Stats Only - USC Decisions 2010

alamemom · January 21, 2010, 3:04pm

**PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS HERE- This is for STATS ONLY for FALL 2010 USC decisions. **

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**Decision: Accepted **
**Decision: Rejected **

Date applied: X
Date decision postmarked/received: X
Accepted at which school/major at USC: X

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[] ACT: X
[] SAT Subject Tests: X
[] GPA-UW/W: X/X
[] Rank: X
[]AP/IB classes: X
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: X
[] Teacher Recs: X
[] Counselor Rec: X
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: X
[] School Type: X
[] Ethnicity: X
[] Gender: X
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: X

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X

squidgerwinks · January 27, 2010, 2:42pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/15/2010 (approx.)
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/2010 * 1/27/2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi/Undeclared Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2200 M: 750, CR: 740, WR: 710, Took Once Junior Year
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Physics: 790, BioM 790, Math 2 790, Chem 780, Math I 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0
[] Rank: N/A
[]AP/IB classes: GCSEs 9 As, 5 A Levels (Phy, Bio, Chem, Maths, Further Maths); 1 A so far. Four more (hopefully) in July.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Pretty Good
[] Teacher Recs: Probably Good; Did Not Read
[] Counselor Rec: Probably Good; Did Not Read
[] EC highlights: State or Country: London, UK
[] School Type: Boy’s (very) British Boarding School
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Went overseas in 8th grade to start at Harrow. No friends or relatives and had a great experience. Top flight academics, activities and experiences. Lots of friends and good times. I am very fortunate.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Loved USC when we visited. Looking forward to sunny weather. Fight On!

123collegeforme · January 27, 2010, 4:35pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/27
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/Neuroscience

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: X M: X, CR: X, WR: X,
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 700. US: 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.7/4.3
[] Rank: 31/779
[]AP/IB classes: 2 honors, 4 AP, 7 IB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recs:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: X
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican/White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: participated in a medical program in Argentina

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X

soadquake981 · January 27, 2010, 5:04pm

**Decision: Accepted **

**Date applied: ** November 18
**Date decision postmarked/received: ** January 27 (not the letter, but online)
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi (Chemical Engineering)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2400 M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 790, Chemistry: 790
[] GPA-UW: 4.0
[] Rank: 1/19
[]AP/IB classes: All IB classes (IB diploma candidate)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Decent?
[] Teacher Recs: None
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I hope.
[] EC highlights: Founded three clubs[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Oregon
[] School Type: Public magnet school
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Some engineering research over the summer, but other than that, nah.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Trustee Scholarship candidate! :D

andromeda89 · January 27, 2010, 8:02pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/1/2009
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/ Neuroscience

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2100 M: 610, CR: 700, WR: 790,
[] ACT: none
[] SAT Subject Tests: Spanish w Listening: 800, Bio E: 760, Chem: 740
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.6
[] Rank: 10
[]AP/IB classes: Bio (5), Physics C (5), Chem (5), ELan (4), SpanLan (5)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Good/Excellent
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] EC highlights: Too much to list[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: URM

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I feel great! Probably not going there though…

tzhelezn · January 28, 2010, 12:26am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/30
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, BioMed

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2360 M: 760, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: 760, 770
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.76
[] Rank: 2/205
[]AP/IB classes: 14 total
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Decent
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA, USA
[] School Type: Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?:

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: NMSF, hope for more money

Barty13 · January 28, 2010, 2:56pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Dec 2
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2220 M: 740, CR: 770, WR: 710,
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Physics 780, Math II 680&750, WH 730, Lit 680, French 800, Italian 800
[] GPA-UW/W: top 10%
[] Rank: N/A
[]AP/IB classes: HL Physics, English A1, Chem, SL History, Math, French A2, Biology (certificate) — I am a predicted 40-41
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: thomas edison one, about sailing, entertaining but not particularly profound, typo in the 1st sentence
[] Teacher Recs: English Teacher and Physics Teacher, excellent
[] Counselor Rec: no idea, probably good.
[] EC highlights: Debate Society (1 award), Sailing (international competition) [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: FRANCE
[] School Type: Semi-Private
[] Ethnicity: White 3/4’s european, 1/4 middle eastern (not relevant I’m white)
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Italian-American in France, 3 languages fluently, academic parents, balanced EC/academics.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Waiting to compare with other acceptances/aid. Hoping for the int’l scholarship.

congrats to everybody else!

