<p>-active in my church youth group
-mission trip to ky
-mission trip to costa rica this summer
-leadership camp
-key club, interact, deca,
-room-in-the-inn (community service; socialize with the homeless),
-summer job (that is going to continue throughout senior year)</p>
<p>classes:</p>
<p>junior
AP environmental science: B
AP english: B
Precal hn: A
US hist adv.:A
Psych/sociology-semester classes:A</p>
<p>Senior year
ap gov’t
ap psych (it really interested me and the other class was only 1 semester)
ap stat
ap english
spanish 2
spanish 3</p>
<p>The reason my gpa is so low is because of fresh/soph year. Junior year I got a 4.5W and a 3.75UW. There’s a huge upward trend. </p>
<p>So…what are my chances? Is there anything I can do to improve my chances?</p>
<p>I would say retake SAT I… Since your GPA is low, the only way to show them definately for sure that you got brains is to get 2000+ on SATs, i would think…</p>
<p>Also I think you should’ve taken at least up to Pre-Calculus or something… (not necessarily calculus if you are bad at math) Remember to take SAT II at least one math/science as well.</p>
<p>Yea an upward trend is really good, but you need to shore it up with a better SAT or ACT score. Basically your argument has to be that freshman/soph year wasn’t really indicative of your abilities and strong stats like SAT scores help that.</p>
<p>I’m interested in majoring in journalism so I decided that going as far as calculus would be pointless. I’m planning on retaking the SAT in October. If I get a 2050ish would that raise my chances considerably?</p>
<p>The journalism program at Annenberg is considered one of the more difficult majors to be admitted to at USC.</p>
<p>Higher SAT scores will certainly help, as would a demonstrated interest in journalism or media. Have you been active on your school’s newspaper or yearbook?</p>
<p>I think you should still take some math and SAT II maths… It just shows what a well rounded person you are. I’m an art/animation major which really has nothing to do with math and I took AP Calculus BC… And besides, i think most people should take up to pre calculus…(<- my friend who hates math and who’s major is graphic design still took the class)</p>
<p>However if you think you are going to do horrible and get ugly scores, then no… (it’ll just lower your GPA)</p>
<p>I took pre-cal junior year and this next year I’m taking AP stat. AP calc was double block and if I had taken it I wouldn’t have been able to fit in all the classes I wanted to take. </p>
<p>I’m going to try to get a fall internship at a local newspaper or magazine. I’m also going to try to get on the school newspaper and improve my SAT scores. So those are my goals. Would that would make a drastic difference in the admissions decision?</p>
<p>I actually recieved two B-'s for Honors English in my junior year, followed by an A- fall of senior year. (No AP English at my school.) It didn’t keep me out of the journalism program.</p>