What are my chances? Thanks!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey everyone! I really love USC and the southern California area would be an amazing place for me to end up. I have family there etc. I also really like Notre Dame and Boston College as well! Any of these three places would be a joy to be accepted to. At these schools, I will be applying to the colleges of arts/sciences for a biology/biochem degree.

I am going into my senior year right now and going through the process of getting ready to apply to schools! I am from a small town in Vermont and I have a 3.7/4.0 gpa unweighted. I have a 1320 new SAT and lots of ECs and volunteering. Classes and final averages will be listed below. All of my AP’s I have scored a 4 on so far as well.

9th:
English 9 Honors - 91
Geometry 200 - 88
Grade 9 World History- 96
Earth and Physical Science 200 - 90
Spanish 3 - 94
Electives/Gym - 95-96

10th:
Grade 10 English - 95
Algebra 2 200 - 87
AP World History - 94
Biology 200 - 94
Chemistry 200 - 90
Spanish 4 - 94
Drivers Ed./ Gym - 95/100

11th:
AP Lang and Comp - 90
Precalculus 200 - 86
Math of Finance - 97
American Gov - 91
Physics 200 - 93
Spanish 5 - 94
Internship Class - 97
Computer Applications - 98

12th:
World Literature - x
Literature Humanities - x
AP Statistics - x
US History - x
AP Chemistry - x
AP Biology - x
Anatomy and Physiology - x
AP Spanish - x
Online Music Class - x

ECs and Volunteering:
Work @ local pizza restaurant ~ 25-30hrs/week all year - 3yrs
Chemistry Club - 2 yrs
Red Cross Club - 1 yr
Spanish Honor Society 4 years and President for 1 yr
National Honor Society 1 yr
Member of local Above the Influence group - 2yrs
Tutoring 2hrs/ week 1yr
Volunteering at local vacation bible school over summers for 5yrs
Volunteering doing landscaping for neighbors and family friends during summers
Internship at local orthopaedic surgery office - 40hrs

I would very much appreciate any suggestions or feedback regarding my changes or recommendations for how to improve! Thank you!

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Based on your May posting, perhaps you’ve not yet run the Net Price Calculator for USC? Before falling too much in love with it, you need to determine if it’s affordable. You say your parents can’t contribute. yet USC, BC and Notre Dame is +$50K per year…

But to “chance” yourself, google the “common data set” for USC and other target schools. Look at section C and see the stats of admitted students.

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USC is very expensive: $70K if you count health insurance fees.
You need to run that NPC to see how “cheap” it REALLY is.

@T26E4 makes a good suggestion in having you look at the CDS for USC. Lots of surprises there.

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These schools also offer full financial need to students who apply. After running my information in the NPC, all three of these schools are very affordable for me.