USC Fall 2012 STATS ONLY DECISIONS

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

<p>Date applied: November 2011
Date decision postmarked/received: Received 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Biological sciences at Dornsife</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2300 M: 740, CR: 760, WR: 800
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: Bio E (760), World History (790), Math II (800)
[<em>] GPA-UW: 3.9
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>]AP/IB classes: AP World, AP US, AP French, AP English Lit, AP Euro, AP Bio
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Common App was very good, the supplemental essay was okay but a bit generic I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] EC highlights: EMT with volunteer ambulance corps, Harvard Model Congress[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: Small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Hopefully getting the half-tuition scholarship because of NMF status</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 11/31?
Date decision postmarked/received: Recieved March 29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Biological sciences at dornsife</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2270 M: 740, CR: 800, WR: 730
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math I, 760 Bio M, 740 Math II
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: School uses a different system where 4.0 is an A and 4.33 is an A+. I have a 4.07
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>]AP/IB classes: Bio (5), Gov’t (5), Calc, Spanish, Physics C, Chem
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: probably great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably fine
[</em>] EC highlights: Soccer-4yrs, Basketball-2yrs manager, -2yrs JV, Lacrosse-2yrs, Interact Club (secretary) - 2yrs, Science Club - 2 yrs, NHS - 2yrs, internship for local land conservation group, probably some more that I can’t think of
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: RI
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Nope!
General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m very excited to have gotten the acceptance! I still need to see the financial aid info and look at my other options though! It’s going to be a tough choice! Congrats to all who were accepted and good luck to those who were not. I’ve also been accepted to Northwestern, Boston College (honors), URichmond (full tuition scholarship), Vassar, UMiami (honors), and Tulane (honors). Waitlisted at Wesleyan. Rejected at MIT, UChicago, and Tufts.</p>

<p>For my daughter -</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted - spring</p>

<p>Date applied: November
Date decision postmarked/received: received 3/20/12
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Dornsife/Kinesiology</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2040
[</em>] ACT: na
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: none
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 90/113
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 6
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: good main essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: glowing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ok; counselor does not know her well
[</em>] EC highlights: world champion in her sport (not an NCAA sport)[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Maine
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: none</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Would love to go to USC but only if able to matriculate in the fall, otherwise likely to attend UCLA.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: 12/??/11
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/29/12
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>SAT Total: 2180
ACT: 32
SAT Subject Tests: 800 math 2, 700 physics, 670 chem
GPA-UW/W: 94/99
Rank: 31/617
AP/IB classes: All of them
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Essays: I wrote essays about how cool it would be to make food less fattening, while mantaining its taste. I also wrote about how being nerdy is cool
Recs: Everyone’s recs are the same
EC highlights: A job, basketball, otherwise not too much
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: I knocked my one-word answers out of the park.
When it said “Describe yourself in three words” I wrote Quirky, Motivated, and Dy-no-mite
My role model was William Wallace. My favorite book was David Copperfield.
My favorite movie was Troy.</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I will not be going to USC, but it is super awesome that I got in. </p>

<p>Where else I got in: UT-Austin, Boston College, Boston University, Tufts, Rochester, NYU, state schools
Where I got rejected/waitlisted: WUSTL, Tulane, Rice ED, Wesleyan, Chicago</p>

<p>Posting for my D…</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 12/1
Date decision received: 3/28
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall School of Business, Business Administration (Applying for BCA joint program)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2100 M: 710, CR: 650, WR: 740
[</em>] ACT: 31 (34M, 33E)
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.5
[</em>] Rank: top 5-7%
[li]AP/IB classes: Statistics: 5, Euro History: 3, English Lit & Comp: IP, Psychology: IP, Lots of Honors classes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Really Strong (showed her personality), She took a chance on the main essay, it paid off!<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent (each reinforced her personality/work ethic and added something new)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent (same as above, built on and added to her application)
[</em>] EC highlights: Very strong community involvement (both in public and behind the scenes) that will be missed when she goes off to school. (children’s literacy, Relay 4 Life/ACS, Girl Scouts/Gold Award, and others), but still manage to pursue interest in entertainment industry (both in front of camera and business side) [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Southern California
[</em>] School Type: Public (very competitive!)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Both parents legacy if it made a difference. </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: So very excited for her! I can’t think of a better school or program to pursue her dreams. Fight On!</p>

