<p>I am a Junior...
Female
Class Rank: 24/687
GPA: 3.83</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English, Honors Science, Honors Algebra</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English, AP Euro, Honors Geometry, Chemistry</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP English, Physics, AP US History, Algebra II</p>
<p>Prospective Senior Classes:
AP English, AP Gov, Precalc, AP Environmental Science</p>
<p>Extra curriculars:
525 hours of volunteer work
2 years of music
photo club
President and Founder of Badminton Club</p>
<p>I haven't gotten my SAT or SAT II scores back yet but my counselor said my PSAT scores would project a 1790 or higher.</p>
<p>Do you think I have a chance?</p>
<p>I know you have good chances at BU if your SAT is not unlike your GPA (2000-2100, maybe even a little lower), but I don't know anything at USC.</p>
<p>P.S. - Actually, I'm REALLY hoping you have good chances at BU because we have very similar stats. Actually, we have almost the same schedule.</p>
<p>definitely a good shot at BU</p>
<p>You have a pretty good shot at BU.
USC- While your GPA is (if unweighted) totally set, your ECs aren't anything special really, but you have a lot of volunteer work, which is great. 1790 is pretty far below USC average, and you don't seem to have any sort of big hook to counteract that.
However, I bombed my PSAT and then did like 300 points better on the SAT, so hopefully you'll do really well.
Good luck!</p>
<p>If you can get 2000+ on the SAT, then your chances are much, much higher.</p>
<p>Thank you guys! I've been studying up a lot for the SATs and I don't think I tried my hardest on the PSATs so I really think I can do better than I did. What do you think I'd need in addition to higher SAT scores to get into USC?</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention:
I have done volunteer work for the Democratic Party
I live in Arizona
I am a first generation college student</p>
<p>I don't know if that counts for anything</p>
<p>did you really only take 3 classes freshman year?</p>
<p>good shot at BU, USC is more of a reach. Scores could help you out, but your EC's seem a little weak with not a lot of leadership</p>
<p>No I took 7, I just didn't think the others really mattered. The classes I didn't include were Business Technology, Jazz Band, Urban Hiking (a P.E. credit), and first year Spanish.</p>
<p>With a 1790 & your stats now:
BU - High match
USC - Reach</p>
<p>Are there any ECs USC especially likes to see?</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>again?
More opinions please?</p>