<p>Wow, so many applying to IR!</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED (Trustee Scholar Nominee)
Major: Undeclared</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2380</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780,760,710</li>
<li>GPA: 3.89 UW, 4.72 W</li>
<li>Rank: School doesn’t rank, but top 10%</li>
<li>Other stats: APs…Bio-5, USAP-5, Gov-5, Spanish-4, Chem-5, currently taking, Physics C E&M, Calc BC, Macroecon AP, Microecon AP, Lit AP</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they were decent…</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Legacy, if that counts much at USC</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Norcal</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Nothing special?</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Legacy, good GPA/SAT</li>
<li>Other thoughts: It really all depends on if I get the scholarship. If i DO get it, I would most likely go.</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations on all the acceptances</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED
Major: ENGINEERING</p>
<p>Stats:
- SAT: 1970
- SAT IIs: 650, 720, 740
- GPA: N/A
- Rank: TOP 10%</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Essays: Pretty decent - not exactly to the level in which I wrote for Rice and Duke
- Teacher Recs: Exceptional (Atleast that’s what they said to me)
- Counselor Rec: Exceptional (same as above)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
- State or Country: United Arab Emirates / India (Depending on how USC sees it because Cornell sees me as an applicant from UAE)
- School Type: Private
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
- Extracurriculars: Carnatic Music Vocal & Violin for over 10 years. Information Head of the school Anti-Smoking Committee, Made a robot as a project for a science exhibition and many other presentations during exhibitions and for the class.
- Why I think I was accepted/deferred: HAVE NO IDEA
- Other thoughts: Currently prefer going to Purdue as it has a better Aerospace Engineering program. Waiting for Duke and Rice decisions.</p>
<p>FOR A FRIEND</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED
Major: ENGINEERING</p>
<p>Stats:
- SAT: 1880
- SAT IIs: 650, 720, 750
- GPA: N/A
- Rank: TOP 10%</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Essays: Don’t know
- Teacher Recs: Don’t know
- Counselor Rec: Don’t know</p>
<p>Location/Person:
- State or Country: United Arab Emirates / India (Depending on how USC sees him)
- School Type: Private
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
- Extracurriculars: Don’t know
- Why I think I was accepted/deferred: HAVE NO IDEA
- Other thoughts: I just realized that I have no information on this guy. Pretty much a lame post.</p>
<p>wow he got in with a 1880?</p>
<p>He must have a very high GPA, strong EC’s, and great essays :)</p>
<p>Thanks for giving me hope!</p>
<p>Congrats everyone!</p>
<p>AHHh i have a 1870 I wish I got in!</p>
<p>same…1870…hate life, no biggy</p>
<p>urgh! it’s so frustrating to see so many strong GPAs…</p>
<p>err i think the thing usc took into consideration with his sat score was the fact that he lives in the united arab emirates/india :</p>
<p>it’s okay! let’s all keep hoping though. lol</p>
<p>For all those who would like to know the information I got from my friend:</p>
<p>Both of us made a robot for the Science exhibition. His recommendations (counselor and teacher) were awesome. Both of us got it from our Physics, Maths or Computer Science teachers as the robot had a lot of Physics and Maths related stuff and a lot of programming. Also, both of had made many presentations on various topics together. Also, the Physics teacher has been teaching us for the last 3 years so he knows both of us really really well. </p>
<p>GPA - 3.8+/4.0 (This GPA is according to Purdue grading system as a classmate of mine got into the Purdue honors program and his grades are very similar to my friend’s and mine and the pre-requisite for getting into the honors program in Purdue is a GPA of 3.8+/4.0)
Rank - top10%</p>
<p>Plus i am still not too sure on how USC sees both of us so I would not like to comment on whether being a UAE applicant or Indian applicant is an advantage at this stage.</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED!
Stats:
SAT: 740CR 690M 800W
SAT IIs: 750 Spanish 720 English Literature
ACT: composite: 31, 12/12 on essay
GPA: 3.91uw, 4.5 weighted
Rank: in the top 4% of a class of over 530, school doesn’tgive specific ranks
Other stats: two 4s, one 3 on APs
Subjective:
Essays: really good
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: Good.