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

<p>Date applied: Nov. 30
Date decision postmarked/received: March 29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: School of Theatre/ BA in theatre/ minor in MT</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] SAT Subject Tests: 740 US History, 610 Math II
[<em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0 uw/4.5 w
[</em>] Rank: 1/368 uw and 9/368 w
[<em>]AP/IB classes: 11- Euro (5), US History (5), Psych (5), English Language (4), Bio, English Literature, Calculus AB, Government
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good- definitely could’ve used revisions, but they were good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t get to read them but I know one was stellar
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me but I didn’t get to read it
[<em>] EC highlights: I do community theatre/ theatre camps/ theatre at school/ dance/ voice/ sports for my high school/ NHS/ Debate/ Forensics
Location/Person:[list][</em>] State or Country:Kansas
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: both of my cousins went there and one worked in admissions</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I didn’t realize scholarship stuff was due Dec 1st so I did most of my app the night before, but I had had some of them already reviewed…luckily. I am really happy I got in to USC!! Go Trojans</p>

<p>posting for son.</p>

<p>Accepted in CS Games within Engineering
32 ACT, 4.0 unweighted
also accepted to U of Michigan, Purdue with scholarship, U of Wisconsin, Washington University in St Louis, U of Chicago-wait listed here</p>

<p>waiting on three Ivies tonight. He is very happy with USC and has a tough choice.</p>

<p>Thin envelope came to our house today. :(</p>

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

<p>Date applied: Early January
Date decision postmarked/received: Today!
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall! Business Administration</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2270 superscore M: 760, CR: 800, WR: 710,
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: none
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.94
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>]AP/IB classes:
US: 5
Euro: 5
World History: 5
Lit: 4</p>

<p>Calc BC and Stat this Year</p>

<p>Also an IB Diploma Candidate, taking numerous IB’s</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Idk
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Idk
[</em>] EC highlights:
Run a business through eBay, subject of my supplement
Masterminds (competitive trivia league): MVP two years in a row, won state champs, captain
Tour Guide at a Local Naval Park</p>

<p>Did other cool things won’t list all
Location/Person:[list][<em>] State or Country: Upstate NY
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Nope</p>

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

<p>Woo!!! Almost certain to attend if FA is good! Just got rejected from Cornell, screw them!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!
Date Applied: November 15th
Accepted to Which school/major at USC: Arts and Sciences/pre-med degree objective
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660-M 640-CR 670-W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/486
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography(4) Biology(4) World History(4) Calculus AB(3) Statistics(3) Lang(3) Chemistry(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Macro/Micro, AP Lit, Yearbook, Spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Multicultural Club, Soccer Manager, Band, Yearbook Editor, Newspaper Editor, Extensive family responsibilities
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, Several other projects through NHS
[</em>] Essays:Growing up with a disabled mother
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good!
[<em>]Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Bio or International relations
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Less than 30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, disabled mother, low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Absolutely no idea[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m still shocked. SO HAPPY!!!</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 1/9
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 3/27; Received 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS for mathematics. I want to also double major in mechanical engineering, but we’ll see how it all works out. </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: N/A
[</em>] ACT: 31 (35-E, 32-M, 31-R, 26-S, 11 essay)
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 690 Math II, 680 Math I
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 4.0 UW; 4.35 W
[<em>] Rank: 6/316
[</em>]AP/IB/DE classes: AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (magnet school), AP Government (magnet school), Linear Algebra (Magnet school), AP Calculus AB, AP English Language (score of 5), AP Physics B, AP US History, AP English Literature, and a Research class (magnet school).
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, but not my best work.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was outstanding and the other was decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] EC highlights: National Honor Society, Interact Club, Robotics Team (Programmer), Debate, Church Youth Group (leader), Peer Tutoring, Future Business Leaders of America.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Half-day magnet and public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Huge academic trend from low level courses to the highest offered</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Waiting for the financial aid offer. It’s all the way across the country, so I don’t know if I’ll attend. I was expecting rejection. This was an awesome surprise.</p>

