How does Carolina view Veterans for admissions purposes?

ATCUSMC
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:50:59 +0000

I am planning on applying to USC in a few weeks after I take my ACT. I graduated high school in 2006 and joined the Marine Corps. I will be discharged honorably in June of 2011 and plan to attend the Fall 2011 semester. In high school I was an a good student getting B’s and A’s but no honors classes or extracurriculars. I’m taking the ACT Sept 11th and expect to do fairly well(mid 20’s). Will my military experience help me out during the admissions process, mostly making up for my lackluster high school performance? Also, are there any veterans on here going to Carolina?

edit: I should also add I have some college credit already, mostly from elective classes taken during high school (auto shop and and aviation class offered at the local community college for high school and college credit) and a statistics and basic computers class I took this spring from a school that gives classes on base. I received a B in stats and a C in the computer class.