Hey guys, I know decisions come out in a couple of days but I am wondering if you guys think I have a good shot at getting into USC? I am getting a little anxious because I heard about how many people were rejected at UCLA, so I am starting to worry about USC. Here are some of my basic stats and ECs.
Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): Superscore- 770 M, 730 W, 580 CR (not submitting unless necessary)
•ACT: 32 C- 34 E, 35 M, 29 R, 29 S (single sitting)
33 C- 34 E, 35 M, 32 R, 29 S, 11 W (superscore)
•SAT II: 770 Math 2, 760 Physics
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88, W 4.68
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/639
•AP (place score in parenthesis):
10th grade: Calc AB (4), AP World History (3).
11th grade: Calc BC (4), AB subscore (5), Physics B (4), AP Language and Comp (5), APUSH (4).
12th grade: AP Spanish, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature and Composition
•IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
•Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus III, University Physics I: Mechanics, AP Spanish, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature and Composition, US History 4 Honors (Internship).
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
2014 QuestBridge National College Match Finalist
2014 QuestBridge College Prep Scholar
Fein Fellow (Only 48 in the country selected)
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
NHD (Physics Project) Regional Champion
NHD (Physics Project) State Finalist- 4th place
Eagle Pride Award
2013 Swim MVP
2014 Swim MVP
National Honor Society
Society of Male Scholars
Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Swimming 6 years (Varsity 4 years) 2014 Varsity Captain
TSA Club- Auto CAD (Co-Founder, Vice President)
Water Polo (2 years)
Intern for Computer Software Company (12)
Everyone Can Swim Program (teaching persons with disabilities how to swim and be safe around water), soon to be foundation once registered through IRS (Founder, Coordinator and Instructor)
Academy of American Studies (9,10,11,12)
NHS (10,11,12)
Society of Male Scholars (11,12)
•Job/Work Experience: Intern for a computer software company. Also, personal physics tutor for summer school students this summer.
•Volunteer/Community service:
Relay For Life (9,10,11,12)
Feed My Starving Children (10,11,12)
Swimming (Timing, running meets, etc. 6 years). I am very involved in the swimming community and have participated in numerous events such as “Swim from Alcatraz” and “Golden Gate Swim” for the F.A.S.T. Foundation.
•Summer Activities: Organizing and running the Everyone Can Swim Program at SpoFit Center for Persons with Disabilities, 3 hours, 3 days a week for 6 weeks, training and competing for swimming, water polo and triathlons, and this summer I attended the QuestBridge National Admissions Conference at Stanford.
•Essays (rating 1-10, details): My essays are pretty compelling. Everyone that has read them so far has really liked them. My common app focuses on my mom’s death and all of my family’s struggles and the others are really quirky, focus on my interests and have a lot of voice. (For a little bit of context, when I was 5 my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and when I was 11 she died. Shortly after that my dad lost his job and my sister went through a drug and alcohol stage and dropped out of HS)
•Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
•Teacher Rec #1: Calc Teacher- 8. Probably pretty good but I haven’t read it so idk.
•Teacher Rec #2: 9-10. AP Lang teacher. She loved me so I am sure it is really good.
•Counselor Rec: 9-10 My counselor is in love with me so I am sure this one is great as well.
•Additional Rec: 9-10 My high school swim coach. This one is probably very good too.
Other
•State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
•Country (if international applicant): USA
•School Type: Public (2500+)
•Ethnicity:Caucasian
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: $32,000 without retirement distributions, $72,000 with (will not be available next year so expecting income drop)
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
Thanks in advance for your opinions!! And good luck to everyone going through college admissions!!