grandfather is an alum - in the tennis hall of fame there, visit, had a lesson with a teacher the day before my audition</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m super excited, it is my top choice, so I am so blessed to get the opportunity to attend. I hope I get some sort of scholarship, as it is quite expensive - I’m hoping for some sort of merit scholarship.</p>

136

<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>Date applied: Before December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Biomedical (Biochemical), B.S., Viterbi</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2250 superscored M: 770, CR: 750, WR: 730,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 33</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t send, but Chemistry 690, Lit 720, Math II 690</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: Don’t know unweighted, but 4.1/4.0 weighted</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: AP World, AP Euro, AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Literature, AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Language, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Government, AP Macro</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Pretty good. Probably not extraordinary, but solid.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Not amazing, but probably also solid.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: My counselor likes me, so probably good?</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Varsity swim team (incredibly time consuming, explained it on application), Key Club 10-12, Global Giving 9-12, School Newspaper[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IN
[</em>] School Type: Public</p>

<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: F</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: Sibling legacy, NMF</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m pretty confused as to why I didn’t get in. I thought I was a solid fit for USC, and several people have told me the same. Should I appeal? :/</p>

137

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: November 29
Date decison postmarked/received: Received March 24, 2011
Accepted to which school/major: Broadcast journalism, USC Annenberg</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1880 (superscored)
ACT: n/a
SAT Subject Tests: n/a
GPA: 94.667/100
Rank: 13/449
AP/IB: AP Lang, AP US Gov, APUSH, AP Macroeconomics, AP Lit, AP World History</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great! I received a handwritten letter in the mail from an admission officer from American University saying how much she enjoyed reading that same essay.
Teacher Recs: Good, I guess?
Counselor rec: n/a
EC Highlights: senior year leadership roles in Drama (9-12) and Beta (11-12), Mock trial team-attorney (11-12), Newton Youth Leadership Instiute graduate, and some community service.</p>

<p>Location/Person
State: Georgia
School type: Average public
Ethinicity: Black, son of Jamaican Immigrants
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other factors,hook? I had a great interview</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I am so excited that I was accepted because USC was my dream school for the last 2 years. I need serious financial aid, though, before I make my decision as I’ve gotten good offers.</p>

138

<p>^if I’m planning on appealing, you should def appeal too</p>

139

<p>talking about shakingandcrying</p>

140

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

<p>Date applied: November 30th, 2010
Date decision postmarked/received: March 25th, 2011
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business</p>

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

<p>[li] SAT Total: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 34 composite</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.97/4.52</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: Top 2%</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: AP World History, AP Physics B, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP US History, AP English Language </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: good </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: one was very good, one was okay</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: good but counselor was new this year</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: Co-founder and VP of Mock Trial Club, Member of JSA cabinet for state, JV swimming, a main/lead role in school musical, volunteer at hospital for 6 months, Washington State Senate Page</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

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[li] State or Country: Washington State</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Medium-Large Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: South Asian Indian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: None</p>

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