Chances?: 3.79 UW, 9 APs, All Honors, 4 ECs, 1 Team

USCAlum05
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:38:44 +0000

The one thing worth adding is that while you have plenty of tangibles, I can’t help but wonder what your intangibles are, as in what makes you tick and why you’d want to go all the way across the country to USC. There are plenty of good schools that offer comp sci degrees, so why USC? That’s one big thing that matters in the application process. Is there something about USC’s engineering school that resonates with you or have you always dreamed of going to school in the ghetto or you have some fascination with college football? There are plenty of reasons to come to USC but the university has plenty of qualified applicants, so you have to ask yourself why specifically you want to come to USC. Beyond the numbers, that’s the kind of stuff that gets you admitted to a competitive school.