NY/CT USC applicants!

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>I decided to make this thread so I can see how many people on CC are from NY/CT and applied to USC. I don’t expect much of a response…</p>

<p>area: Westchester County, NY</p>

<p>GPA: 3.2 :/</p>

<p>SAT: 1670 :/</p>

<p>major: SCA Film Production</p>

<p>Status: ??? -> forwarded</p>

<p>I think I have a strong portfolio and unique background, so I hope that counts since my academics are terrible. My EC’s range from interning on Jodie Foster’s film THE BEAVER and winning multiple film festivals with my own films.</p>

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<p>Hudson Valley NY
Son 4.0 UW 2120
Viterbi
Aceppted UCLA, UCSD, RPI,VA Tech and Cal Poly Slo- waiting for Cal, Penn and USC- first choice is USC</p>

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<p>New York City
90.1/100 GPA (~3.5)
2180 SAT, 780 Math IIC
Architecture Major</p>

<p>Status: Accepted (2/01)</p>

<p>Accepted: USC, RPI, Northeastern
Rejected: Cornell [ED], Syracuse
Pending: Pratt</p>

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<p>When did you guys get your letters?</p>

<p>waitlisted: Emerson College
Rejected: FSU (general admission)
Pending: USC, SUNY Purchase, FSU film school</p>

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<p>I got mine 2/01 - I was a presidential scholarship nominee
A girl from my high school got it on the same date; she was also a PSN.</p>

<p>Four more girls got their letters last week from my school. I’m wondering where all the male acceptances are.</p>

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<p>Congrats to both of you!</p>

<p>Chances are looking very slim for me… my passion for filmmaking is too strong. If only I had a more academic mind…</p>

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<p>Long Island
about 97/100 GPA
ACT 31
Undecided Major</p>

<p>Accepted: USC, UCLA, Michigan, Penn State, Miami, Maryland, Texas
Pending: Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Cal Berkeley, Boston College
Rejected: I guess only UNC because I got waitlisted</p>

<p>By the way Arctic me and another person from my school got in both males.</p>

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<p>I haven’t heard yet :frowning: My hope is getting slimmer and slimmer. :confused: I hate this. Like…legit. Tell me what you think.</p>

<p>Date applied: January 1st, 2010
Date decision postmarked/received: Not sure</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2060 M: 670, CR: 710, WR: 680,
ACT: None
SAT Subject Tests: English: 700 Math 1 - 680
GPA- UW - 3.4
Rank: No rank
AP/IB classes: 3 APs and 8 Honors</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent (according to my AP English teacher)
Teacher Recs: Excellent (from my AP English teacher and Creative Writing teacher)
Counselor Rec: Great
EC highlights: I have 17 extra curriculars…I have leadership positions in 6 of them</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Jesuit - competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: I do a lot of community service. I’m the President of my school’s Drama Society, I have done a lot of shows and gotten leads in almost all of them. I am in the J.R.O.T.C. and have a leadership position (CDT/1st Lieutenant). </p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: It’s my top choice…and I really want a chance at their theatre school…which is totally up in the air at this point :/</p>

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<p>area: Fairfield, CT</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5</p>

<p>SAT: 2120</p>

<p>major: Undeclared</p>

<p>Status: ??? -> forwarded</p>

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<p>wait yo arctic you reallly bombed the writing section?</p>

<p>was it because u knew it didnt matter so u didnt care enough?</p>

<p>in any event, NYC applicant here, still awaiting my decision.
because it hasnt come yet and I’m not some superstar scholarship contender, it probably means a rejection</p>

<p>im wont be surprised–no, never surprised</p>

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<p>^ Wait what? I got a 730 on the writing section, Math IIC refers to the SAT II</p>

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<p>oh I thought presidential scholar nominees had 1600s CR + M?</p>

<p>or am i thinking of something else?</p>

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<p>Nope, Plenty of people with non-perfect CR+M scores got nominated. It’s per school, so each school picks who they nominate iirc.</p>

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<p>There are many candidates who apply to SC from the NY/New England region. After California Texas sends the most U.S. students to SC. New York and New Jersey are in the top five states who have students enroll after California.</p>

<pre><code>If you check out the Facebook USC Class of 2014-Official students have mentioned their high schools. One student who intends to enroll is from St. Paul’s. Keep in mind the students who post here are only a very tiny segment of applicants, well over 35,500+.
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<p>wait Arctic do you go to Stuy?</p>

<p>and I still remember presidential scholarship qualifiers had to be in the top 20(raw number wise) of boys and girls on the SAT or ACT–and ties</p>

<p>basically, 790 in both or bust.
also NY is full with high scorers so im pretty sure NY’s standard was 800 in both.</p>

<p>That being said, was the USC scholarship something different? Or is it just another scholarship, perhaps inhouse, that happens to share a name?</p>

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<p>^ Yessir. </p>

<p>And I don’t think that’s the qualifications needed to be a scholarship nominee. AFAIK, each school gets a certain amount of scholarships they can nominate students for, and they pick who to nominate. The architecture and Roski fine arts schools probably didn’t pick based solely on grades, so I don’t think the top 20 requirements are for the scholarships from USC.</p>

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<p>I think you two are talking about two different things - Arctic92 was nominated for the USC Presidential Scholarship, which is a one-half tuition (approx $20,000/year) scholarship to USC. antonioray might be taking about the non-school specific “Presidential Scholarship” based on top SAT/ACT scores nationwide, which is a non-monetary award.</p>

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<p>^ haha that might explain it, alamemom to the rescue again :P</p>