<p>According to someone who called and asked USC admissions, I am screwed for the trustee and or presidential scholarship!?</p>
<p>I don't understand, my stats are certainly good enough.... (1600/800/800/780)
and I wrote my essay carefully and well.</p>
<p>Is it because I'm international???</p>
<p>Frankly, I am very ****ED.</p>
<p>No, is it not because you are internation. The be a scholarship finalist you not only need the good SAT scores (as you certainly have...the best I've ever seen) but a good GPA with a hard schedule, community service, etc...However, I am not saying that I dont think you should be in...I too would be upset if I were you.</p>
<p>I do, though.
I am the only AP scholar in my school. I curently Take 5 AP courses, am ranked top 1-2% in class. GPA 4.something weighted.
Two varsity sports, including a championship one
president of clubs
AIME qualifier
gov school
volunteer at med center
speaks 3 languages</p>
<p>that is why I am awfully confused and upset.
Also, I'm sure it ahs something to with being international. They prob only have a couple scholarships for internationals, out of the 300 available.</p>
<p>PGSS04, I've been wondering about the same thing, too...I don't think my stats can qualify me for the trustee scholarship, but maybe presidential?? See the thing is, there is an award called "International scholarship" which awards half-tuition. Maybe they are more inclined to give qualified internationals this award instead of trustee or presidential? This is just my guess though.</p>
<p>PGSSO4...I really don't understand USC right now. There is no reason in the world that you should not be eligible for the trustee scholarship. I, too, am very frustrated and perplexed about how they are deciding who is worthy of a scholarship interview. I have a 1600/770/760/720, am 1st in my class, have done theatre and French club for four years (various offices), co-founded an animal welfare club, volunteer at the Humane Society, have won various academic and French awards, am currently taking 4 APs, and, like you, carefully wrote my essay. Oh, and I attended the 4-week Summer Seminar program at USC last summer!!! I'm not even international, and I still haven't heard anything from USC. I'm really not trying to be arrogant, but I just can't understand why I haven't been contacted for a scholarship interview. I think I am going to call USC tomorrow and check the status of my application.</p>
<p>i have decent scores and haven't received anything either..</p>
<p>a question for you all.. what is your income? 75+ or below???? 100+?</p>
<p>Same thing here. SAT scores in top 1%, 4.0 unweighted w/ hardest schedule possible at private school. AP scholar, rank tied # 1. Lots & lots of ECs- community service, varsity sport, theatre, leadership at school, community and state level. And no word from USC which is my # 1 choice but can't go without scholarship :( Trying to decide whether to call or not. Did call to make sure application was all complete and no problems with anything missing. Think maybe they just didn't like our Essays?</p>
<p>kingroger, my family's income is somewhere around $80,000. I should hope that income should have nothing to do with the scholarship selection process, and I'm sure that USC admissions would vehemently deny that it does, but there's always the possibility that they'll give preference to people who they think would not be able to attend without a full scholarship (although according to my dad, I'm one of those people). </p>
<p>nmmom, I can't believe that essays that were not truly horrendous would keep us from getting an interview, but that, too, is possible. I'm definitely calling tomorrow if I don't get anything in the mail. I plan on saying something along the lines of, "I've heard that USC has already mailed some acceptances and scholarship interview invitations, and I was wondering if you could possibly tell me the current status of my application." Seriously, though, if I find out that I'm not in the running for the trustee's or the presidential, I'm going to have to use every ounce of my self-control to keep from blurting, "What?! Why not?!"</p>
<p>exactly, I'm defin gonna call tomorrow if I don't get anything in the mail.</p>
<p>sarah...im sure that income has nothing to do with it, because when they first recieve applications they have no idea how much your family makes...because you don't turn the PROFILE in until after they have finished reviewing applications</p>
<p>I submitted my PROFILE in the middle of December, but I do seriously doubt that even if they had the info that it would make a difference.</p>
<p>Wait, I am international student and i have been selected as a finalist for the presidential scholarship so it's strange why you guys havent got any letter from USC. my scores:
1500/800/780/770</p>
<p>I just called and the lady wouldn't tell me anything other than that my file is complete...</p>
<p>Needless to say, I didn't get anything today, and I feel kinda crappy and disappointed.</p>
<p>I called today too, very helpful guy