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

<p>**Date applied: November 28, 2012
**Date decision postmarked/received: 3/27 - 3/29
**Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg School of Communications</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2100 M: 680, CR: 700, WR: 720,
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: English 720
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.92/4.62
[<em>] Rank: 12/509
[</em>]AP/IB classes: X
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Must have been Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] EC highlights: X[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public HS
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[</em>] Gender: Fema,e[/ul]**Other Factors, hook?: None</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: USC is my first choice school. So excited!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (on behalf of son)</p>

<p>Date applied: 11/2011
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 3/27; Received 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi Computer Science (games)</p>

<p>Stats:
•SAT Total: Math 790, Reading 740, Writing 700
•ACT: 34
•SAT Subject Tests: Math 790, Chemistry 700
•GPA-UW/W: 4.0 UW; 5.75 W
•Rank: 1/120
•AP/IB/DE classes: School only added a handful of AP classes (3) last year for the 1st time. AP Chem: 4 (2 others had prerequisites only offered every other year)</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Essays: Good, (I think)
•Teacher Recs: OK, I guess
•Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but saw what he did for S1 and it was awesome
•EC highlights: 4 year varsity cross country (co captain senior); Editor in Chief of Yearbook, National Honor Society, CAAD club (treasurer senior) (anti-drug/alcohol group), Math Team Captain, Scholar Bowl Captain, Church Lector, Church Youth Leadership, Latin Club (Magna Cum Laude National exam), Illinois State Scholar</p>

<p>Location/Person:
•State or Country: Illinois
•School Type: small Catholic
•Ethnicity: White
•Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Trifecta of NMF, Valedictorian and Legacy? (Lots of legacies, but I don’t imagine many of them are also #1 and NMF) </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Absolutely thrilled – I’m ready to supply that committment deposit as soon as USConnect will allow me!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Date applied: 1/30
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked 3/27; Received 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: SCA for Film Production!
Stats:
SAT Total: 1800–I hope this gives future applicants some hope :slight_smile:
ACT: NA
SAT Subject Tests: NA
GPA-UW/W: 3.8 UW; 3.9 W
Rank: 6/316
AP/IB/DE classes: AP Liturature, AP US History, AP Psychology</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really good I think.
Teacher Recs: I think these really helped me. I know one of my recs basically demanded they accept me.
Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it, but we’re really close.
EC highlights: National Honor Society, My own films every year of high school (first feature last year), Habitat for Humanity, Broadcast journalism</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: I’m very dedicated to film. I think my portfolio really helped me: [Hailey</a> - YouTube](<a href=“Hailey (Accepted to USC SCA and NYU) - YouTube”>Hailey (Accepted to USC SCA and NYU) - YouTube)</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Financial aid is really going to make the decision, but I am so excited and honored to be accepted to such a great school and film program. I really didn’t think I would get in.</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Date applied: December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Astronomy/Physics</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 30
GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.4
Rank: 1/300
AP/IB classes: 7 AP tests,
Essays: Great essays.
Teacher Recs: Amazing, My teachers liked me well enough.
Counselor Rec: Amazing, really close to my counselor
EC highlights: MESA, Family Obligations restricted me from ECs
State or Country: Santa Clara
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chicano
Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: First Generation, Brother attends USC</p>

<p>General Comments: Might share dorm with brother, not sure yet
If you want my full stats you can stalk me and read my chance me thread.</p>

<p>Accepted
Date applied: 11/27?
Date decision received: 3/28
Accepted which school/major at USC: Viterbi, computer science</p>

<p>Stats:
3.8 UW GPA
1820 SAT
APs/Honors: English H, Physics H, AP English, AP Computer Science, AP Calc AB
Essays: pretty good</p>

