STATS ONLY-USC Official Decisions- Fall 2008

ConfusedJunior08 · March 4, 2008, 1:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Letters arts and sciences

Stats:
SAT: 1980
ACT: didnt take
SAT IIs: didnt take
GPA (uw/w): 3.85 UW, 4.05 W
Rank: no rank
Other stats: 8 APs by grad
Subjective:
Essays: They must have gotten me in
Teacher Recs: she loved me… so im asumming good
Counselor Rec: don’t really know counselor
Hook (if any): off campus interview… 3 sport varsity athlete
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arizona
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Other Factors/Hook?: 3 sport varsity athlete… essays must have been bomb
General Comments: NEver been so happy in my life

fight on

aa6590 · March 4, 2008, 6:14pm

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted. [ /b][ /color][ /size]

Biomedical engineering (biochemical)

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2250 one shot
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 math2, 800 chem, 770bio
[ *] GPA: 4.0 uw, toughest courseload available. weighted is skewed…
[ *] Rank: n/a, but top 1%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: strong
[ *] Teacher Recs: strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: strong
[ *] Hook (if any): nunca, passionate about med…but it didnt fly iwth ba/md…
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: pub
[ *] Ethnicity: iranian
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b] im good looking?
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] about time…

inskeletonrock · March 4, 2008, 7:14pm

accepted

Stats:
SAT: 2040
ACT: no.
SAT IIs: Math I(730), Bio M (720), Spanish (800), Literature (670), US History (670)
GPA (uw/w): 3.7uw
Rank: 16/499
Other stats: 8 APs by grad
Subjective:
Essays: idk
Teacher Recs: ok
Counselor Rec: made me seem like an *******
Hook (if any): *** is a hook?
Location/Person:
State or Country: texas
School Type: public charter
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: M
Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments: wants to know whether usc has a visitor/overnight program… i need to see the damn place

ElisaJ · March 5, 2008, 11:55am

This might give those with lower SAT scores some hope:

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[list]
[] SAT: 1980 (670 CR, 660 M, 650 W)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT IIs: French - 800, Math I - 620
[] GPA (uw/w): 3.97 unweighted
[] Rank: 1/6 (very small school)
[] Other stats: taking French baccalaur

avelez89 · March 5, 2008, 11:08pm

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2140/2400, 1520/1600 -> CR-720, M-800, W-620
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT IIs: Math 2 800, Physics 800, Spanish 800
[ *] GPA: 3.64uw/3.8w
[ *] Rank: 10/84
[ *] Other stats: Full IB (Math HL, Physics HL, Chem HL, Econ SL, English A1 SL, Spanish A2 SL) Predicted 38 (without bonus points)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:OK
[ *] Teacher Recs: Outstanding
[ *] Counselor Rec: Ok
[ *] Hook (if any): URM
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Peru
[ *] School Type:Small very competitive Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[ *] Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors/Hook?:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]

Gabs91 · March 6, 2008, 6:48pm

You’re Peruvian? No way! I’m half Bolivian (My mom is from El Salvador). I just never see a lot of South Americans around here :)

applesauce · March 6, 2008, 10:50pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2250
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT IIs: 800 math ii, 720 lit
[] GPA: 4.0
[] Rank: 1/700+
[] Other stats: 7 APs, all 5’s so far
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Essays: ok
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t do, not required…
[] Counselor Rec: public school, not much interaction with my counselor
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Midwest
[] School Type: big public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments:

cheerchick012 · March 7, 2008, 12:05am

^ Applesauce, what is the date on your acceptance letter?

azngamer54 · March 7, 2008, 4:28am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT: 2140 (650 CR, 780 M, 710 W)

ACT: 32
SAT IIs: Math II- 800, USH - 670, Chem- 630
GPA (uw/w): 3.98 unweighted / 4.44 w
Rank: 4/500
Other stats:
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: Fair. I did them in one night. I never thought I would go to USC. But now I am considering it more and more.

Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Low income, lots of extra curriculars,
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA

School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
</code></pre>

deutsch · March 7, 2008, 5:24am

**Decision: Accepted. **

Biochemistry

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1920 (570CR, 710M, 640W)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT IIs: 660 math II, 690 chem
[] GPA: don’t know… probably around 3.5
[] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[] Other stats: upward trend in grades from freshman to all As in junior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: average
[] Teacher Recs: strong
[] Counselor Rec: strong
[] Hook (if any): low income family?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: live overseas but CA resident
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: maybe not many apply for science majors??
General Comments: really didn’t expect this acceptance after looking at all the 2000+ SAT acceptances in this thread, hence i don’t have the 4.0 etc.

Rister_Chutophs · March 8, 2008, 7:03am

Decision: Accepted to College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (International Relations)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 720 CR + 730 M + 740 W = 2190
[] ACT:
[] SAT IIs: 800 French, 800 Latin, 770 MIIC
[] GPA: foreign grading system… grades weren’t stellar -> upwards trend!
[] Rank: hs doesn’t rank
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: had a few typos (was in a hurry for scholarship deadline) but certainly unique (at least the big one; the short answers were rather bland)
[] Teacher Recs: as far as I know they were absolutely great
[] Counselor Rec: counselor didn’t really know me but I guess the rec was at least decent?
[] Hook (if any): many languages (native language is german, fluent in english, 800’s on Latin and French SAT IIs) + being unique
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Switzerland
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: m
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?: graduated last year, currently on a gap year doing the mandatory military service in my country
General Comments: YAY! didn’t expect the decision to come out this early after i learned that i’m no longer considered for presidential/trustee… still hoping for the international scholarship (when would i learn about this??)

graj08 · March 8, 2008, 7:41am

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Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2240/2400, 1550/1600 -> CR-770, M-780, W-730
[] ACT:35
[] SAT IIs: Math 2 800, Chemistry 800, US History 660
[] GPA: 3.48uw/4.15w
[] Rank: 73/352
[] Other stats: Full IB (Math HL, English HL, History HL, Chem SL, Spanish A2 SL, Bio SL) Predicted 32 (without bonus points)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays:Good
[] Teacher Recs: Outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Hook (if any): Debate, political involvement
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:Florida
[] School Type:Small Ridiculously competitive pubic(#3 in the nation)
[] Ethnicity:Indian
[] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
General Comments:

guitars101 · March 8, 2008, 2:25pm

graj08,

when did you recv your acceptance? congratulations!

GroovyGeek · March 8, 2008, 4:42pm

Here is a “prediction”: if there is a new wave of acceptances, we will find out in EXACTLY 60 minutes, at 2:40pm PST, when the mailman hits the SoCal streets.

I know, I know, I am just wasting electrons :-)

THEAjay89 · March 8, 2008, 4:51pm

I’m praying theres a wave and I’m praying the people accepted went to “in review” around 2-22 =P

GroovyGeek · March 8, 2008, 5:48pm

The magic time has come and gone… Oh well, there is always next week :-(

THEAjay89 · March 8, 2008, 5:55pm

lol wait out the evening. Last weekend decisions were mostly posted later in the evening.

GroovyGeek · March 8, 2008, 6:27pm

Nope, the big burst started at 2:49PM PST, by 3:30PM there were 5 decisions posted on this thread. I would bet you lunch, but you are in OH :-)

THEAjay89 · March 8, 2008, 6:47pm

Yeah, now is definately too late oh well, hopefully next week?

Sheed30 · March 8, 2008, 7:39pm

hopefully next week…I hate waiting

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