<p>Holy...</p>
<p>I'd expect you to get Presidential's or Trustee's.</p>
<p>Now I don't feel so optimistic. Top 18%...</p>
<p>hahah well i wish you were an adcom : )</p>
<p>good luck, don't fret- i'm sure you're fine, and even if you don't end up with deans, USC offers plenty of grants, etc. last year, a friend of mine received $4,000/year in scholarship from USC... and he still has no idea why! (he's not poor, and his grades were good but not off the chart fantastic)...so chin up, and hopefully i'll see you next year! : )</p>
<p>That's what the $4,000 a year award is called. It's given out by the office of student financial assistance, but it's not need based. It's kind of a hidden scholarship. You can't apply for it and it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere. My son got one three years ago. It was quite a surprise. He was a very interesting candidate but he didn't have outstanding academic credentials. Granted it isn't much, but that's $4,000 a year I don't have to pay, and he was going to go to USC anyway.</p>
<p>What you've heard: Presidential
School Applied To: Engineering
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 2110
Extracurriculars: nothing spetecular</p>
<p>What you've heard: Accepted with Presidential Scholarship interview
School Applied to: Leventhal School of Accounting/ Marshall (not 100% how that works out...)
GPA: 4.0 uw/ 4.34w
Rank: 8/333 uw
SAT: 2160 (670cr, 720m, 770w) although my Jan scores give me 1500/2270 (which I sent to hopefully help for the scholarship).
ACT: 31 (35 math)
SAT II's: Math L2 740, Math L1 710, Spanish 710, USH 660
Full IB Diploma Candidate (6 IB SL Anthro)</p>
<p>EC's:
Xcountry, two study abroads, an internship, student gov, constitution team, mun, nhs, etc. I'd say solid overall.</p>
<p>I'd say my essay really did it for me to make it into the scholarship process, as well as my spainish and 4.0.</p>
<p>Six people got the scholarship interview from my school (usually we have two or three at most).</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>What you've heard: mid-year request/financial aid(applied to regular deadline)
School: Marshall Business
GPA: 3.5 UW/4.2 W (w/all AP/honors courses)
SAT: 2110
SAT II: 750 Math IIC, 750 Literature
ECs: FBLA, NHS, Govt. Club-president/founder, drill team, umm significant amount volunteering, AP scholar award, National Merit commended, umm some other awards...ok essays/recs i guess</p>
<p>sarahjhansen: Thanks for the kind words. =) I'm 99% sure that I'm going to SC, so I guess I'll be seeing you there! I added you on AIM so we can keep in touch. =P</p>
<p>Well, I still haven't filled this out, so here goes.</p>
<p>What you've heard: accepted, freshman science honors candidate, need finaid forms
School: Letters, Arts, Sciences
GPA: 3.98 UW/4.43 W
SAT: 2080
SAT II: 770 Math IIC, 770 Chemistry, 800 Physics
ECs: NHS, Leo Club-president, Math Club, Computer Club-treasurer, CSF, GATE Club-vice president, academic decathlon, fishing club-vice president. About 100 hours of community service, AP scholar award, National Merit commended, 3rd in math at acadeca scrimmage, etc.</p>
<p>I have to echo For5aken's words, you rock sarahjhansen! You are such a moral booster, it's awesome!</p>
<p>aww thanks. : )
you know whats gonna be SO weird????
when we actually all meet eachother next year (maybe)... weird..</p>
<p>wow, you are so right though... assuming we all get in, and actually go to USC... it would be bizarre. It would be like, "Hi sarahjhansen, you know me as guidez89, but in real life my name is..." god that would be wierd!</p>
<p>A bunch of the people I met here last year are in my classes and dorm this year. Actually, I didn't realize it until a few months into school.</p>
<p>It's funny, even I met a couple of people from CC in some of my classes. (although I should note that they haven't been around CC for a LONG time)</p>
<p>What you've heard: Scholarship rejection, send in mid year report
School: Letters, Arts, Sciences
major: Art history
midyear grades: 4.6 (A,A,A,B,B)
GPA: 4.3 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
SAT: 2090 (710 math, 690 writing, 690 reading)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 580 in lit( but i didnt submit lit score)
ECs: Went to india to build homes for the homeless, made a movie with a presitigious director for a film festival, president of about 5 clubs. Massive hours as a hospital volunteer.
