USC Class of 2022 Decisions/Stats Only Thread

Decision: Rejected

Date applied: before 12/1

School: Marshall (Leventhal)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750R, 800M)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math 800, USH 750, World History 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.5W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), USH (5), BC Calc (5), AP LANG (5), AP PHYSICS 1 (5), Microecon (5), Macroecon (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP French, AP Computer Science Principle, Theology (mandatory)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAD Gold Medal for Math, AP scholar with distinction

Subjective:


Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team co-founder and captain, NHS fundraising committee head, Volleyball Team Manager, Class President at SFLS, Honor Violinist, Vice President of Volunteer Union
Volunteer/Community service: Middletown Youth Association school representative (3y), School Ambassador and Transfer Transition Team manager
Summer Activities: bank internship, Harvard Pre-College Program

Essays (rating 1-10, details): mediocre 7/10
Teacher Rec #1: AP English teacher who has taught me for two years, absolutely likes me. I did not get a chance to read but I heard from counselor that it made her cry. (10/10)
Teacher Rec #2: From my math teacher and also moderator of math team. We had a caring and friend-like relationship (9/10)
Counselor Rec:9/10 She knows me fairly well and has provided me so much help throughout my high school
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope

State (if domestic applicant): CT

Country (if international applicant): China

School Type: Small private Catholic school 

Ethnicity: Asian

Gender: Female

Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): nada

Reflection


Strengths: course load, score

Weaknesses: Ethnicity

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was shocked to be rejected honestly, but it happens and I will just take it.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Northeastern Honor, UMich, UVA, UNC-chapel hill, WashU, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, deferred UPenn (ED), waitlisted CMC. Waiting for a bunch others
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