New England Prospective Student

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/USCFreshmanProfile2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>WGPA: 98.9 UWGPA: ?? 93?? = 3.7 est.
SATs: 1930
Awards: Yes
Comm Service: Yes
Sports: N/A
Arts: N/A</p>

<p>The above link shows that you’re probably slightly below the average UWGPA for USC and as you say, your SATs are well below the 25th%-tile. The additional problem is that Viterbi is generally believed to be at he higher end statistically (especially math-wise) for applicants. </p>

<p>The good news is that you’re in at BC which has always struck me as very similar to USC statistically speaking. Of course there’s no engineering school at BC so I’m not sure you can read too much into that acceptance.</p>

<p>I’m a bit concerned that you “really don’t have a good justification as to why i want to attend USC”. Your essay needs to be spot on to convince the adcoms that SC is the place for you. I think SC is going to be a reach.</p>