<p>WOW! All of your SAT scores are amazing. Wonder if this changes anyones minds as to the caliber of USC? Within the last few years it is apparent they are really raising the bar on the quality of admits. Congrats to all of you! :)</p>
<p>idlaunva, I’ve got a 3.5 UW GPA, and I’m nervous too!</p>
<p>diehldun, it all depends on the quality of your school</p>
<p>i guess USC realized that I came from one of the best math schools in the country (i made sure to note on my app) and that 3.5 is not the same as it is in my local school</p>
<p>anyway, good luck and dont be nervous… theres not much you can do at this point</p>
<p>i’m sure they can tell by your sat score too.</p>
<p>i mean, they can’t come to a conclusion completely off of that, but if you have a 4.0 UW and a 4.95 W but a 1700 sat score and nothing to explain, then they’ll question the veracity of your sky high gpa.</p>
<p>i mean i remember my friend from a local school telling me during junior year that the highest SAT scorer got a 2020 :. i was like wOw. at my school, it’s like you’re nothing if you don’t get 2300+.</p>
<p>My school is sooo cloooose of being top 100, like 2 schools away.</p>
<p>Will that give me an advantage?</p>
<p>It’s just that my school’s got a great name in the East Coast, yet how would USC know how prestigious my school is?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 770W 770M 670CR = 2210
ACT: 31
SAT IIs: 790-Math IIC 670-US History
GPA: 3.7uw, 4.1w (top hs- #118 in US)
Rank: does not rank
Other stats: 7 AP’s, all the rest honor classes; 2 college courses
EC’s: Lots of leadership, varsity sport-2 years, started club, Council, ASB, good job in field of interest, NMF commended.
Essays: Good- wrote about living with family in the summer in Panama.
Teacher Recs: Excellent- 2 teachers.
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): ?</p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Legacy-brother and mother
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: SAT scores, ec’s
Other thoughts: Hopefully since received in 2nd wave, will get a scholarship(?)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 720W 630R 750M = 2100
ACT: 30
SAT IIs: 720-Math IIC 700-US History
GPA: 3.8 uw 4.25 w
Rank: does not rank
Other stats: handful of ap’s and honors
EC’s: pretty mediocre
Essays: excellent
Teacher Recs: probably below average
Counselor Rec: average</p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: ASian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Legacy-brother and 2 sisters
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: legacy, gpa, and essays
Other thoughts: WOOT!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2230 (790W 750M 690CR)
SAT IIs: 750-Math IIC, 760-Biology, 710-Chem
GPA: 4.0uw, 4.6w
Rank: 2/354
Other stats: several AP’s/honors
EC’s: Some leadership, 3 years varsity sport, founded club, etc.
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Good I guess…
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: SATs, ECs, GPA
Other thoughts: YAY!!</p>
<p>Decision for daughter: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2190 (710W 770M 710CR)
SAT IIs: 740-Math IIC, 700-Lit, 670-Chem
GPA: 3.8uw, 3.92w current HS
GPA: 3.89uw, 4.89w previous HS
Rank: none
Rank: 1st decial
Other stats: several AP’s/honors
EC’s: Theatre, Choir, community service
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: ?
Counselor Rec: Good ?
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type:Both
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Other Factors:
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: ?
Other thoughts: woooo hooo!!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! =)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major: Undeclared/Pre-med
[</em>] SAT: 2200: M:800 CR:710 W:690
[<em>] SAT IIs: IIC:800 US:770 Physics:730
[</em>] GPA: 3.7/4.3
[<em>] Rank: 2nd Decile
[</em>] Other stats: 4 AP Exams, all 5’s, Full IB diploma candidate, national hispanic schoolar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were horrible compared to my common app/UC essays
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good to great, i’m pretty close to my teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average-good
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Highly Competitive Public School
[<em>] Ethnicity: half hispanic half filipino
[</em>] Gender:male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: marching band (section leader), jazz band, choir, cultural dance club, CSUF band, UCI medical center internship
[</em>] Why I think I was selected/rejected: test scores + urm
[*] Other thoughts:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
[</em>] SAT I: 2170 [ 780 CR, 710 W, 680 M]
[<em>] SAT IIs: 690 US History, 670 Bio, 590 Math IIC
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.64 w, 3.89 uw
[li] Other stats: most challenging courseload and all that good stuff[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Disneyland Character <33
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good, I’d say
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Summer abroad in Japan[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Yay, gonna read my lovely package tonight!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: (2180) 770CR 690M 720W
SAT IIs: 710 Math IIC 710 US History 700 Literature 670 World History
GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: 2/151
Other stats: Two 4s and a 3 on the AP exams</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: meh - I wasn’t thrilled with them, but looked over them a million times.
