Any hope for a merit scholarship still?

djennings
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:50:43 +0000

I applied to USC by the Dec. 1 deadline for the School of Cinematic Arts… Now I’m hearing that people who got scholarships have already gotten their acceptances and people who haven’t got letters saying so but that they were still in the running for admission… I haven’t gotten anything from them and my status still says “We have received your application and it appears we require no additional information at this time… blah blah blah”

Should I give up hope for a scholarship at this point? I wasn’t hoping for the presidential one or anything but maybe the dean’s… I don’t have a great SAT score compared to other people but I think the rest of my stats are good…

3.91 GPA UW, 4.6 W, I’m in IB, in top 3% of my senior class (around 600 people)
SAT 2050
Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper
Varsity swimmer
NHS
Job as a graphic designer for a trophy company
I ran a community service project at a nursing home for the past few years where we recorded elderly people recounting their life story and burned DVDs to hand down to their families, and I have been running volunteer activities at another nursing home for the past 8 years

I already sent in my senior grades… 6 A’s, 2 B’s, all IB classes… so is USC still making decisions on that or is it too late? It’s my #1 school and I really want to go there but tuition is ridiculously expensive >:/

Thanks!