Chance me at USC screenwriting?

sydneyjezik
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:20:16 +0000

I completed my undergraduate application back on December 1st, but I was just looking up the USC screenwriting program’s acceptance rate and I freaked out when I saw it only accepts 24 undergrads annually.

Do I have a chance at getting in or do I need to adjust my hopes?

Biography:
White, seventeen-year-old female

Academics:
4.15 GPA
5 AP classes currently, including Calc AB, Chem, and Lang

Notable extra-curriculars:
Speech club president
Section editor of HS newspaper
President of charity outreach
President of Poetry Club
Mock Trial team captain
Shift leader at my job

Achievements mentioned in my application:
Iowa Young Writer’s Studio graduate
Wrote a musical for my school’s drama club to produce

But I think my actual application may have shot me in the foot, especially with such enormous odds. I want to mention that my writing was pretty well, done, but…
-I didn’t get to mention all my resume in my application.
-My pieces didn’t always very closely answer the prompt. Will that kill my chances?
-I also linger on my family problems extensively in my essay, because that’s facilitated a lot of changes in my life and so was involved in my character sketch and my most challenging moment essay. Will that make me look over-dramatic?
-Finally, my Creative Challenge B I freaking wrote about Fortnite, because I was running out of time with no better ideas. So it’s a comedy-parody. Could that eliminate me right off the bat?

Finally, I’m graduating a year early from high school. Do you think that affect their decision?