will you chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>hi! i'm a rising senior from oregon and i'm very interested in going to usc and would love to see if i have a chance (and how good of one). please tell me if i need anymore stats for you to get a better idea. some of the activities require an audition/interview and are selected before school starts (e.g. pacific youth choir) -- so i included those as well.</p>

<p>gpa: 3.731 uw, 4.173 w
rank: 97 uw, 25 w
sat 1: math 750, writing 650, cr 590 <-- taken from the top scores in each section (1990 superscore)
sat 2: chem 700, math 740
act: 29</p>

<p>academic info: will have taken 14 AP courses by senior year, mostly As, fair amount of Bs, one C</p>

<p>extracirriculars:
awareness to action (activist club, aka a2a), 9-12
key club, 9-12
mun, 9-12
nhs, 11-12
library volunteer, 9-12
summer reading program, summer between 9/10 and 10/11
school choir, 11-12
pacific youth choir (outside choir with performances with the Oregon Symphony and PYP), 12
mayor's youth advisory board, 12
(other things i've done that aren't of extreme importance to me but it's still part of what i did: speech and debate 10, science bowl 10, schools 4 schools 10)</p>

<p>leadership:
a2a: co-prez 11-12
key club: secretary 11, prez 12
mun: committee head & committee chair 11, undersecretary 12
section leader in concert choir, 12
full circle library volunteer, 10-12</p>

<p>awards:
bronze president's volunteer service award 10&11
ap scholar with honor 11/12 (uh, summer, lol)
key club varsity letter 10</p>

<p>programs:
i also participated in a few programs that i think i can add in my application but i don't know if it'll help me.</p>

<p>i think that's all the information that i can think of. sorry for the horrible punctuation. it's late at night and i'm getting very tired / woozy. haha, sorry. i'm not usually up this late.</p>

<p>any advice would be great, thanks!</p>

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<p>You seem to have a decent amount of ECs/leadership and GPA, but really you should be looking to increase your SAT score as it is a very important admission factor. On top of that, raise your GPA through continued hard work, spend time on your essays and send stellar recs.</p>

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<p>Your ACT score will hurt your chances. Try taking the SAT and see if you do better. Right now I’d say USC is a bit of a reach for you but you still have time!</p>

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<p>are you a guy or a girl? it actually makes a difference. its hardest for caucasian females to get into college right now, so if you are a male or of another ethnicity, it could help your chances. also, what college within usc are you planning on applying to? this also makes a difference because for example viterbi will obviously look for kids who have higher SAT I and II scores in physics/math/science where as annenberg is looking for kids with higher cr and writing scores. overall i would say its a stretch, but not a big stretch and if anything its your GPA not your scores that is keeping you out because scores are more easily brought up</p>

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<p>your ACT score is fine. Work on raising your SAT CR just a little bit more and I think that will be good.</p>

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<p>to improve your chances, try to get a higher superscore on the SAT and make sure that your essays are great at emphasizing your uniqueness and perhaps the passion you have for one specific activity</p>

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<p>I submitted my 28 ACT score and got in, but my SAT was 2100</p>

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<p>looks like you’re set. solid GPA, amazing extra curricular activities, and a really tough class schedule. The ACT/SAT scores may be a tad low, but they are certainly acceptable and the other aspects of your resume will easily make up for the test scores. The SAT II scores are also fantastic. you got a great chance at getting in</p>