Decision: Accepted
Which school/major at USC: Marshall
Scholarships: Doesn’t say anything
Objective:
SAT: 1510 (EBRW: 720, Math: 790)
ACT: Didn’t give
SAT II: Math Level 2 (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): HS doesn’t calculate
Rank: Doesn’t rank (Teacher recommender mentioned I was at the top of her class)
AP: Didn’t give
IB: 42/45 (Later revised to 43/45)
Major Awards: IGCSE ICE Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: A lot of Model UN involvement, peer mentor, co-founded my own business, website designer…
Job/Work Experience: Admin head for an event
Volunteer/Community Service: Just the usual stuff (working in rural villages, medical camps…)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 | Pretty decent (I feel I had good responses for the one-sentence questions)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 | Very good in my opinion (they showed me after uploading)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 | Very good in my opinion (they showed me after uploading)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Country: India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Good SAT, great recommendations and a high IB predicted
Weaknesses: The long essay I guess, Asian applicant
Why you think you were accepted: My IB predicted grade and my one-sentence responses
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted: BU, Tulane, Northeastern, UCSD, Indiana Bloomington (Kelley), UBC, McGill, Warwick
Rejected: UPenn (ED), WUSTL, UCL, UNC Chapel Hill
Waiting: Cornell, UCB, UMich, UofT