<p>I didn't do very well during freshman year because I was going through a lot of personal issues, and I didn't have stellar teachers..so my GPA was a mediocre 3.0.
However, the next two years I stepped up and challenged myself, taking APs and honors and achieving a 3.8 sophomore year (weighted) and a 4.5 junior year (weighted) with 5s on the APUSH and AP bio AP test.
I achieved a 2120 on the SAT and an 800 on the Math II SAT 2 and a 720 on the US History SAT II.
I'm projecting a 4.6 for 1st semester senior year grades.
Extra curriculars: I've been volunteering at a hospital since freshman year, working my way up to more than 200 hours
I've been a member of NAHS since my sophomore year, and I served as a secretary my junior year and I'm going to be VP my senior year.
I teach a class at my sunday school and have been a committed member of my sunday school since I was ten.
I also have a very strong essay topic and plan to major in comp sci
Do I have a chance?</p>
<p>I think you definitely have a chance. To be honest, your freshmen yr GPA was definitely on the low side but you’ve clearly improved significantly, which will help your chances because colleges like to see improvement.</p>
<p>Thanks 
I know that my freshman grades sucked…and it totally ruined my cumulative GPA…it’s a 3.36 UW and a 3.7 W
But I hope improvement will make up for it
I really want USC</p>
<p>You have a chance, but you should retake the SAT and aim for a solid 2200+ and apply early decision if you can.</p>
<p>USC doesn’t offer early decision 
but I took the June SAT…
I’m pretty sure that USC uses the highest from each category from all the times that you take the SAT and uses that as the score</p>
<p>yeah…I applied to USC and they do use score choice! And I agree with @cortana in this case. You certainly don’t need a 2200+ for USC but I’m thinking that b/c your GPA is not that high, a higher SAT score might be able to compensate for that.</p>
<p>After the June SAT, my SAT score is a 2170, so I’m guessing that a 50 point increase will help</p>
<p>Post your exact grades/transcript.</p>