<p>Wudman, my brother got into the Cinematic Arts Dept with a fairly low GPA and test scores. What helped him tremendously is that he had a killer professional-looking portfolio of films that he developed throughout high school, and he presented at film festivals and was a student teacher for his high school’s digital media class. Also, he attended USCs summer program as a senior, and many of the kids there got acceptedl. For the “talent” majors, USC definitely looks beyond grades and GPA.</p>