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<p>What led me to believe that I would be selected for a scholarship was that my stats are right along with and better than some of those who were selected, and my ECs were not light either. I played two varsity sports, had all of the typical volunteer work, some leadership, etc. My essays I thought were quite good as well, and they revealed a personal family situation which I thought definitely qualified as some of the “non-statistical” qualities that scholarship recipients typically have if they didn’t have spectacular stats. I won’t go into detail, but I had a pretty serious family crisis when I was not even five years old, which led me to my chosen path.</p>
<p>An interesting thing to note is that my USC admissions counselor has not responded to any of my e-mails thus far, which I find odd, when I see others have regular responses from their counselors. I’m sure it is a very busy time right now, so I’ll wait another week before jumping to conclusions, but I am definitely worried that maybe USC just doesn’t want me at all.</p>