@11footlax Stuy High! One of the best high schools in the United States. Don’t give up so fast, dear teen. If your grade average freshman year was around 84, like you wrote, with junior year’s being 94, then you’re in better shape than you know. Schools love to see upswings like that.
Now, engineering is very, very tough for anyone to get into. But…what is it about USC that you like so much? If it’s California, at all, then you should know that the UC system doesn’t look at all at freshman year grades. Also, figure out your weighted GPA and get back to us.