East Coast kid...chance me

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>I know it’s kind of late, but please chance me</p>

<p>male
weighted GPA 3.75, unweighted, not sure , prob about a 3.3
SAT math 630, reading 680, writing 680
AP: US history 4, Environmental Science 4, Biology 3
Taking 4 AP’s sr year: Stat, French, English, Psych
almost every other class level 1
EC:
varsity swimming 4 yrs, captain, 4 (also recieved prestigious team award)
lacrosse
French club and exchange participate
Key Club
DARE advisor
Very active in church youth mission group - Habitat, service projects, on the board of church advisory group
worked as a lacrosse ref for 4 years</p>

<p>I’m from Connecticut…does that help or hurt me???</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>USC is a reach for you. your SAT is below 2000 and your UW of ~3.3 is clearly below the 3.8 admitted and 3.7 matriculating GPA.</p>

<p>being from CT probably does help you slightly in terms of geographical diversity but i’m not sure that’s enough to overcome being towards the bottom 25% in both the major statistical categories.</p>

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<p>^Agree with josebiwasabi</p>

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<p>High Reach.</p>

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<p>Are your swimming times good enough to be a recruited athlete? Do you have any talents or unique experiences not mentioned above?</p>

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<p>reach, your SAT and GPA are kind of low for USC</p>

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<p>Is USC a reach or match for me with my stats?</p>

<p>2000 SAT
3.8 W
3.5 ? UW GPA</p>

<p>BTW I am also from East Coast NJ</p>

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<p>it’s a reach for you as well</p>

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<p>This week I found statistics for admitted students. Not all admitted students enroll. Keep in mind SC has premier art schools where the test scores do not carry the same weight, I am guessing, as majors such as engineering, pre-med, mathematics, sciences and accounting.</p>

<p>These were stats for admitted students for the fall 2010 year: Enrolled students’ scores are on the freshmen profile.</p>

<p>CReading Middle 50% SAT
640-740</p>

<p>Math
680-770</p>

<p>Writing
660-760</p>

<p>Combined SAT 2030-2240</p>

<p>Middle 50% ACT: 30-33</p>

<p>Most enrolled students came from California, 53%. Schools outside of CA sent 35%. Schools outside the U.S. enrolled 12%. Texas sent the most U.S. students after California, then Illinois and New York.</p>

<p>Most international students were from China, South Korea and Canada. Next were India and the United Kingdom.</p>

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<p>As a parent of a USC student form CT, I must unfortunately agree with the other posters. USC is a high reach for both of you.</p>

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<p>Unless you were recruited for S&D, moderate reach. But keep your fingers crossed… it kinda depends on what you want to major in. </p>

<p>Don’t lose hope though! I had a 3.67 and a 2180 and I got in and you really aren’t too far off the mark… your athletics should help as well…</p>