<p>Seems USC is trying hard to attract E Coast kids to boost recognition, at the expense of SoCal kids. My D had 4.2, tons of AP’s, 2100 SAT, JV dance team national champs and competitive dancing since 3, is a Latina, is Catholic, has volunteered for yrs at the Church, summer school at Cornell, etc and was rejected. If you are from E Coast or an underrepresented state you can get in with much lower stats. I very well may be wrong, but that is how it appears, USC no longer wants many Calif kids. If you live here, you may be better off to skip applying to USC and focus on E Coast schools who now want you more than ever! One door closes and another opens as they say…</p>