Chance former slacker/big USC fan for Business/Cinematic Arts

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>Low gpa- didn’t care about school freshman year, or beginning of sophmore. realized it mattered and started trying about halfway through soph year.
Upward trend with GPA
Freshman GPA- 2.78
Sophmore GPA- 3.14
So far this year GPA- 3.69</p>

<p>PSAT score was 186 total…680 writing, 620 Math, 560 Reading. This will rise, I have had no test-prep yet. (Starting my tutor for May and June SATs this week)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars are very good:
Rec basketball first 2 years
Summer Job as a camp counselor for last 2 years, doing it again this coming summer.
Big Brother Program-twice a month
Bowling Team
DECA participant- reached State conference for SEM (Biggest Event)</p>

<p>Class workload:
Mostly Honors, also taking One AP this year.</p>

<p>SUPA= syracuse university project advanced</p>

<p>Tentative schedule for Senior Year:
SUPA english
AP Psych
SUPA Honors Forensics
gym/health
Honors Calculus
Film Studies
Advanced Film Production
Honors Model United Nations</p>

<p>The Marshall/Cinematic arts program is literally the perfect program for me. it is exactly what i am looking for in any school, and as I am interested in business and probobly the biggest movie fan in the state of NJ, I dream of myself in this program at the beautiful university of southern cal. Please tell me I have a chance if I write some good essays!!!</p>

<p>From NJ, top 10 public highschool. Nationally recognized school (Northern Highlands in Allendale NJ)</p>

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<p>Every year, USC gets more and more competitive, so it’s tough, but you have a shot if you get great recs, write stellar essays, and follow the following directions:
keep the avg rising.
your sat needs to be higher
frankly, your extra curriculars are okay, they’re not great. Other than camp counselor, you don’t exhibit much leadership. try to be captain of bowling team.
You should take more than 1 ap your senior year.</p>

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<p>Your freshman and sophomore years have left you with a substantial, if not impossible, uphill battle. Here are 2 pretty sobering links that explain how tough USC is to get into: </p>

<p>[University</a> of Southern California: Undergraduate Profile ? BusinessWeek](<a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Boiling it all down:</p>

<p>Overall USC admit rate: 24%; Marshall admit rate: 21%
Average Admit GPA: 3.8; Marshall: 92% of admits 3.75 or better GPA, (the remainder are 3.5 - 3.74). Your GPA 3.20, soph & junior only: 3.41
USC Midpoint SAT: 1390/2050; You: 1180/1860</p>

<p>Additionally, the Marshall/Cinematic Dual Degree is even more competitive, admitting only 50 students per year.</p>

<p>I think USC/Marshall is an extreme long shot at best and the Cinematic Arts dual program impossible.</p>