He told me i was considered, but i didn't receive Presidential or Trustee
He said they were done with those selections</p>
<p>I don't understand why some people with such good stats don't get it. yet someone on this board with around low 1400 does?</p>
<p>is there anyway you can appeal , or ask why you did not receive?</p>
<p>I just called, and the lady said that I didn't get selected for a trustee's or presidential. I said, "Wow, it must have been really competitive. Do you have any idea what the selections were based on? I thought they were supposed to mainly be based on SATs and grades." She said, "Yes, that is a big part of it, but to tell you the truth, many of our applicants are at the top of their class, and of course you can just keep going up and up with the SATs, so the supplemental information is what really makes applicants stand out for the scholarships." What the *#&$? Um, first of all, the SAT I score CANNOT go past mine, and it's not like I haven't done anything merit worthy outside of the classroom/testing center, so I am really bitter that I didn't even get selected for a HALF-TUITION! I almost started crying before I could even say thank you and good-bye. I never thought I'd be worrying about getting a good scholarship at USC...NYU maybe, but not USC--300 people get offered the trustee or pres.; how in the WORLD could I not have been one of them?! And I'm not just ranting for myself; I'm ranting for PGSS04, kingroger, and everyone else who was overlooked. I'm not trying to say that the people who did get offered the scholarships is unworthy of it, but I am just very surprised, like you kingroger, that they are taking extracurriculars/essays/recommendations into much greater account than SATs and grades when making their decisions.</p>
<p>I really do want to ask why I did not receive a good scholarship. I mean, I've got nothing to lose now...I can't go there anymore since I need more than just a quarter scholarship (hmm...maybe I'll only even get that one if I'm lucky) to be able to afford USC's tuition, and I don't want to make USC my first choice for National Merit because NYU's my actual first choice.</p>
<p>I just don't get it...I thought--everyone thought--that I'd be a shoe-in for the USC scholarship; I mean, it's not Harvard we're talking about here. Granted, USC is a fine school with talented students, of course, but the applicant pool is just not quite as formidable as it is at the most selective schools. Or maybe it is...who knows; I apparently don't know nearly as much as I thought I knew about USC's selection processes and applicants. I'm really worried now that I won't get good scholarships at ANY of my top choice schools, and I'm really beginning to wish that I'd applied to a (relatively) inferior school just so I could be guaranteed a full scholarship for National Merit.</p>
<p>And do you want to know what else sucks? We can't do the thematic option thing (that's like an honors program, right?)! We'll never have the chance to be with the best of the best at USC. Of course, we'll always have each other, the scholarship rejects, if we actually end up going to USC.</p>
<p>I suppose if I were good enough for the trustee's or presidential I'd be running my own business or publishing a volume of poetry right now instead of ranting online. I don't know, guys, what should we do? What CAN we do? I just feel so depressed now, I can't do or think about anything else. It feels like every achievement I've ever made, every award I've won, acing the SAT, getting good grades, is not remarkable at all, and that I've only been lying to myself by thinking that I am successful, smart, and talented.</p>
<p>Is anyone else feeling the same way?</p>
<p>i called the admissions office and they said that they are still sending scholarship interview letters. The person said everybody should receive their respective scholarship letters in 2 weeks. so im guessing i still have a chance?</p>
<p>Well, now that I'm feeling a bit more rational, I am slightly ashamed of my previous post. In my rage, I typed "people...is" instead of "people...are". </p>
<p>Ah well, on to more constructive things. I am going to ask my guidance counselor to call USC and ask them if they can give her any specific reasons as to why my app was passed over for the full and half scholarships. I don't know what the chances of them actually telling her (or the person on the phone even knowing the reasons) are, but it's worth a shot.</p>
<p>Supplemental information includes essays and recs. From what I've seen of you in this thread, you're a little...I dunno. Relax. The ball is in their hands.</p>
<p>lol aim78, I'm was a litte upset as well. Her reaction was the same as mine, indeed, I admit it.</p>
<p>Do you think we would be comepletely emotionless? I'm not THAT perfect.</p>
<p>Plus, I can't think of any other thing I could have done, so it might as well be.</p>
<p>Besides, there's always tomorrow's mail.</p>
<p>just in case my post could be interpreted as "cockyness" </p>
<p>"I'm not THAT perfect" is meant to be sarcastic in a sense.</p>