Work: Worked at apartment buildings as assitant caretaker for 2 years.</p>
<p>iliketodomath: "made a movie with a presitigious director for a film festival" <-- That's awesome. Who was the director?</p>
<p>What you've heard: Scholarship rejection, something about financial aid
School: School of Cinema-Television for Critical Studies
GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.833 W
SAT: 740 Math, 710 CR, 700 W
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 710 Literature
ECs: Nothing worth mentioning.</p>
<p>D:</p>
<p>Hey, have any of you tried to access Oasis? I know this is in the other thread, but I thought it might be worth mentioning here if you didn't see it. I'm not sure what it means, but it seems like some people can log in and some cannot (although this could be due to the fact that everyone has approximately ten thousand USC IDs). It's clearly meant for USC students, so I didn't play around or anything.</p>
<p><a href="https://camel2.usc.edu/OASIS/Login.aspx%5B/url%5D">https://camel2.usc.edu/OASIS/Login.aspx</a></p>
<p>PIN is your date of birth (MMDDYY).</p>
<p>Edit: At least according to guidez89, the USC IDs are not the reason why Oasis works for some and not for others.</p>
<p>What You've Heard: scholarship rejection
School Applied to: Viterbi
GPA: 3.8
SAT 1: M-740, CR-600, W-610
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math 2-710, Lit- 630, Chem-580(blah)
Extracurriculars: Drama, Drama Tech Crew, JV and Varsity Men's Soccer Manager, Student Government, Prom/Homecoming/Etc. Chairperson, Traveling (Living in Europe for 2 yrs has made for some convenient traveling haha), NHS, Yearbook, Job as a lab assistant at a clinic's hematology lab</p>
<p>What You've Heard: send in MYR
School Applied to: CAS
GPA: 3.7[maybe higher]
SAT 1: M-680, CR-730, W-690
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math 1-730, Bio- 730, USHist-700
Extracurriculars: a lot of stuff</p>
<p>What you've heard: Scholarship rejection
School: I don't know??
major: Open (Pre-law emphasis)
midyear grades: 4.0 Weighted (A,B,B,B,B (4 weighted))
GPA: 3.6 fully weighted, 3.4 unweighted
SAT: 2010 (690 math, 690 writing, 630 reading)
SAT II: 600 lit
ECs:
Newspaper- Editor-in-Chief, Key Club, Interact Club, Basketball, NHS, CSF
Work: babysitter
Expecting: In all honesty... I expect a rejection (I've gotten a D in precalc.. retook and got a B... but a D is a D and those officers won't forgive it) and for the cost of the tuition, what's the point of contesting (unless financial aid covers almost everything)</p>
<p>What you've heard: Scholarship rejection, MYR Request, Tax Form Request
School: Architecture
major: Architecture
midyear grades: 4 A's, 2 B's
GPA: 4.4 weighted, 3.7 unweighted
SAT: 1870 (660 math, 630 writing, 580 reading)
SAT II: none
ECs: NHS, Volunteer for 2 local sports clubs, orchestra, school CADD program (basically an intro to architecture)
Expecting: Honestly, I'm not really sure what to expect. I know I'm not the top dog, but I'm definitely not part of Dumb and Dumber. I'm hoping that my portfolio will help me out a little bit in the admissions, but I guess I'll have to wait and see.</p>
<p>What you've heard: Scholarship rejection, MYR Request
School: Marshall School of Business
Major: Marketing
midyear grades: 5 A's, 2 B's weighted
GPA: 3.8 weighted, 3.6 unweighted
SAT: 1820 (650 math, 590 writing, 580 reading)
SAT II: 550 math 2, 530 us history
ACT w/ Writing: 29 overall
ECs: 2 varsity sports, ASB/Student Body Gov't, class council, lots of various volunteer hours, photography club, snowboarding club, CSF, Honor Roll, volunteer at kids summer camps, annual charity donations/participation, homecoming king, homecoming and now prom court, extra summer school computer class for fun, helped friend create clothing line by investing and aiding in marketing the product
Expecting: I did an interview back in November which might help because I already know a lot about the school and the interviewer seemed pretty impressed. I'm hoping to get in but I still hold some doubts, so far only heard good things from the admissions office though.</p>
<p>What you've heard: Scholarship rejection
School: Cinema/Television
Major: Screenwriting- Also put down english/teaching emphasis as a second major choice
midyear grades: 3A-'s, 4A's= 3.87
GPA: 3.83 UW (dont know weighted)
SAT: 1940
SAT II: 640 Lit, 600 us history
ECs: Soccer, violin for 8, lots of work experience- cashier, violin teacher, waitress, etc, hospital volunteer, honor society officer, USC summer seminar 2005, i've had 2 plays that I wrote produced professionally, nothing too extraordinary though
Expecting: I'm expecting a Rejection from the cinema school- possible acceptance to USC though- i had an interview but it wasnt that great. I'm hoping that my participation in the USC Summer Seminars will help a bit and my essays were pretty good. I have a lot of doubts so it will be surprising if I get in.</p>