@typiCAmom that’s what I call demonstrated interest. It works. Woohoo for ya’ll!
Have you checked your social media? They check it for character. If you had anything socially incorrect, that could be the reason.
ACCEPTED! USC has been my dream school since I was little so I am so so excited! I totally was not expecting this, but I am ecstatic. FIGHT ON!!
College: Dornsife
Major: Human Biology with Pre-Med emphasis
BACKGROUND:
- In-state
- Mexican-American female
STATS:
4.51 W GPA/3.9 UW
Class rank not reported at my school
ACT: 35
English: 36
Reading: 36
Math: 33
Science: 35
Writing: 9
PSAT: 1460 (NMSQT Commended Student, National Hispanic Recognition Program)
Reading: 720
Math: 740
APs: 10
AP European History: 3
AP Spanish Language: 5
AP Environmental Science: 4
AP English Language: 5
AP Chemistry: 4
AP US History: 4
Currently taking: AP Calculus AB, AP US Government, AP Biology, AP Literature
Service:
around 100 service hours working at a children’s center of a hospital
Extracurriculars:
Frosh, soph, junior class president
Student Body President
Robotics team co-captain (junior year)
Robotics team captain (senior year)
Ambassador for school
Volunteer at local children’s medical center
Founder of blog
Published author
Harvard Model Congress
Piano player for 10 years
Rotary International Youth Leadership Award
National Honor Society
Leadership Camp Counselor
LINK leader
Awards:
National Hispanic Recognition Program
NMSQT Commended Student
Achievement in Science Award from school
State-level piano award (MTAC Certificate of Merit)
AP Scholar with Distinction
California Scholarship federation
Southwestern Youth Music Festival winner
I also took an engineering course at my local CC.
Essay: 9.5/10 or 10/10; I had been working on it for five months and felt that it truly reflected who I am and what I stand for.
Recommender:
Teacher #1: 9/10
Teacher #2: 10/10
College Counselor: 9/10; it might be important to note that he was my AP Spanish teacher, which might have helped.
Accepted: UCLA, Boston College, UC Davis, UC Irvine (Regent’s Scholar and CHP), UCSD (Regent’s Scholar), Fordham (Full ride), LMU (Half Tuition), Pepperdine (Pepperdine Achievement Scholarship), CSULB, CP Pomona
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: Boston University
Waiting to hear from: Stanford
Congratulations to all who got in and good luck to everyone wherever they end up this fall!
Son showed them no love.
Any idea about when/how scholarships will be released?
Btw, ACCEPTED Intl (India)
1530 SAT (800 M/730E)
95+/100 Predicted Finals
91% 11th grade
@WWWard and @CADREAMIN
My son got in TTP but we want to appeal. We don’t know what is the steps to do that and how to submit it. Can you please explain it? Thank you
Accepted at Dornsife!!
Biological Sciences
4.08 W, 3.73 UW GPA
1470 SAT
Also accepted at: UC Berkeley
beyond blessed!!!
are there admitted student groups? also, usc said that when our portal updates, they will send us an email but lol i havent received an email until now. did u guys receive?
Did any of you receive a follow up email from USC following the decision release?
can one defer admission for a year after acceptance?
Yes.
DD rejected, I was shocked, :-).
GPA: 99.5/107
SAT: 1570
SAT Math 2: 800
SAT Bio: 760
4s and 5s on 12 AP tests
Achievements:
National Merit Finalist
Science Olympiad State medals
Published 10+ places for her poems
Japanese State Competition medals (not native speaker)
Main extracurriculars:
Science Olympiad Captain (and medals)
Lit Magazine Editor-In-Chief
Japanese Language Club
Non-Profit Teen Magazine volunteering and editors
Essays: good
Recommendations: good
Accepted: Princeton, UPenn, Emory, UCB, UCLA…
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt, UChicago, Dartmouth
Rejected: USC and rest of Ivies
Pending: Stanford/Rice/NYU
Congrats everyone got in, great school.
Today’s the big day for merit 
so nervous. Does anyone have a time estimate
@momandtimr I am not exactly sure of the appeals process. Does the rejection letter point to such? You may want to review last year’s appeals thread…
Maybe if you can find a successful CC member who went through it all before to contact, that could help guide you. You can also of course email and ask your assigned admissions counselor.
Good luck…
As for merit decisions today, I suspect that it will again be portal updates coupled with an email. Since there are far fewer to notify, hopefully it will occur before mid-day pacific time. Good luck to those waiting to hear…
My D did not either. No visit or any connection with an AO. I think she wrote great essays, though, and had researched the school pretty thoroughly so she knew what to write for “why USC”. So perhaps the “love” can be expressed in various acceptable ways.
But when I read about the accomplishments of some who are declined, I think sometimes these decisions can be somewhat random, especially at a school like USC which gets so many highly qualified applicants.
I was accepted and am so happy!!
My info:
Mixed Race Female (African American/White), out of state (obviously my username)
major: Econ/mathematics
35 ACT
3.99 UW gpa
6 ap, all 4s and 5s
2 varsity sports and 1 captaincy
8 years of local political activity and volunteering
Leadership in school’s student government
6 years of foreign language
I also consider myself to be a pretty strong writer and basically professed my love in the why usc essay.
I hope this helps someone:)
Son: Rejected
GPA: 3.98 (UW)/4.9 (W)
SAT: 1520
APs (13 courses; 7 exams; 5 scheduled): 5s - 4; 4s - 2
Courses at state flagship university
Solid Extracurriculars, including debate state championship, significant service-based activities and leadership positions in various clubs and non-school activities
Demonstrated Interest: minimal (attended in-school information session with AO)
Accepted: Penn, Northwestern, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Georgetown, WashU and Emory
Waitlisted: Vanderbilt
Rejected: Yale, Princeton and USC
Pending: Stanford
Congrats to everyone who was accepted!
Also posted over at UCS SCA thread.
Didn’t post stats before. (Got permission from DD first)
ACCEPTED to first choice: SCA | CAMS (did not apply to film production because didn’t have film sample ready) Second choice was: Annenberg.
Los Angeles based.
GPA: 4.0 (UW) | 4.4 (W)
SAT: 1390
AP’s: Nine | Scores: 4 in three subjects so far.
School: NHS, CSF, (Gold Seal Bearer), Thespians, Leadership, Co-president of a few Clubs, Journalism, will graduate Valedictorian.
Outside of School: Volunteer organization (5 year member) , Gold Presidential Volunteer Award recipient. Journalism (6 years), multiple journalism award winner (national level) including one from Harvard.
Experienced in: film/tv production with on-set internships w/major film companies, writing, editing, producing short-format content.
Essays: Wrote about experiences growing up/international travels.
Letters of Rec: accomplished people within film/tv and journalism industries.
No USC connections. No legacy.
Received Veri-tax less than a week ago and again (multiple times) this morning.
Accepted to: Chapman (Dodge Film), Pepperdine, UCI, USD, Pace, Wagner, Emerson, CSUFullerton (Film/TV), CSULong Beach.
WL: LMU
Denied: UCLA
Hope this helps future applicants. My DD really thought she’d be passed over. She’s incredibly happy and grateful. Best of luck making your choices everyone!