<p>Link your thread if you want me to chance back or smth.</p>
<p>Asian/Low income/Male</p>
<p>GPA: UW 3.82/ W ~4.0</p>
<p>ACT: 33 / 34 Superscore
SAT 2 : 780 Chem, 650 M2 - waiting on oct score.
AP: Chem (4) Calc (5)
Senior Year: Calc BC, AP Stats, APCS, others.</p>
<p>Essays are looking good. I have some decent reviews already.
Counselor Rec/Teacher Recs will probably be OK at best. The counselor doesn't know anyone that well because the school is way too big. The teachers like me.</p>
<p>Activities:
Loads of volunteering hours inside and outside of school
Tutor/web designer/founding member/CTO for computer science/tutoring non profit
Published App Developer on Android Market
Varsity Sport Player 2 years
Some freelance work experience as an online advertiser/internet marketer. Made some money that I put towards school and summer classes. ( I ended up getting a B in the summer class because it was too fast. Also, I spent a lot of time doing the internet work during the summer so that I could pay for the summer class ~$500 which sort of took up my studying time. I might mention that in my EC essay for UC's)
News Site owner - I write articles and publish them and we get some views . I'm also the web designer</p>
<p>I would say that USC is a low reach. You may get in or may not, but your GPA looks good and so does your ACT! I would make sure you kill the essays I think your essay topic that you mentioned seems like a good idea. Talk about what you learned about working to pay for an academic class that furthered your learning experience. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Thank you! I’m really working on my essays because what you said is pretty much the case for all the schools i want to go to. Hopefully the engineering school isn’t harder to get into though.</p>
<p>I think you have a fair shot at all those schools. The only thing that might hurt you the having only “ok” teacher/counselor recs, but if you write excellent essays then you have a pretty good chance of getting in.</p>
<p>USC is just so selective that it’s pretty much a reach for anyone, but I’d say a low reach maybe high match for you. You’re definitely a competitive applicant. Good luck!</p>
<p>@engineering2015 Haha I expected as much. Thanks! I chanced back. I see that you’re also interested in engineering, why not aim for a top school? Your stats seem to be in order. </p>
<p>Viterbi’s probably a low reach. Your UW GPA is great, but your W GPA is only .2 higher which may call into question the rigor of your course load. You have good ACT/AP/SAT Chem scores, but need to bring up that Math Lvl 2 score to be a serious candidate. You also have good extracurriculars, so make sure your essays are fantastic, and you’ll be set. Good luck!</p>
<p>@2019hopeful Thanks! Yeah it’s true, my course rigor is crappy LOL. I should have taken more AP classes but I suppose it’s a bit late for that. I retook the math 2 but I didn’t get it that far up and only got a 730 I think I have essays down, but we’ll have to see. Thank you and please let me know if you need a chance back.</p>
I think I have essays down, but we’ll have to see. Thank you and please let me know if you need a chance back.</p>