Already posted in the discussion/results pg but I guess it’s hard to find in the thousands of comments…haha…
**Decision: Accepted **
Date applied: 11/20
**Date decision postmarked/received: 3/25 **
Which school/major at USC: Political economy in Dornsife
**Scholarships: None, but I am NMF **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 eng, 800 math)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 eng, 35 math, 34 reading, 36 science)
SAT II: Math 2 (800), Chinese (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably around top 15/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology, Psychology, Chem, US History, English, Chinese (all 4s/5s)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP Compsci A, English, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band, various music ensembles, cultural club
Job/Work Experience: No “official” job
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring/teaching
Summer Activities: did berkeley summer session before
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay maybe 7. One of the supplementals maybe around 7 too but the “why USC” one I would rate at a 4…they were horrible
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
-Teacher Rec #1: 9, I had her for 2 yrs & she really liked me. she’s an eng teacher so good at writing?
-Teacher Rec #2: didn’t submit
-Counselor Rec: Probably a 6 (I go to a pretty large school so counselors don’t really know us)
-Additional Rec: didn’t submit
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political economy
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Pretty high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: My test scores and gpa, basically
Weaknesses: My essays were pretty bad, and I don’t have any major awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my test scores and gpa LOL
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, UCI, BU and haven’t heard back from UC Berkeley, and UPenn yet
General Comments: Good luck everyone. Make sure you ask your friends to read your essays for you to make sure they’re good. Mine were pretty bad…I honestly don’t know why they accepted me, but it’s a nice surprise. So you should try even if you don’t think you’re on par with some of the CC posters. Good luck future applicants who are reading this!