<p>I assume that you do not have serious hooks. These include, among other things, athlete, URM, fed orphans in Somalia, cured cancer at age 10, or being the son of a marginal rapper who is a basketball player wannabe that somehow managed to convince the development office that there is a fat check coming down the road, but are in a temporary cash crunch that justifies an athletic scholarship to warm the bench for 4 years ([Little</a> Romeo, anyone?](<a href=“http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/4674-master_ps_son_romeo_joins_usc_basketball_team.html]Little”>http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/4674-master_ps_son_romeo_joins_usc_basketball_team.html) [What</a> a f******g disgrace!!!](<a href=“Wherefore Art Lil' Romeo? On a Hoop Scholarship at USC!”>Wherefore Art Lil' Romeo? On a Hoop Scholarship at USC!))</p>
<p>Except for the above notable outlier, USC seems to pay more attention to test scores than similarly ranked schools (my specific comparisons are to UCLA and Tufts). I do not recall seeing posts in last year’s “accepted students” thread of clear outliers in that department, but you may want to browse through it yourself. I seem to recall very few, if any acceptances below the high 1900’s. </p>
<p>Of course, CC is not exactly representative of the average admit. The class profile of the class of 2012 was posted here recently, take a look at that. If the $50 fee is not a big deal for your family and you have a good reason to want USC, you might was well apply regardless of what people here tell you (football is a TERRIBLE reason to want to go to USC).</p>