College transferring from: GCC
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.75 (before spring, should be 79 after)
Units completed:45
Units in progress: 13 more to go!
Pre-reqs completed: Not sure, quite a few of them.
GEs completed: All
ECs listed on app: Volunteer at Figure Skating to teach tots, was in an honors program where I participated in committees, been a student instructor and teachers assistant, I play the piano, figure skate, draw/paint (evident in portfolio) and write (which I've T.A.ed for) and did my senior project on a novella I wrote.
Letters of Recommendation: 3 and all were pretty good!
Other:
Other schools applied to: CalArts, Woodbury
Comments: Applied for Animation, still going to minor in it, hope to do it for my masters.
Accepted - School of Cinematic Arts/ Critical Studies
Stats:
College transferring from: Saddleback Community College
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.76 (3.86 after SGR)
Units completed: 24
Units in progress: 40 (after spring semester)
Pre-reqs completed: not sure
GEs completed: All on USC transfer list
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: High School: Very involved in high school video production classes, on varsity swim, involved in several clubs. College: Member of global activists club, women in film club.
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Wild Rivers over the summer, promoted to a supervisor position at age 17. Volunteered at Irvine Animal Care Center.
Essays (subject and responses):
Letters of Recommendation: One from spanish teacher who I know very well, one from high school video production teacher who I know very well as well, and one from my honors english teacher at Saddleback
Other:
Other schools applied to: NONE.
Comments: I still CANNOT believe it! I don't even know what to say..
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[ *] College transferring from: Penn State - UP
[ *] Entering as: Unknown yet
[ *] GPA: 3.73; 3.75 (Spring semester after SGR); 3.74 for both
[ *] Units completed: 16 at time of applying
[ *] Units in progress: 16 for spring
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: Statistics (recommended for Annenberg)
[ *] GEs completed: I know I got about three of them down, but not sure)
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[ *] ECs listed on app: Film/TV Reporter for college newspaper, LGBTIQAA, Student Film Organization, Communication PSU radio.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Film/TV Reporter (heavily involved)
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I was pretty straight-forward. I spilled my heart and soul out with my goal and dreams I want to accomplish and how USC can help me change our media society (cheesy, but so real lol). I also mentioned specific professors in the department I want to collaborate with for future graduate studies, and I was very positive with my growth during freshmen year at Penn State)
[ *] Letters of Recommendation: 1 from my Communication professor; he loved me.
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[ *] Other schools applied to:
[ *] Comments: All I can say is "wow." I'm so shocked, honored, and gratified I was accepted into this prestige university to study Communication. In high school, I was the average student (3.4 gpa, 1800 SAT), and I never thought I can go to schools like USC, UCLA, or UCB. I worked hard freshmen year and proved myself I can do well in school, proved all the doubters wrong, and I finally got in. It just feels good for hard work to pay off. Good luck, guys! Thanks for all the help during this long journey.
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College transferring from: Out of State Private 4-year University
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 4.0
Units completed: 35
USC Transferrable Units: 28?
Pre-reqs Completed: None required
GEs completed: Math, Writing, Language (1 semester), Diversity, Arts & Letters
ECs listed on app: Student Productions, featured writer for school newspaper, state film festival committee member, headed documentary projects in high school, actor in theater, etc.
Essays: Wrote about how USC could uniquely help me like no other university, and how being in California was the best place for me to find success in my field. I talked about their specific programs and mentioned some clubs I'd like to start up myself.
Letters of Recommendation: 2, but none were required
Other:
Other schools applied to: USC OR BUST
Comments: So excited!! Just be clear and concise in your application and make it cohesive! Make sure you stand out from the rest and HAVE PERSONALITY! Fight on.
GEs completed: Writing, Diversity, Categories II & I (will be completed by end of summer)
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: 4 clubs in high school, 200+ hours volunteering, not much else...
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Yogurtland during hs for 1.5 years, currently hosting/serving at a Japanese fusion restaurant since January 2011
Essays (subject and responses): One talked about how I came to choose my major. In the other, I talked about how much time and energy I spent in order to get my current job (my manager was an ahole!)
Letters of Recommendation: One from my comm professor who also teaches at Stanford (Communication was my 1st-choice major)
Other:
Other schools applied to: UCLA (rejected), UCSD (accepted), UC Davis (accepted)
Comments: I was 100% set on UCSD because I did not get ANY status changes on USConnect until June 1st. Initially, I was a little upset that USC didn't get to me sooner, because I had already planned out my summer. But you know what? USC is a great school, and I would be a total idiot if I turned this great opportunity down. Fight on!
Accepted - School of Cinematic Arts/ film production or english -I havent gotten the letter yet
Stats:
College transferring from: Saddleback Community College
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.19 (3.32 after SGR)
Units completed: 62
Units in progress: I did 12 units this last semester
Pre-reqs completed: all of them except language
GEs completed: All on USC transfer list
Subjective:
I started a women in film club on campus I was on student government and I volunteered at the boys and girls club in my city.
Job/Work Experience: worked at a restaurant and now I shoot weddings and stuff
Essays (subject and responses): I just wrote about me and compared my life to a strip of grass in the highway. Its good.
Letters of Recommendation: one from my film teacher, one from my brother, and one from my tennis coach from high school.
