do i have any chances here?

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>How much do yall think I’ll get in terms of merit scholarships with these stats?
AZN male from MA</p>

<p>GPA: 3.74 weighted ,not sure how to convert to unweighted, but i have about B+/A- in all honors classes and B+/B in AP classes. I took the most rigorous classes my school offers (combination of honors and APs)</p>

<p>Top 15% of fairly competitive school in MA</p>

<p>SAT I: Math-740, CR-640, Writing-650
1380/1600, 2030/2400</p>

<p>SAT II: USH - 710
Math II - 750</p>

<p>APs: APUSH (4), Bio(3), Statistics(5) this yr (psychology, chemistry, calc AB senior year)</p>

<p>I plan to write about my language barrier for my long essay</p>

<p>Amazing Teacher Recs</p>

<p>EC: Varsity Track and Field (10-12)
Varsity Cross Country (11-12)
Freshmen Football
Church Missions Trips to Boston and Costa Rica (summer 06-08)
150 + hours of community service
Teaching assistant at Chinese School for first graders
Working at a communications company this summer as an administrative assistant, I work full time, as in 40 hour weeks</p>

<p>BUSINESS MAJOR!</p>

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<p>Admission stats for 2007:
average unweighted GPA was 3.8
middle 50% SAT score 1950-2220
admittance rate 25%
scholarship recipients
USC Trustee Scholars (full-tuition) 138
USC Presidential Scholars (half-tuition) 352 of which 231 received through NMF
USC Dean’s Scholars (quarter-tuition) 124
the above out of 2963 marticulants</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0809/freshman_profile_2007v2.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0809/freshman_profile_2007v2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>However, in 2008, the acceptance rate went down to 21% and I believe average GPA and scores increased. Number of merit scholarships awarded remained about the same.</p>

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<p>These numbers are from the admissions article in USC News written by James Grant in March 2008. As of 8/21/08 the PDF file on enrolled freshmen has not been posted on the SC website for fall 2008.</p>

<p>Applicants for fall 2008…35,809
Desired class size… 2,600
Mean composite score of admitted students…2108
URM students…Approximately 20%
First generation college students…More than 10%
International students…7%</p>

<p>Admission rate…21.0%</p>

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<p>You need to apply before the Dec. deadline to be considered for scholarships at USC. Last year it was Dec. 10. Check for the deadline date this year. There are a wide variety of scholarships. Check the list of scholarships USC offers to see if you think your qualifications potentially matches.</p>