<p>[size=+1]**Decision: Accepted **<a href=“posting%20for%20my%20son;%20intentionally%20a%20little%20vague%20in%20some%20areas,%20for%20privacy”>/size</a></p>
<p>Date applied: mid-November
Date decision postmarked/received: 1/24, 1/26
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Viterbi Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] SAT Total: 2390 (one sitting)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 35 (one sitting)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 4-800’s and 1-780</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 4.00/4.975 (4.00 scale)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 1/~800</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: All 5’s</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: good?</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: one was completely amazing; didn’t see the other</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: didn’t see</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: lots of music; lots of leadership in music; all-state; 2 other “smaller” EC’s; 5 years at same community service job; music gigs for hire; etc. [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:
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[li] State or Country: </p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: very large public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: white</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: male</p>[/li]
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Other Factors, hook?: none</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Accepted in January with Presidential Scholarship nomination. Interviewed in March, in hopes of bumping up to Trustee. (NMF – so son was lucky enough to have half-tuition without the interview.) Awarded Presidential in late March. Very grateful and honored. LOVES USC, but simply cannot afford to attend. Wishing all posters the best! Happy trails wherever life takes you! :)</p>