<p>Extra curriculars: key club, National Honors Society, President of Truth be told christian club, young womens leadership program student, cinema club, youth group, usher at church, frosh-soph basketball 2 years, rec softball 2 years, ayso 12th grade, tutor for readiing partners L.A.,Hope Worldwide organization, sports higlight film maker, northrop grumman engineering class participant</p>

<p>other facts:
location: so. cal
legacy student (dad went here for graduate school)
african-american
female</p>

<p>My first choice school! Yipppee! Also accepted to San Diego State, Loyola Marymount, Long Beach State. Rejected: UCLA, UCSD Waitlisted: UC santa barbara, UC irvine</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270C/770M/700R/800W
[</em>] ACT: –
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M (720), Chem (760), Math IIC (710)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): –
[<em>] GPA: 4.23 Weighted
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Second Decile
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chem (5), US History (3), Calculus AB (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Bio AP, Philosophy, Contemporary Authors, Stats AP, European History AP, Photography
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist? Does that count? Probably not…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country for 3 yrs., Volunteering for 4 yrs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: –
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours total
[</em>] Personal Statement: I thought they were pretty strong and had them checked over by my counselor.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No, but the NMSF half-tuition scholarship was implied since I put down USC as my first choice.
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering under Viterbi
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$250,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, upward trend in grades until senior year, decent essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of extracurriculars, bad sophomore year grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t really know, probably due to a dip in my grades during 1st semester senior year.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: meh. Disappointed but there’s nothing I can do about it. Life goes on.</p>

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

<p>Date applied: 12/1
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi: EE</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2120 M: 750, CR: 700, WR: 670,
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 760, US History: 640, Physics: 540 (was not prepared for this one, haha)
[</em>] GPA: 3.81/4.00
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>]AP/IB classes: US History (3), World History (5), English Language (5), Calc AB (5), Studio Art (4)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Fantastic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Okay
[</em>] EC highlights: Student Body Vice President, Varsity Baseball Player, Worked 2.5 years at local deli, Journalism, Elementary School Tutor [/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Private (Catholic)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: X</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Happy to be accepted, still waiting on Notre Dame. Then its between USC, Michigan, and (hopefully) ND.</p>

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

<p>Date applied: November
Date decision postmarked/received: January
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Dornsife</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2360 M: 760, CR: 800, WR: 800
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Lit: 750 Math II: 710
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.86 UW
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>]AP/IB classes: full IB diploma
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] EC highlights: DECA nationals, JSA, TASP [/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: public magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Should be getting the NMF 1/2 tuition, but if I’m going to attend I will need some financial aid as well because our circumstances changed recently. Right now it’s between USC, UMich and UMiami, and while I loveee USC, I need to go wherever is most affordable. Does anyone know when USC financial aid comes out?</p>

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

<p>Date applied: January sometime, not sure exactly when.
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/27. Received 3/29.
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Annenberg (!)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2100 M: 600, CR: 700, WR: 800,
[</em>] ACT: 31 (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Lit 750, US History 680
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.0
[<em>] Rank: ~top 6%
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 9 of the 12 offered at my school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very strong, especially strong Annenberg statement of intent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Strong, including three year journalism teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Hopefully strong! She’s new, but she likes me! :slight_smile:
[</em>] EC highlights: 4 years Varsity golf, MUN, Link Crew, Newspaper online editor, copy editor, state awards for writing, NMS Commended, AP Scholar, volunteer work, freelance website design, etc.
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: OR
[</em>] School Type: Public, ~2,000 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: First generation, low income</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Incredibly surprised I was accepted. This definitely makes me belief that USC truly practices holistic review; I’m not a perfect student or test taker, but I’ve worked my butt off in high school. Finances will be the biggest factor. I’ve received up to $50,000-100,000 in merit aid at other institutions, so this is a tough choice. USC is definitely the most prestigious place I’ve been accepted. Fingers crossed everything turns out well!</p>

<p>Accepted: Tulane University (Honors w/ Merit aid), Wake Forest, University of Oregon (Honors w/ Merit aid), St. Mary’s College of California (Honors w/ Merit aid)</p>

<p>Rejected: Northwestern, Vassar, Vanderbilt</p>