<p>hahahahha. How do you go to school???</p>
<p>Watch, 2009 will be the first year it snows here since the ice age. 
I keed.</p>
<p>We drive. And only the really northern parts get the really cold weather. We only get to -40 in the Anchorage area.
And we don’t get snow days. We get ice-days.</p>
<p>And if it snows, I think I will cry. No joke.</p>
<p>It snowed here just yesterday. I’m done with it. Haha.</p>
<p>only get to -40 i cant even imagine</p>
<p>Your school is the type with one big building, rather than an outdoor campus, right?</p>
<p>I don’t think snow is possible here. I’ve heard a rumor about it happening in like the 1970s, but after living here all my life, im doubtful. It did hail last winter though, but only for like 5 minutes, the rest was just rain.</p>
<p>I’m in Orange County, about 40 minutes from USC. It’s BEAUTIFUL! Blue skies, 70 degree weather. You’ll LOVE IT here!</p>
<p>nicole - Hope you never experience it. It hurts to breathe. :(</p>
<p>delass - we have several main buildings, but they’re not connected. (Bad planning, I say) You have to walk on trails outside to get everywhere. It’s beautiful, but it gets really cold. That’s probably why a ton of students have cars here.</p>
<p>nagooya - I know! I have family in NorCal and some family outside of LA. I visited this summer, and I LOVED it! The sun, the beach, the heat…</p>
<p>My status just updated to this:</p>
<p>Undergraduate Application (Part II, Fall 2009)
Your application is being reviewed by the admission committee. We will mail notification of their decision by April 1. If for some reason you don’t receive our written notice, we will be happy to provide the results over the phone beginning April 11th. </p>
<p>Status last updated: 03/16/2009 </p>
<p>Good sign?</p>
<p>Do you know specifically what time it changed?</p>
<p>And YES it’s a good sign!</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>Haha, because of ‘trails’ i pictured students having to walk up an icy mountain to get to their next class. Im so sorry.</p>
<p>Ranganz: that sounds like a good thing. It certainly can’t hurt.</p>
<p>haha we always get snow days here in washington… for like 2-3 inches. its funny. then again, it rarely snows here… except for this year in december when we got a foot… and it happened to snow like an inch yesterday… which was just weird because its march.</p>
<p>Haha thanks guys. I’m not sure what time exactly my status updated, but it was definitely within the last few hours. Here are my stats (copied/pasted from UMich acceptance thread):</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 640CR, 670M, 700W, 2010C
SAT IIs: 660 Math 2, 710 Literature, 740 US History
ACT: 32
APs: 5 Eng. Lang, 5 Euro Hist, 4 U.S. Hist, taking Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Chem, Stats, and Calc AB this year (so a grand total of 7 AP classes)
IBs:None
GPA: 3.6
Rank: School doesnt rank
Other stats: Superb grade trend (frosh year: 3.25, all other years 3.8, but senior year 3.5)
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Tennis, Lacrosse, Community Service, Independent Game Development Work, etc. (much more but I dont remember what)
Job/Work Experience: Mom’s business
Essays (subject and responses): Father’s departure to California, Interest in Game Design
Teacher Recs: AP English teacher (pretty good)
Counselor Rec: Very good
Hook (if any): Grade trend
Location/Person:
State or Country: Michigan
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Troy High School (One of the best public schools in the state, biggest feeder school to UM (our school sends about 100+ kids every year to UM))
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: Male </p>
<p>I think I am going to join you guys over then next few days in freaking out/ checking obsessively :)</p>
<p>Good job/Congrats! You should probably get a letter sometime this week if statuses really mean anything. :D</p>
<p>Yours are about the same as mine, heh.</p>
<p>I remember reading that troy highschool had a ton of acceptances to USC last year, it was like their top 5 highschools not in california. Could it be the name? :P</p>
<p>Congrats! I hope I get as lucky as you in getting that status!</p>
<p>my status says:
Your application is being reviewed by the admission committee. We will mail notification of their decision by April 1. If for some reason you don’t receive our written notice, we will be happy to provide the results over the phone beginning April 11th.</p>
<p>but it changed to that over a month ago without the daye changing.
also, my status update says 12/31/08.</p>
<p>what does that mean?</p>
<p>Uh, hard to say. The only certain thing is you aren’t rejected yet. Sorry I couldnt be more encouraging.</p>
<p>looks like we have almost the same stats lol</p>
<p>Ok, I’m giving up. I’m not getting in. A super-genius girl in my town just got accepted. My date is still stuck at 12/22.</p>
<p>Wanna hear something strange? A “super genius” girl from my school DIDN’T get accepted last week. I’m talking 2300 on the SAT and almost all AP classes, etc. </p>
<p>I’m beginning to think it’s more random than I once thought… Who really knows though??</p>