<p>madbean and msheft, I have some wonderful teachers in mind in whose classes I have worked very hard, so hopefully they’ll be able to do some convincing. Thank you so much for the advice! I’ll do my best to show USC that I really have turned over a new leaf.</p>
<p>wolftron, I’m pretty sure there’s no way I’m going to be able to do an on-campus interview, since we just don’t have the money to go flying all the way across the country. But as other people have said it doesn’t matter if I’m in-state, thank god!</p>