USC Acceptance

Applying to College
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<p>Has anyone heard from undergraduate admissions at USC yet? I recently received a letter saying they’ve admitted 15 percent of their capacity. If so what were your stats and did you receive a scholarship?</p>

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<p>Hey, I got accepted to USC, but didn’t get any of the big scholarships. USC informed me that I was still being considered for the Dean’s Scholarship. Most people recieved letters of acceptance around the 25th and 26th of January. Also, most people heard from the Bacc/MD program a couple of days ago. </p>

<p>Date applied: Late November
Date decision postmarked/received: Postmarked:1/24, Received: 1/25
Accepted at which school/major at USC: CLAS-- Biological Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2000 M: 680, CR: 620, WR: 700

  • ACT: 30
  • SAT Subject Tests: [I did so bad!] 660, 560, 490
  • GPA-UW/W: 3.91/4.17
  • Rank: 27 of 453
  • AP/IB classes: 7 total, including three this year[AP Art History, APLit, APCalc A/B] :
    APWorld: 3
    APBio:4
    APUSH:3
    APLang:4
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Anything I write I think is crap, but others seemed to have liked them, so I guess they were okay.

  • Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, but I used my AP Lang teacher and H Physiology [both females]
  • Counselor Rec: I am a Peer College Counselor, so she loves me.
  • EC highlights: Nothing special-- Photo Editor of the paper for 2 years, member of the Sports Medicine Team, Activity Coordinator for the Senior Class
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

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

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Half Honduran, half Egyptian [strange, I know]
  • Gender: Female
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: None that I can think of…</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: I did not get Trustee or Presidential, but am currently being considered for Dean’s [emailed USC]. How I got in, I have no idea. My stats seem super duper mediocre compared to everyone else’s. I also applied to the Bacc/MD program, and got an interview! If I get a fair amount of financial aid, the dean’s scholarship, and a lot of outside scholarships, and USC is at least remotely affordable, I plan on attending.</p>

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<p>The only people who would have heard this early were those who are Trustee/Dean scholarship winners/nominees because they have to have a special interview in February/March.</p>

<p>and Trustee/Dean scholarship winners have the HIGHEST stats.</p>

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<p>Hi there, I was admitted to USC in late January and I’m being considered for the Presidential Scholarship. I think my stats are a fairly good average; friends of mine who applied with similar (if not better) information have not been admitted yet. Oh, and I submitted my application during Winter Break, which means somewhere around late late December.</p>

<p>SAT’s: Total 2170, CR 730. W 750, M 690.
SAT Subjects: 680 Lit, 700 US History.
I’m ranked 4 out of a class of 699 at a large public high school.
I took 7 AP classes, and have taken tests so far for 3 of them, in which I received a 5 and two 4’s.
GPA is about 4.2 weighted, 4.0 unweighted.</p>

<p>I liked my essays, but I enjoy English.</p>

<p>My recs were written by my English teacher of 3 years, my lovely counselor, and my US History teacher.</p>

<p>Other than that, I’m technically Hispanic which might have helped, and I think I had a lovely application. Oh, and I also wrote about my uncle attending USC.</p>

<p>And as far as attending USC, I’m not sure, because I applied to many many many schools.</p>

<p>I’m hoping this somewhat helped.</p>