Other: I wrote an email after they SGR me and explained what Ive been up to since I applied and sent them a feature script I wrote. I have no idea if they saw the email or not
Other schools applied to: NYU-rejected, LMU-rejected, UCLA-rejected, Chapman-still waiting
Comments: I'm just in shock and feel like someone might take it away from me. Im SO HAPPY.
ACCEPTED - Marshall School of Business - After SGR
Stats:
College transferring from:Chapman University
Entering as: Sophomore
GPA: 3.82
Units completed: 47
Units in progress: 0
Pre-reqs completed: All
GEs completed: All except the two required at USC
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Various business clubs, intramurals, volunteering, a few others
Job/Work Experience: Work study for two semesters, retail for 2 summers in high school
Essays (subject and responses): Basically discussed how much I loved USC and why
Letters of Recommendation: One from a professor, one from dean of business school
Other:
Other schools applied to: None
Comments: I submitted a letter of what I was doing during the spring as well as what I planned to do during the summer when I received the SGR
College transferring from: LA district colleges + PCC
Entering as: Sophomore?
GPA: not sure since i attended more than 5 colleges but my major GPA is pretty high
Units completed: 90+ (switched majors 2x)
Units in progress: 17 (completed Spring Semester)
Pre-reqs completed: All of the Calculus, Differential Equations, All Physics, General Chemistry
GEs completed: All except the ones that must be taken at USC
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: VP of a few clubs
Job/Work Experience: a lot of retail jobs, private tutor
Essays (subject and responses): did the essays myself (don't pay someone to do your essay or look over it because honestly 2nd opinions are overrated sometimes and you should already have the knowledge to write a decent essay if your going to transfer to USC) my essays/supplemental questions def weren't "standard" and generic, and took about two weeks~one month to think, reflect, and write
Letters of Recommendation: none because i felt my grades/essays reflected myself well enough that i didn't need someone to validate for me, although i did have a chance to get letters of rec from some well connected professors that worked within USC but i didn't bother asking since we were both busy
Other:
Other schools applied to: none
Comments: full time student taking about 18+ units (always with a core math, physics, science course, GE class, and engineering course) commuting to 3 diff colleges every semester & worked. overall, work hard and study hard. i only applied to USC because that was the only college that I felt compatible with. And my decision changed in the 2nd week of May on USConnect and I submitted my common app on the last day of the deadline, sent my transcripts about three weeks after i submitted my common app.
Stats:
Comments continued: full time deans/presidents honor student. USC really emphasized on being a full time student taking about 4-5 classes each semester and upward trends and your overall major GPA #fight on!
Spring Grade Request 5/10
Accepted 6/12 - DORNSIFE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Stats:
College transferring from: Saddleback University/Penn State
Entering as: Junior
GPA: 3.35-3.50 depending on what transferred
Units completed: 72
Units in progress: 6 (summer)
Pre-reqs completed: All but math
GEs completed: Eng 1A and 1B, Acct 1A and 1B, Micro and Macro econ.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: None
Job/Work Experience:
Nine years in the United States Marine Corps.
Essays: Talked about leading Marines both in and out of combat. Explained the necessity of a strong educational background to grow as a leader.
Letters of Recommendation: I had a whopping five letters of recommendation. Accounting professors both 1A and 1B, my English 1B professor, my Intro to Oceanography professor and my Biology professor. All of them were pretty awesome and none of them were generic
Other:
Other schools applied to: Pepperdine (Accepted), Chapman (Accepted), Whittier (Accepted), UC Irvine (Accepted), Santa Clara University (Accepted), UC Berkley (Rejected), and of course USC (Accepted and will be attending)
Comments: I was a crappy high school student. I had a 2.0 and honestly had no intention of going to college. I joined the Marine Corps and about 6 years into my service started going to college part time. I had a rough first year (2.7GPA). Well after I got off my !@% Ive been able to maintain a 4.0 for my last 40 credits, bringing up my GPA to a 3.45ish. I got into every school I applied except one. So what I'm trying to tell you all is don't doubt yourselves. Put in the work and anything is possible, I am living proof. Good luck all.
Spring Grade Request - Dornsife CLAS/American Studies and Ethnicity
Received SGR on May 30th, turned in Spring grades on June 12th
Accepted - Dornsife CLAS/American Studies and Ethnicity Received the Enrollment Deposit box on Thursday June 14th, still waiting for official package
Stats:
[ *] College transferring from: East Los Angeles College
[ *] Entering as: Junior
[ *] GPA: 3.63
[ *] Units completed: 82
[ *] Units in progress: 13
[ *] Pre-reqs completed: 4
[ *] GEs completed: Completed all categories
Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: Quite a bit -- Adult Literacy Tutor for Downtown Central Library for 1 year, 8th grade elementary tutor for 2 years, 3 college clubs for 1 year, Policy debate for 1 year, been involved with an immigrant rights organization for 1 year.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked summer of 09-10, worked part-time this entire 11-12' academic year
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I thought my essay was pretty legit, emphasized civic engagement and public service as two things I would make a priority at USC
[ *] Letters of Recommendation: two awesome letters of rec.
Other:
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[ *] Other schools applied to: UCLA (accepted), UCSD (waitlisted), UCSB (accepted), UCR (accepted)
[ *] Comments: This has been a wild ride! Worked hard on my essay, so many trips to the USC admissions office, be thankful for what you've got people! I know my GPA looks low, but I started out junior college in summer of 09 horribly with a 2.0 and just built my way through straight A's all the way to this Spring semester. Good luck everyone![/list]---------------------------------------------