Handlebars · January 28, 2010, 4:29pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: December 1
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/27/10, 1/28/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Computer Science/Business Administration major, Viterbi School of Engineering (why isn’t it Marshall as well?)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2390 M: 790, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[] ACT: X
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 2, 770 Chemistry
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.7
[] Rank: 2/600+
[]AP/IB classes: Comp sci 5, English language 5, US history 5, Macro econ 5, Micro econ 5, Human Geography 5, Statistics 5, European history 4, Physics 4 (will take calculus BC, spanish language, chemistry, biology) IBSL math 6, IBSL economics 6 (will take IBHL history, IBHL chemistry, IBHL english, IBSL spanish)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: about swimming, was okay i guess
[] Teacher Recs: okay
[] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[] EC highlights: Swimming, Science Olympiad, Rotary, NHS, etc [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Father is a USC alumnus, worked at USC Medical Center for like 10 years

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: need trustee scholarship to attend

takemeseriously · January 28, 2010, 5:56pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: November twenty-somethingeth
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26,1/28
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/Economics

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2380 M: 780, CR: 800, WR: 800,
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 800 BioM: 750 USH: 710
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.87/4.32
[] Rank: Second decile
[]AP/IB classes: 3 jr year, 5 senior yr
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: I loved my main essay, but my short answers were pathetic.
[] Teacher Recs: Awesome
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[] EC highlights: Lots of law related and volunteer-related leadership [/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: nothing major. NMSF?

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: WAY excited…I love USC! Also candidate for Presidential Scholarship; not sure if it matters since I’m NMSF…

horse2 · January 28, 2010, 6:07pm

**Decision: Accepted **

**Date applied: ** before 12/1, don’t remember exact date
**Date decision postmarked/received: ** 1/26
**Accepted at which school/major at USC: ** Viterbi - Biomedical Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2140 M: 760, CR: 700, WR: 680,
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II 770, Literature 730, Chemistry 720
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/School doesn’t weight
[] Rank: 1/370ish
[]AP/IB classes: Biology (5), World History (5), AB Calc (5), Lang & Comp (5). This year: Environmental Science, Statistics, US Government, and Literature
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[] EC highlights: Riding horses for 10 years, 4-H equine 7 years (treasurer 3 years, state participant in performance 3 years & judging 2 years), HS equestrian team 4 years (treasurer 2 years, 1st district and 6th state cow sorting), NHS, key club, recreational soccer 12 years, HS tennis, church youth conferences/youth group, volunteer at a riding center for the disabled, band 6 years[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Washington
[] School Type: Public, sends a few people to top schools
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: No real hook, but being a girl in engineering may have helped, and horse ECs are relatively unique/I’ll be on their equestrian team hopefully.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Hoping for a scholarship letter in the next week Not my top choice, but I really like the school, so if money plays out right I may well be a trojan next year. Fight on!

Barty13 · January 28, 2010, 6:18pm

Date decision postmarked/received: jan 26/ jan 28, I need to learn 2 read…

caesic · January 28, 2010, 6:25pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/01 Deadline
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26/2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Marshall: Business Administration

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2350 M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 750,
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 800, Chemistry: 770, Biology: 750
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.62
[] Rank: 10/600
[]AP/IB classes: Full IB Diploma…6AP’s Senior Year (11 Total)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Pretty Good
[] Teacher Recs: Great Teachers
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t Know
[] EC highlights: Chemistry Research at USC, Siemens Regional Semi-Finalist, FBLA, School Orchestra, Violin, Chess, Programming, Web Design,
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Orange County, CA
[] School Type: Magnet, IB
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Research at USC, Dad is professor at USC

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: USC Class of 2014! So excited!

blissfulting · January 29, 2010, 12:03am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 12/01
Date decision postmarked/received: January 26/January 28, 2010
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CAS/International Relations

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 33
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.84/4.37
[] Rank: 1/297
[]AP/IB classes: Full IB Diploma + 9 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] EC highlights: Junior Class President, NHS Vice President, NEHS and NSHS tutoring, Habitat for Humanity secretary, cross country, Scholars Bowl Co-Captain, restaurant job 40hrs/week, intern at WBHM (local NPR station), individual UNICEF volunteer[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: AL
[] School Type: public IB school
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: X

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: WOW. Just wow. My stats aren’t great, so I was pretty surprised. I’m really hoping for a nice (dare I say TRUSTEES? lol) scholarship; otherwise we can’t afford it. I’m still pumped though…would LOVE to get a chance to visit through Explore USC. To the rest of you still waiting to hear back - I wish you the best of luck!

Anjoola · January 29, 2010, 12:07am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/15/09
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/28/10
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi (Comp Eng and Comp Sci)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2320 M: 790, CR: 730, WR: 800,
[] SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 800 Chem 800 Physics
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.97 / N/A
[] Rank: Top 5% / 650 students
[]AP/IB classes: Comp Sci AB, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C: Mech and E&M, Music Theory, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Spanish Lang
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: They were okay…
[] Teacher Recs: Good I guess, didn’t read them.
[] Counselor Rec: Average, didn’t read them.
[] EC highlights: Website, 8 years[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors, hook?: N/A

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Still deciding, and waiting for other colleges.

