USC Scholarship

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<p>My GPA is 3.8 (4.2 weighted) and i got a 2180 on my SAT (740-CR, 680-math, 760-writing) what are my chances at getting scholarships to USC?</p>

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<p>USC middle quartiles</p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading: 620 - 720
SAT Math: 650 - 750
SAT Writing: 640 - 740 </p>

<p>If you mean USC (Calif), it doesn’t look like you’ll get much or any scholarship. The top 25% would have a 2240+ SAT. </p>

<p>USC loves high test scores and does give merit scholarship for high ones, but with 3000 frosh, and 25% in the top quartile (about 750 students), it’s doubtful that even all of those students are given merit scholarships. </p>

<p>However, USC does “meet need” so if you have need, then you will get FA. :)</p>

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<p>I know this is an old thread, but in case anyone pulls it up in a search, I want to clarify one point in mom2collegekids’ post. The percentiles on the individual sections do not translate to the percentiles for composite SAT scores. The students scoring above 750 math are not necessarily the same ones scoring above 720 CR and above 740 W. </p>

<p>For example, if you look at the 99% cutoff for each section of the SAT nationally, it is: CR 760, M 780, and W 760. </p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile_Ranks_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile_Ranks_2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you add those together, the composite would be 2300. But it turns out the 99% cutoff for the composite score is 90 points lower than that (2210). </p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-W-2011.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-W-2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>So, I would guess that the composite SAT cutoff for the top 25% of students admitted to USC is about 90 or so points lower than 2240 (e.g., 2150). Plus, the majority in that top 25% range probably ends up going somewhere else, which means their potential scholarships are freed up for those with lower scores.</p>

<p>So I’d guess that leorabk’s SAT score is high enough to at least be in the running. I’m actually more concerned about the GPA. The moderate weighted GPA suggests the 3.8 unweighted GPA might be a little low for merit scholarship contention.</p>