Teacher Recs: No idea
Counselor Rec: No idea
Hook (if any): started varsity boy’s tennis team at school and a team fundraiser</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Private/Parochial
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: Associated Student Body, Key Club, Piano, National Art Honor Society, Volunteer Work, National Honor Society.
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I take tennis lessons from a past coach- he wrote a rec for me
Other thoughts: I’m so excited!!!1</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted RHP</p>
<p>SAT: 660CR 760M 650W
ACT: 34 - 34E 35M 35R 31S 9E
SAT IIs: not required for RHP
GPA: over 4.4 weighted, 3.9~ uw
Rank: top 5%
Other stats: 4 on Macro and US Gov</p>
<p>Essays: It was probably full of a gazillion mistakes. But I wrote about something very personal.<br>
Teacher Recs: Decent
Counselor Rec: Okay
Hook (if any): Probably my essay and what I wrote about in my RHP profile thing.</p>
<p>State or Country: Illinois
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Violin, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, work experience, tutoring, Wall Street Society, not much volunteer stuff, a LOT of church stuff, missions trip</p>
<p>Stats: ACCEPTED RHP
SAT: 750W 710M 630CR = 2090
GPA: 4.0uw, 4.22w
Rank: does not rank
Other stats: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Human Geography
EC’s: Won few writing contests, directed/produced films that have been shown in several large international film festivals, first director to use new Spielberg-funded camera technology outside of LA, and first ever to use new technology on a steadicam.<br>
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Filmmaking resume</p>
<p>State or Country: Canada
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: EC’s and recs.
Other thoughts: This rocks my socks off, but still waiting to hear if I’m accepted to the film program.</p>
<p>did you apply for production?</p>
<p>yeah i did</p>
<p>I was accepted in the early February wave, but I sort of forgot to post this…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Annenberg School of Journalism)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2310 (800CR710M800W)
SAT IIs: 790 Literature, 760 US History, 680 Physics
GPA: 3.4ish unweighted, 3.8ish weighted
Rank: 82/633 (top 12%)
Other stats: 9 APs (so far, three 5’s, one 4, and one 2), rest mostly honors
EC’s: Editor-in-chief of school’s paper and literary magazine, officer in JSA, staff writer for teen magazine, published in several papers and anthologies, creative writing summer program, tour guide for museum, work for state assemblyman, violinist in orchestra, finalist in National Vocabulary Championship
Essays: In my obviously subjective view, excellent
Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, probably good
Counselor Rec: "
Hook (if any): Demonstrated interested in and proficiency at writing/journalism</p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type: Public (magnet)
Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: High SATs, focused EC’s/awards, great essays
Other thoughts: Oh ye of low GPAs and questionable class ranks, take hope! I’m honestly thrilled.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted(Biochemistry/LAS)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 580CR 770M 540W <b> My scores are low…
- SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC 710 Chemistry 700 US History
- GPA: 4.07 W/3.93 UW
- Rank: 6/502
- Other stats: ACT - 31, Calculus AB - 5/Chemistry 4/US History 3
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Long one was really good and passionate, the other two, not so much
- Teacher Recs: Decent, talked more about 1 of my activities
- Counselor Rec: Horrible, generic + misspellings
- Hook (if any): Legacy - sister
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, ASB, Band(Drum Major), GATE, Science Olympiad, Tennis, CSF
- Why I think I was accepted/deferred: ACT/SAT 2 scores, Drum Major, Academic Decathlon
- Other thoughts: I hope I get scholarship consideration. I doubt it though, my SAT 1 scores are extremely low.
</code></pre>
<p>If you applied to production, why did you send you film making resume to the main school?</p>
<p>They don’t even ask for that.</p>
<p>i applied through RHP, who asks for an activity summary, this was an integral part of my activities from the past few years.</p>