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I actually feel more sorry for the younger generation of students. In a few years or so, USC is gonna be as hard to get into as the Ivy League schools...
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<p>My teacher's brother went to USC back like 30 years ago. He says that if he applied with the same stats as he did back then, there's not a doubt in his mind he'd be rejected. He says kids today have gotten a whole lot more competative than before.</p>
<p>Yeah, that is true for college overall I think.</p>
<p>Just some advice. My Uncle teaches at a private catholic high school and some USC admission reps came to talk to the teachers about what they were looking for in candidates, and one of the things was diversity when it came to majors. For example if a student is applying as a film production major they want to make sure they aren't just solely focused on film and that the candidate has a very different choice for their second major, english or math maybe? USC likes it when students double major, and they are all about diversity.</p>
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<p>numbers decrease after next year
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<p>^right. The high school graduations of the "mini baby boom" students will peak next year and then start to fall. Time to gripe at mom and dad for having a baby when they did just because it was the trendy thing to do at the time. ;-)</p>
<p>School is so competitive now. I think one is baby boomers, but also because people have so much more luxury items today then they had back then. They are use to living in that type of lifestyle. Kids want to be rich and have their Ferrari and 1TB iphone.</p>
<p>Back then, kids were more worried about having fun or worrying about the war.</p>
<p>This will be a very selective year for USC. In one of my classes on enrollment management, we were presented with the planned stats for this year. Out of 37,000 applicants, around 7,600 will be offered admission, with a target freshmen class size of 2,600 students. </p>
<p>USC overenrolled over 300 students last year, and the yield continues to increase, resulting in the acceptance of fewer applicants.</p>
<p>37,000.... are you serious? I'm going to cry. I knew the 7600 from their letter, but not that they had 37,000 applications</p>
<p>Proudtrojan did you get any other stats such as GPA or Stats from your enrollment management class?</p>
<p>I'm so screwed. xD I probably have the lowest SAT scores ever. DX And I did about the same on the ACT. =/</p>
<p>You beat my SAT scores.</p>
<p>I got an 1850 the first time and the second time I did worse. Same with the Spanish Subject test. Got a 760 the first time and a 680 or so the second. But my Literature exam went from a 590 to like a 690. They're probably going to think I'm really stupid. xD</p>
<p>My second SAT score is only 10 points higher so I just stopped taking it. D:</p>
<p>Have you been accepted to USC?</p>
<p>I got within 1960 to 1980 the first 3 times i took it. Then the fourth time I took it was only a month after the third time and I improved to 2110. So you never know haha.</p>
<p>My second time I sucked even more. DX I didn't take it a third. It was hopeless. <em>sniff</em></p>
<p>I didn't do any SAT prep (I hate the whole collegeboard bureaucracy crap), so the first time I took the SAT was the first time I'd ever taken a test. I did pretty well on the writing (790), but everything else kind of sucked. I didn't do any prep in between, and when I took it 2 months later I improved on the math 90 points. So I think a lot of it depends on the luck of the draw. Ultimately I ended up with a 2030. Had I done prep I probably could've done better, but I probably would've felt like I betrayed myself and what I stand for, so I'm glad I didn't.</p>
<p>I didn't take any prep either. I got books from the library, but never found the time for real prep and my parents couln't afford to send me to a prep class, nor did they have the time to drive me. =/ I really wish I'd tried harder. I feel like a failure.</p>
<p>That's exactly why I'm against it. Ultimately it just creates an even wider divide between those who have the means and those that don't.</p>
<p>Don't feel like a failure!</p>
<p>About stats, they haven't yet announced the stats, as not everyone has been accepted, but remember that USC uses a very holistic approach to admitting students, and test scores only account for a fraction of what is looked at for each applicant.</p>
<p>But I don't have any awards either. =/ I feel so very unspecial. DX</p>