<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Orange Coast College
[</em>] Entering as: Junior (Although it says on my packet that I am entering as a Sophomore. I already have 72 units done so I am guessing they haven’t evaluated my credentials yet.)
[<em>] GPA: 3.78
[</em>] Units completed: 72
[<em>] Units in progress: 0
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All
[<em>] GEs completed: All
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: HS Cheer team/squad Co-captain, Prom Committee Head, Grad Ball Committee Head, Student Council Programs Head, Intercultural Club member, OC Food Bank Volunteer, Irvine Ranch Conservancy Volunteer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Tilly’s, Sears, Wet Seal and Barbizon Modelling and Acting School. Fashion PR Intern with Velvet Angels.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent. I talked about my friendship with my best friends in my essay.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: 1. From my Spanish Professor that graduated from UCLA. Lol!
[/ul][ b]Other:**[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: UCSD, UCSB, UCLA, Cal, USC
[li] Comments: I’m so happy I got in USC! I got rejected from Annenberg but I called them up last week and they had asked me to email them about switching majors from Sociology to Communications. They checked my app again and they said that everything looks good and that my chances of getting admitted to Communications is pretty good. The lady I spoke with on the phone even said she’s not sure why I was rejected so I’m guessing it’s a number game? Impacted major perhaps? I’ll know within a week or 2 if I can switch to Comm. I’m pretty confident that I can BUT…USC gave me no aid Sooo, I still have to discuss this with my parents. I really want to go to USC but I UCSD sounds appealing to me too. So, we’ll see. Fight on![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Berkeley City College
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.4
[</em>] Units completed:48
[<em>] Units in progress:
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All
[<em>] GEs completed: All
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:Internship at a non-profit magazine. Didn’t list High School ECs because I didn’t think it was relevant.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Retail job throughout my 2 years at BCC
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):Honestly, I think this was a major factor in being offered admissions. My GPA wasn’t as competitive as others but I feel like my personal statement/essay expressed who I am as a student and person. I narrated my essay through an abstract perspective which in my opinion helped to differentiate my essay.<br>
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: English teacher. Didn’t get to read it but I’m sure it was awesome.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Only USC.
[li] Comments:If your GPA isn’t competitive like mine, really take the time to make the rest of your application honestly show who you are. Don’t just mention things that are considered “safe” or what you think USC would like to hear. I said that the greatest invention of all time is between the Magic Bullet and cat nip. Show some personality![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Spring Grade Request - MARSHALL BUSINESS 5/24 Accepted - MARSHALL BUSINESS 6/5</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: University of Houston (Main), some CC units
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.95
[</em>] Units completed: 59 (44 at submission)
[<em>] Units in progress: 0 (15 during submission)
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Macro, Cal, Micro, Comp 2, Financial Accounting (Last three in progress at submission)
[<em>] GEs completed: No idea
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Religious Speaker, Tutor, Intramurals, Amateur Football (Manage / Ref), Hospital Volunteer, Student Mentor, youth association (unity and activism)
[<em>] Honors: Dean’s List, PTK, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Academic Excellence Scholarship, NHS, Graduated high school Cum Laude
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 25+ hours (bank)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
What matters to me and why: became an autodidact and self-reliant after a debilitating sickness that prevented me from going to high school for two years. Learned life is what you make of it.
Activity important to me: working a job; attitude and ambition in our professional lives directly reflects our personal lives, importance of customer service
Interests and how to pursue them: combination of Marshall, Levental, and strong liberal arts curriculum will give me a solid foundation for MBA and CPA; analytical mindset regarding problem solving suits me well for business and accounting; from my perspective, business improves the human condition because of real world application
Transfer reason: feel stagnant in a place where education is taken for granted; desire an academically enriching environment that fosters intellectual growth and long-term success
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation: None.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: UT (Accepted)
[</em>] Comments: Got a 4.0 this spring. Medically withdrew last semester.
[li] Feel free to message me for help.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - Marshall School of Business/Business Administration</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Palomar College
[</em>] Entering as: Says freshman, will be Sophomore after Spring grades are processed
[<em>] GPA: 3.91
[</em>] Units completed: 19 + 16 (Spring '10) + some AP
[<em>] Units in progress: 0
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Writing, Math, Accounting (Finanancial and Managerial)
[<em>] GEs completed: None, don’t think. Taking a full load over the summer, though.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Nothing special
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: “”
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about being English
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: None
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: USC or bust.
