<p>As a recent Trustee Scholar myself, I really want to encourage you to just be yourself. I had a 32 ACT, a 2080 SAT, a 3.8 unweighted, 4.4 weighted. I’m also an engineering major. I was invited for presidential, and got bumped up. I have to mention that I’m Asian, but at good schools like USC, being Asian is treated similarly to being caucasian. I didn’t do anything crazy, no national honors, didn’t do any fancy research. I was just myself, did my best in school, showed my genuine interests through my essays, did some extra-cirriculars, and some volunteering. Honestly, during my explore interview, I think they liked my personality, my genuine interest to actually attend USC over other schools, and my genuine interest in engineering. They want students who will strive to be their best in whatever they choose to do. I think it’s more important to them, projecting what you WILL do, based off of what you have done and who you are as a person.</p>