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Principal’s Honor Roll, Automatic Aceptance Into the University of California, CSF, Superintendent’s Roundtable
Extracurriculars: Debate, Piano, JSA, URJ/Lobbying to California Senators in D.C., Independent Study of a Foreign Language, Volunteer Work (many different types), Work Experience, School Fundraising/PTSA, Involved Member of Oxfam America, Study Abroad…
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: It’s USC. Who knows? :]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 740CR 710M 730W
- SAT IIs: 730 Math IIC 710 Lit 790 US History
- GPA: 3.3, 3.8
- Rank: N/A
- Other stats: APs: 5,4,4,4
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Really good
- Teacher Recs: ?
- Counselor Rec: ?
- Hook (if any): National journalism awards
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
- School Type: Public, insanely competitive (top 100, public and private). One of the top 5 most represented high schools at SC.
- Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
- Gender: F
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Editor of top 10 Journalism staff nationally, Tutoring, Piano, Church stuff, …
- Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I guess Journalism, or test scores
- Other thoughts: I got in on the first wave, didn’t post. I’m REALLY happy about it, and also kinda surprised.
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted.</p>
<p>Stats.
SAT 710R 780M 700W
SAT II: 740 Math 2C 720 Math 1C 680 Physics
GPA: No clue, my school does it weird and I don’t understand…
Rank: 69/512
AP Tests: 4 Calc AB 4 Englang</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very Good
Counselor: Good
Hook: I have a job?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State: TX
School Type: Public. Average Suburban HS, in which everyone wants to go to UT.
Ethnicity: African (Congolese to be exact)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Stuff:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Started NSBE chapter senior year, worked 15-20hrs a week throughout 11/12th grade, Football in 9th/10th (quit to get my job), French Club, Volunteer work through 11th grade…</p>
<p>Why?: I think my essay was realllly good, NSBE, and 1st. semester grades.
Thoughts: I got my letter March 5th. I got into Viterbi Engineering.</p>
<p>Accepted to School of LAS- International Relations-global business</p>
<p>ACT: 31 (30M 35E 25S 34R)
SAT II: 770 US history 740 lit 730 Spanish
GPA: 4.4
Rank: top 4%
AP Tests: US history 5 (11) Spanish Lang 4 (10) Euro history 4 (10)</p>
<p>Lots of good ECs, mostly performing arts stuff. </p>
<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
School: Smallish and competitive public in SoCal </p>
<p>So stoked right now!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>ACT: 32 (32E, 35M, 31R, 29S) writing 6
SAT --NOPE
SAT 11 – Nope
GPA 3.97 UW
Rank 17/510
Only AP was Calc</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays – Very good, personal story
Counselor Rec - average
Teacher Rec: Very good, businesslike</p>
<p>Location:
State – Montana
School type – Public
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>EC: Soccer, Music, Church Group and other community activities, HS student mentor, 1st robotics team, part time job as software engineer.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 800CR 740M 650W ( new writing section confused me =S)
SAT IIs: 780 Literature 720 Bio E
GPA: British System but - Straight A’s Gcse and AS, but Bs-Cs Report-wise =S
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Other stats: Well as before straigh As gcse, and As level.
Essays: Hmm Ok I guess? I put a poem =D And explained why it was an important part of me.
Teacher Recs: Not too bad =P I’m familiar with the teachers I picked…and really small classes in my school so that helps too.
Counselor Rec: Does anyone get bad recs?
Hook (if any): Chinese International? hmmm… (sarcasm btw =P) Don’t think I have one
State or Country: Hong Kong
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Competitive High School? Everyone who applied got into USC =S Our school has a history of USC acceptances if that helps.
Extracurriculars: Average
Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Maybe I have a unique memorable name =P (it begins with Q)</p>
<p>Yay someone else from Hong Kong! And it’s just as well the British system doesn’t have a GPA because my grades have been rollercoasting since January.</p>
<p>still dont the school grades matter?</p>
<p>They do, but if I flunk a bunch of tests halfway through the term it won’t show as long as I ace the external exam (at least, that’s how I got away with it)</p>