[li] Comments: worked my magic, I suppose. Either that or they need to fill their brown person quota :D[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - Marshall School of Business/ Business Admin</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Riverside Community College
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Units completed: 63
[<em>] Units in progress: 3
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: all
[<em>] GEs completed: missing 2/3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: AGS, International Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 6 months internship abroad in Marathon Oil & Allianz Insurance, work 30 hrs/week
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): 8/10 I think
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: 2 - Stats and History Professor
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Accepted: UCSD, UCR, CSULB, CSUF, Cal Poly, UCSB - Rejected: UCLA booo~
[li] Comments: I am sooo Happy![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: University of Iowa
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.56
[</em>] Units completed:32
[<em>] Units in progress:0
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed:all
[<em>] GEs completed:not sure
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:internship in a bank
[</em>] Essays : about one conversation with my grandmother and its influence on me
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation:none
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: u of wisconsin, madison(pending)
[li] Comments: I think I am very lucky. However, my gpa comes from 3.21 for first semester and 3.93 for second. I think this improving trend helped me a lot. And good grades in prereqs.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Pepperdine University
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.3
[</em>] Units completed: 46
[li] Units in progress: 0</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: hella…yes i am from norcal
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Applebee’s, IT guy for Thomas Kinkade Company currently
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): the one about what you love and why that is. Mine was simply how I love life.
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation: nada
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to: also nada
[</em>] Comments: Sooooooooo excited to get in, i worked my butt off at Pepperdine for this to happen and it was worth it. Now I’m just trying to find a roommate that has similar interests to me. So if you’re a guy that is very into sports and is pretty easygoing and lookin for a roomy, just send me a PM and we’ll talk.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - CLAS/Biology Spring Grade Request - CLAS/Biology</p>
<p>Stats:
College transferring from:CCC
Entering as:Sophomore
GPA:3.75 (3.85 after spring grades)
Units completed:16
Units in progress:15
Pre-reqs completed:Intermediate Algebra, writ130 by the end of spring
GEs completed:the science one
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: High school ecs and few college ecs
Job/Work Experience:None
Essays (subject and responses):My essay was alright I think.
Letters of Recommendation:Maybe one but don’t know if it got there.
Other:
Other schools applied to:None
Comments: Excited to attend. Waiting on financial aid package now. Don’t lose hope! Got a 4.0 spring semester.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from:CCC
[</em>] Entering as:Sophomore
[<em>] GPA:4.0 at time of application, 3.903 after Spring Grades
[ *] Units completed: 31 transferable
[</em>] Units in progress: 6 (Summer classes)(English 102&Trig)
[<em>] Pre-reqs completed:Intermediate Algebra, English 102 in progress during Summer
[</em>] GEs completed:1/2/3/Diversity
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteer at a Blood Drive, Chess Club in High School 2 years, Secretary of Environmental club 1st semester
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My essay wrote about my passion for working out and how it changed my life. I felt it was well written but maybe not, I spelled Utmost wrong lol (upmost). I FORGOT to mention that I won a 1st place/gold medal in the San Fernando Youth Olympics in the 100M dash (against various other high schools)
[</em>] Letters of Recommendation:1 From my Biology professor talking about my excellence in academics and how I was rank #1 in her class
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Other schools applied to:None :[
[</em>] Comments:So sad, I’ll try again next year :[. I don’t think my responses besides the essay were to good. My passion response however, was very eloquently written about my love for playing music, guitar,piano, drums. My “Why I want to go to USC” was probably to generic, and had a missing “and” between to clauses lol.<br>
[/ul]</p>
<p>** Accepted - Undeclared ****
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from:College of the Desert
[</em>] Entering as:Sophomore
[<em>] GPA:3.901
[</em>] Units completed:40
[<em>] Units in progress:-
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed:3, Macro & Mirco Econ, English 1B
[<em>] GEs completed:Not sure but at least 2 of them
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: PTK, Dean’s list, other stuff, sports in hs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Idk good enough haha wrote about family issues that affected some hs grades.
[/ul] Other:**
[*] Other schools applied to: Rejected: BU, Northeastern, NYU, UNC, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, IN: U of Miami, Santa Clara University, Xavier, TCU, SMU, American, Syracuse, George Washington, Wake Forest, Waiting on Villanova</p>
<p>Stats:
College transferring from:El Camino College
Entering as:Sophomore
GPA:4.0
Units completed:35
Units in progress:15
Pre-reqs completed:Intermediate Algebra, English/writing courses, and everything but 1 for my major
GEs completed: all of them
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:A lot of volunteering, PTK, Deans list, transfer alliance program, and a lot of high school stuff
Job/Work Experience:had 4 different jobs listed-1 current
Essays (subject and responses): i happen to think it was a pretty phenomenal one.
Letters of Recommendation:2: 1 from volunteer adviser, 1 from professor
Other:
Other schools applied to:NONE! USC or bust!
Comments:I got into USC! YESSSSSSS! i love the admissions package: “Welcome to the Trojan Family!”.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Texas State University
[</em>] Entering as: Sophmore
[<em>] GPA: (3.75 at time of app.)/ (3.25 spring semester)
[</em>] Units completed:33
[<em>] Units in progress:0 in summer
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: some, but not many.
