2009 Fall Transfer to USC

calichic
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:11:21 +0000

Hi,

I’m a sophomore UNDERGRAD, Mass Media Communications major at NYU, transfering to University of Southern Cali’s Annenberg school of Communications in pursuit of my career as a host for a major entertainment channel. NYU’s just not the place for entertainment media, whereas USC has majors that actually pertains to my future career. Would anyone care to chance me?

NYU
GPA: 3.5
Total Credits: 62 (after Fall 2008)
Classes: Fulfilled all of USC’s requirements except foreign language classes, which I plan to begin at USC

Resume: Founder & Creator of my online blog community, experience in interviewing a wide range of leading experts of today, from A-List celebrities such as Al-Pacino to hiphop lyricist Kanye West to NY governor Spitzer.

-TV host of DMTV (channel 18), appeared on MTVu, VH1, NBC, Blender Mag and radio stations as a guest/co-host. Published article in major Chinese Newspaper about the difference btw Chinese and American teens.


co-author of an Amazon.com kindler’s list best seller book




High School Record
unweighted GPA: 3.5
AP’s: 6 AP’s (4,5,3,3)

Resume: Worked at 3 different business companies at the same time to gain conceptual skills, organized English classes to teach orphanage in China, founded a strings quartet group, volunteered at 1 library, 2 different hospitals for 4 summers, won “Pittsburgh Outstanding Young Citizen Award”, interned at Pitt, student council secretary, etc…



I have 2 concerns:

1) When I first applied to USC as a senior, I did not get in. Is my GPA at NYU good enough now and my EC’s strong enough?

2) I plan to take Spring semester off mainly because of economic issues at home. I will have 72 credits by the end of Sophmore fall semester. I’m also working more next semester, taking on more hosting jobs and small roles in shows, etc. Do you think this would jeopardize my chance of getting into usc?

Any advice would be great!!

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