Muscovy · January 29, 2010, 10:11am

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Sometime in November
Date decision postmarked/received: Sent on Jan 26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi, Computer Science (Games)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2370 (superscore) M: 800, CR: 800, WR: 770,
[] ACT:
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 800 Physics: 770
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.07 weighted
[] Rank: no rank
[]AP/IB classes: 8 after this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: ok
[] Teacher Recs: no clue
[] Counselor Rec: no clue
[] EC highlights: Tech club, church choir and hymn leading, summer volunteer job for a college professor, nothing outstanding.
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][] State/ Country: US citizen, but living in foreign country
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: I really, really love ducks. I think I wrote about that for some essay or other. No idea if that affected much.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Not going unless they give me lots of money

yorkiemom · January 29, 2010, 12:01pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Dec. 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 26/Jan. 28
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Thornton School of Music/composition

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2380 M: 800, CR: 780, WR: 800, single sitting 2350
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 800, Latin: 740, Lit: 680
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/n/a
[] Rank: N/A
[]AP/IB classes: Comp Sci AB (5) Calc BC (5) Physics C (5) Music Theory (5) + college Math/science classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recs: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] EC highlights: Many music related activities- orchestra (double bass), piano- chamber groups; math and science competitions (winner at regional level); music composition awards, state and national level; church worship team and related activities; summer math camps at Duke, and music comp camps, etc.[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Iowa
[] School Type: home school
[] Ethnicity: white/hispanic/asian
[] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Not sure : )

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Will double major in music composition and math. NMSF & scholarship candidate. REALLY want to be in a warm climate and looking forward to visiting USC! (Obviously these are my son’s stats and info.)

chocminicoop · January 29, 2010, 1:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Date applied: Nov. 15th
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 26th
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Undecided Arts & Science

Stats:
SAT Total: 2150 M: 690, CR: 680, WR: 780,
Total: 2070 M:740, CR: 660, WR: 670
ACT: 33, 31
SAT Subject Tests: Math - 700
GPA-UW/W: 3.95/4.20
Rank: School too small to rank.
AP/IB classes: AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Language and Comp., AP Calc BC, and AP French

Subjective:
Essays: Counselor really liked it. So, I’d say very good.
Teacher Recs: I’m hoping they were good. Had my English & History teacher and my French teacher write them.
Counselor Rec: Very good.
EC highlights: State Forensics Team Participant (9,10,11), State Forensics 2nd, 3rd (2), and 6th place, Cheerleading Dance Captain (12), Cheerleading JV Captain (11), NHS Board Member, Student Ambassador, Play/Musical Parts (9,10,11,12), Volunteer at Open Door Mission

Location/Person:
State or Country: Nebraska.
School Type: Very small, private.
Ethnicity: Whitebread.
Gender: F.
Other Factors, hook?: No idea. I had a really fantastic interview, I guess.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: X

purplepanda · January 29, 2010, 2:19pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: 11/29 or something like that
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi: Undeclared Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2160 M: 790, CR: 640, WR: 730,
[] ACT:
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 740; Chemistry: 730
[] GPA-UW/W: 3.77/4.47
[] Rank: School does not rank.
[]AP/IB classes: 6 Honors, 6 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: They were okay. I’m not a very good writer.
[] Teacher Recs: N/A
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[] EC highlights: X[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Public, Very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: Student government, clubs, community service, sports, single-parent home.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I hope I have scholarship chances. I will go here if I get a lot of money or my other options fall through.

Prussia_1 · January 29, 2010, 3:12pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Date applied: Dec 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan 27
Accepted at which school/major at USC: College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Biological Sciences, Pre-Med Focus (Now interested in Comp Sci though)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2280 M: 720, CR: 800, WR: 760,
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT Subject Tests: 780 Bio M, 790 Lit, 760 Math II
[] GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.3ish (small school)
[] Rank: 1/~30
[]AP/IB classes: 3 5’s so far, 5 more this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] Essays: Same one I sent to Stanford for a REA reject. Regret!
[] Teacher Recs: Great?
[] Counselor Rec: Great?
[] EC highlights: Private online business, Student Gov President, Making Games/Illustrating/Designing for Grammy-nominated employer on private contract, tech help community service, some clubs, etc[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: FL
[] School Type: Private religious
[] Ethnicity: White wonderbread
[] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: I dunno.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I’m pretty surprised, honestly. I wasn’t really expecting to get in. I used the same essay I sent to Stanford REA (rejected), and thinking of that essay has made me wince ever since. I feel like I choose the wrong topic and didn’t write well enough.
Still, though, very happy! Not sure if I’ll be a Trojan yet, but we’ll see how things pan out. Hoping for the scholarship info soon.

Neon_Green · January 29, 2010, 3:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Date applied: November 30th
Date decision postmarked/received: Jan. 26/Jan. 29
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Gordon S. Marshall School of Business

Stats:
SAT Total: 2330
ACT:
SAT Subject Tests: math2 780, ush 770, chem 740
GPA-UW/W: 3.91
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: 9 APs + 2 college classes
Subjective:
Essays: rushed, decided to apply 2 days before the scholarship deadline lol
Teacher Recs: above average
Counselor Rec: above average
EC highlights: above average lol
Location/Person:
State or Country: East Coast, USA
School Type: charter
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Other Factors, hook?: i go to a top 50 school in the US.

General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: excited! i’m definitely planning a visit asap.

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