<p>Gosh, I’m so nervous too. I feel you guys’ pain! 
I am really hoping for a merit scholarship of some kind…I didn’t get the “forwarded” status, but several of the kids who have gotten the “forwarded” status have stats very similar to mine, though we’d be on the lower end of scholarship applicants most likely (well, I have a 2140 SAT and a 3.86 UW GPA). But I applied to SCA, so I’m deeply hoping that I will be one of the highest-scoring applicants for that particular school, you know? Gah…even if I don’t get a scholarship, I just wish I could know early if I was accepted! This wait is agonizing.</p>
<p>I have a 2320 SAT and didn’t get a forwarded status =/</p>
<p>^Very strange! Perhaps the “forwarded” status really doesn’t mean anything…Hmmm…What was your GPA, if you don’t mind me asking? And what school did you apply to?</p>
<p>I submitted my app few days before Thanksgiving Day… I have 2240 SAT and 3.91 UW GPA, decent ECs (Key Club Secretary, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief etc), and a nice essay… my last name starts with A…</p>
<p>But I still haven’t gotten the status update yet. Does it mean I have to wait longer???</p>
<p>@oxolojo,</p>
<p>I have a 1990 SAT (680 CR 560 M 750 W), 3.8 UW 4.0 W. I’m sure that if you truly belong at USC, it’ll show through in your application. I’m a believer that everything happens for a reason, as corny as it sounds. There’s so many stories on CC of kids who were rejected from their dream schools but now cannot see themselves attending any other college than the one they ended up attending. Believe me, what I just typed isn’t even what I want to hear, but I know it’s true. I just want to hear SOMETHING already, whether it’s a yes or a no so I can go back to my normal life (and stop lurking on CC when I should be studying).
I’m not really expecting a changed status anyway because there’s no way I’m going to get a scholarship. My parents both went to college and make too much money to qualify for financial aid, so we’re in the same boat there as well.</p>
<p>@Eiffel, I would KILL to have your stats and be on the verge of getting accepted to USC and probably the Ivies too. Don’t fret!</p>
<p>Aww, thank you, marmar! 
But I definitely don’t feel like I have a good shot at the Ivies and I’m pretty scared for USC too (my number 1 choice…especially the screenwriting major, which is HARDER to get into than the Ivies, with a 3% acceptance rate. o_o) </p>
<p>By the way, I think you have a really good shot at USC, marmar! I really hope your passion for the school shone through on your application, and I’m sure it did! Which school did you apply to?</p>
<p>I must say, I’m getting a little jittery and obsessed about getting in. This started 3 days ago, out of nowhere I just had to know, I’m fiending to find out. </p>
<p>I have average stats, but the rest of the app makes me a good candidate I think. Lets hope I get an acceptance soon so I won’t have to care about my UC and top tier acceptances.</p>
<p>^Which “top tier” schools did you apply to? I applied to Stanford, Princeton, and Yale.</p>
<p>@Eiffel, I applied to Annenberg as a Comm major. And I really, really hope you’re right. I emphasized that USC is the ONLY school that will let me minor in both Entertainment Industry and Comm Design, and I referenced specific classes. Plus I think it shows in my essay that it’s important that I stay close to home (I talked about my interesting culture and respect for my grandmothers’ amazing life stories).</p>
<p>@Cowman, “fiending” is a good word for what I have been doing as well. I won’t be able to function properly until I hear the news.</p>
<p>@Eiffel, Stanford and Yale. I also applied to NYU and LMU as my privates plus 4 UCs (UCLA, Berkley, Davis, UCSB).</p>
<p>@Marmar, yeah, I think it’s really good that you specified the unique minor combo you can get at USC. I talked about their Education minor (which only USC has, AFAIK), and of course the screenwriting major…<3 But honestly, there are SO many minors I wanted to talk about (didn’t have enough space) and that I would love to explore that are only offered at USC!</p>
<p>@Cowman, <em>high-five</em>! I also applied to UCLA, Davis, Berkeley, and LMU. But USC is your first choice, right?</p>
<p>Yeah, it beats UCLA as top choice since I live right by USC. Around 3 miles.</p>
<p>@Cowman “I must say, I’m getting a little jittery and obsessed about getting in. This started 3 days ago, out of nowhere I just had to know, I’m fiending to find out.” same thing for me too!</p>
<p>Like all December and the first half of January I was fine. If I was bored or didn’t want to do homework, I watched Grey’s Anatomy or Glee (haha). Then this week I’ve been checking CC and my admission status like ten times a day instead of doing anything productive, even though I know that I’m not going to find out either way until March/April. It’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>Stanford, MIT, Princeton.</p>
<p>I’ve been on the “review, April 11th” thing since mid-December, can anyone read into this?</p>
<p>soadquake981, I’ve seen your stats before. Did you also apply to Ohio State? I think that’s where I saw you.</p>
<p>I feel for all of you guys, seriously, I do.</p>
<p>And before I type this, I just want you to know that I’m not trying to be conceited about anything here. It’s going to sound like it, but I’m just admitting stuff.
BLACHH. Time to get this off my chest.</p>
<p>Now, I’m not trying to sound spoiled, but there isn’t much of what I want that I don’t get. And by that, I definitely don’t mean material items, but I’m definitely the kind of person who, if I set out to do something, I’m going to do it. I’m a learner. I’m a dreamer. I’m sort of a perfectionist. I’ve been called perfect dozens of times, but I refuse to accept it because I know it’s impossible, and I KNOW that I am not perfect.
Regardless, I make sure I set attainable goals for myself. I’m more of the person to set up little goals leading up to a big goal in terms of accomplishing something. That is not to say that I’m a slacker, because I definitely am not. Procrastinator, yes. Slacker, no.
Anyway, because of this, because I work so hard to get everything I dream of, I’m SO afraid of rejection. Especially from USC.</p>
<p>College is the first time I’ve really set a larger goal for myself. And what ABSOLUTELY kills me the most is knowing that beyond what I have already done, beyond what I put into my grades and tests and application and interview (I even wore Cardinal to the interview), the decision is not mine. I did what I could. I put my whole being into that USC application, and I just really want the Adcoms to see it. I wish I could scream it at the top of my lungs to them. I wish I could prove that I belong there. But this whole “out-of-my-control” thing is drastically new to me.</p>
<p>Anyways, sorry for my “college-decisions-are-tearing-my-physical-and-mental-self-into-shards” rant.</p>
<p>BLACHHHHHHHHHH. Okay. I feel a little better.
ON TO THE AP GOVERNMENT HOMEWORK, HUZZAHHH.</p>
<p>"Your application has been forwarded for committee review. "</p>
<p>Just checked, was changed from the default message. I too, hope this is a good sign.</p>
<p>@oxolojo - Nope, didn’t apply to Ohio State! Must have been another school.</p>
<p>@thequestionmark did you see the status change on the application page through USConnect or the camel2 site?</p>
<p>I saw it through US connect.</p>
<p>I don’t even have access to the camel2 site; it’s been confusing me. I got my USC ID a long time ago but don’t know what the password is supposed to be.</p>