[<em>] GEs completed:all but foreign language for SC
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Ice Hockey, Volunteer Work, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nordstroms(Top salesman 2 months running in company)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Really strong essay. Thomas Edison prompt; connected the theme of light as inspiration and illumination in dark times of my life.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: 3- 2 really strong from professors and 1 from family friend who attended SC.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: USC or bust. If I get rejected, Ill move to California and attend junior college in Fullerton for a year, then reapply.
[li] Comments: Pray for me.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted - USC/Marshall School of Business Spring Grade Request - Marshall School of Business</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: UC Davis
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 3.4-3.8, depending on what transferred
[</em>] Units completed: 38
[<em>] Units in progress: 0, 20 when I applied
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: All except diversity
[<em>] GEs completed: All
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: I forgot
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: IT assistant, own iPhone app company
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Brilliant
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from my English teacher
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: None
[li] Comments: i’m so high on life right now[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>**Accepted USC/Marshall School of Business **
**Spring Grade Request - Marshall School of Business **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: College of Southern Nevada
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Units completed: 114
[<em>] Units in progress: 14 this spring semester
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Al pre-reqs completed as of spring
[<em>] GEs completed: All
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Body President, Board of Advisors for college of business, various clubs.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 6 years of banking & info tech work experience
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good enough
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: One from my econ prof and one from the Dean of Business school.
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: Nyu, Georgetown, American, George Washington.
[li] Comments: Good things come to those who wait. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Spring Grade Request - ROSKI: B.A. of Fine Arts (Got SGR on 5/26) Accepted - ROSKI: B.A. of Fine Arts (Accepted 7/1!)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: El Camino College (Torrance, CA)
[</em>] Entering as: Sophomore
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Units completed: 35 (30 Transferable)
[<em>] Units in progress: 9
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: Intermediate Algebra, Writing
[<em>] GEs completed: Category I
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Gay-Straight alliance president, Theatre Club, stage management, Ryman Arts, black belt in Tae Kwon Do, drawing classes.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:High school drama technical director (in charge of the student stage crew), portfolio photographer, odd jobs for my parents and their friends.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): “What matters to me and why.” Art vs. my relationships with people. No spelling/grammatical errors. I’m a fairly good writer.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: Two from art instructors
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: USC or bust
[li] Comments: I had one W in Fall 2009[/li]High school test scores: SAT (CR 570, Math 610, Writing 740); ACT (31); SAT subjects (Lit 620, Math II 590, Spanish 660); Spanish Lang AP 3, Spanish Lit AP 2, Environmental Science AP 4, English Lang AP 3, Psychology AP 4.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from:Texas State University
[</em>] Entering as: Sophmore
[<em>] GPA:3.56
[</em>] Units completed: 31
[<em>] Units in progress:
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: not many. Nutrition and Biology
[<em>] GEs completed:all except foreign language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteer Work through organizations and senior living centers.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Top retail(Nordstroms)-top salesperson in company 2 months running.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Edison’s Light Bulb. Connected the theme of light in multi-metaphorical ways. Very strong essay. Spent 4 months working on it, and was edited by me and my english professors.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: 3-2 from college professors, and 1 from British Petroleum’s Public Relations for the South(Gulf of Mexico)
[/ul]Other:[list]
[</em>] Other schools applied to:none. I was going to apply to SMU(Southern Methodist in Dallas), however, I just felt California was where I needed to be. Luckily, I got accepted.
[li] Comments: For future students or applicants, I really suggest taking time with the USC application. I personally feel my time with the mastery of my essay, personal responses, and overall…just selling myself, got me in. My GPA is strong for national standards, but for USC it’s mediocre. Utilize your admissions counselors, heat up the phone lines at the admissions office. Make your name known to anyone and everyone you can. Get the message across, that USC is meant for you, and USC could use you. [/li][ /list]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College transferring from: Orange Coast College
[</em>] Entering as: Junior
[<em>] GPA: 3.94 currently (4.0 when applied)
[</em>] Units completed: 77 completed (63 transferrable)
[<em>] Units in progress: 3 summer (27 during spring/time of application)
[</em>] Pre-reqs completed: ALL
[<em>] GEs completed: ALL
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Quality over quantity, so not many.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: U.S. Navy 1998-2006; Bestbuy 2003-2005; various nightclubs 2004-2007.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I chose the what matters to me and why prompt. I wrote about my experiences with drugs, sex, and alcohol and how I used them to deal with the death of my fiance after being struck by a drunk driver. What mattered to me is one’s ability to forgive. Everyone who’s read my essay loved it, hopefully, USC will too.
[<em>] Letters of Recommendation: None
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[</em>] Other schools applied to: None. I needed calc 2 and stats for most other schools.
[li] Comments: I’ve only been in college for about a year and a half (3 regular semesters and 1 summer term), graduated with an A.A. degree using GE option: 3 (IGETC). Hopefully, USC will recognize this achievement and see how serious I am about going there.[/li][/ul]</p>
BUT…USC gave me no aid 
Sooo, I still have to discuss this with my parents. I really want to go to USC but I UCSD sounds appealing to me too. So, we’ll see.