<p>Gender: Male
Race: White/Caucasian
Location: Calgary, Canada (I am an American citizen so I am not considered international)
College Class: 2013
High School: Public</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA: School doesn’t calculate GPA however according to my councilor my grades are in the top 3% provincially so I would guess that I have the equivalent of a 4.0 or maybe just below
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank but my school being fairly average I would say it would be around the top 3%.
AP/IB: My school doesn’t offer AP it only offers IB. Math is my only IB course.</p>
<p>I suggest that you ask your college guidance counselor at your high school to see the stats for the kids who got into USC from your school last year. Your counselor should be able to show you a scatter gram and where your scores fit in the scatter gram. It might help if you can show your interest in business in your essay and/or somewhere on your application. For example, could you tie your strength in Chemistry with business? Marketing pharmaceuticals, exploring energy resources, making refineries more cost effective, and the many other current areas where knowledge of Chemistry within business might be all ways to link your talent in Chemistry to business to show Marshall how you can contribute to the school. What do you think? As far as merit scholarships are concerned, I suggest that you go down the list of USC scholarships in the university’s brochure and see if you think you qualify.</p>
<p>Most of the students at my school opt to stay in Canada for university since it is closer to home and usually about half the price of a US school. There are maybe 3-4 students per year who go to the US from my school and to my knowledge none to USC specifically so a scatter gram isn’t possible.</p>
<p>I’ve already applied so I can’t change my essay or responses. I wrote an essay about my interests but decided to scrap it for an essay about personal growth as it ended up being the far better essay. I tried to convey my interests as much as possible in the short answer response.</p>
<p>Chemistry also isn’t a chief strength/interest it just happens to be the only 12th grade course I took in grade 11. That I did as good as I did on the standardized test was somewhat of a surprise.</p>
<p>Sorry- your case is difficult to judge because we don’t see a lot from Canadian schools for comparisons. But don’t worry, USC will evaluate your application fairly because they do get applications from around the world and they know what they are doing.</p>
<p>In general, Marshall looks for candidates with good math scores and strong leadership experience and desire. It looks like you may have those so good luck!</p>
<p>(Just curious- do they spell counselor “councilor” in Canada?)</p>