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Stats
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New SAT: 1350 // 670 R/W, 680 M (retook in Oct, waiting on scores)
ACT: 29 // 31 E, 30 M, 25 R, 31 S, 32 W
GPA: 3.69 (U) // 3.73 (W) [upwards trending GPA with straight-As 11th grade]
Rank: Top 20% (74/95)
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Extracurriculars: 4 Years Student Government (Secretary and Representative), 4 Years at an interior design store (Assistant Store Manager), 3 Years Theatre Camp (Counselor-In-Training), 4 Years Community Theatre/Drama (producing, directing, acting, etc.), Assistant Manager @ Student Store, National Honor Society, Journalist and Photographer for School Newspaper, PA experience for 2 indie films, one in hometown and one in LA,
Volunteer/Service: Worked with artistic children in 2016/17 for my school's Art Day, volunteered to help run our school's Red Cross Blood Drive, phone banked for the Democratic National Committee of Oregon, helped those who cannot feed themselves by serving hot meals and dessert
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Awards and Acknowledgements: International Thespian Society Vice Presidential Honors Recipient (over 650+ hours in theatre), American Red Cross Honoree (referred 5 new donors and gave 3 donations), All-American High School Film Festival Official Selection
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School: Public option school, arts-centered
APs*: AP World History, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB (peer tutoring this year), AP US History, College Anatomy/Physiology
Ethnicity: White (Europe)
Gender: Male
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Intended Major: Film Business (Business of Cinematic Arts, Business of Creative Enterprises, Creative Producing, etc.)
Colleges (in order of priority): USC (First choice), Emerson College, Chapman University, Columbia College Chicago, Oregon State University
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*Note: my school offers very little AP/college classes, and these are all the academic ones I could take. The only other ones are AP Studio Art and AP Music Theory.
I retook the SAT this last Saturday and I'm waiting to hear back the scores on the 21st. I feel strong about it. Please feel free to ask any questions you have.
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Anyone wanna give me my chances?
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Letter of Recommendation Question
For USC, do you need a recommendation from either a teacher or a counselor (meaning I could just ask my counselor), or do you need a recommendation from both a teacher and a counselor?
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Am I still part of the Trojan Family?
Hello Trojans,
I am a 2L who decided to go to the University of Notre Dame for law school. I had a great time at USC and I am a Trojan to the core, however I wanted to expand my network and became a Domer as well. I am trying to make my way back to California after graduation next year and would like to know if going to Notre Dame will shut the doors to the Trojan Family. It sounds a bit ridiculous, but I was in L.A. over the summer and could tell that some older alumni were genuinely less than thrilled about my law school decision. Based on your experience and opinion, should I solely rely on the Notre Dame network to get me back to California? I figured I couldn't go wrong with this combination of schools.
Thanks and Fight On!
- A fellow Trojan.
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Any 2016-2017 USC RHP applicants?
I don't know if one of these has been made yet. I looked around and couldn't find one so I decided I'd make one myself. Is anyone else applying for RHP?
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Potential USC transfer student with a few questions!!
Hi guys, I am currently in my Senior year of high school and I am interested in going to USC. Unfortunately, my gpa (3.0) and grades are weak to be considered, so I am heavily considering applying there!!! I have a few questions to ask, so if any of you guys can answer, that will be great.
1. I heard that USC won't look at your high school record if you have 30+ units. If you are currently in your second semester, because the transfer application is February 1st (I believed), would that mean they would look at your high school record instead?
2. When will you be informed if you get accepted or not?
3. Does USC accept students from out of state community colleges?
4. How is the scholarship and financial aid?
5. Does extracurriculars matter in the transfer process?
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Accounting required for transfer?
Um...everyone keeps talking about accounting is required for transfer...where does it show this?
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USC Frat Parties
What should a girl not attending USC expect at a friend's frat party? What to wear/prepare before going? Anything is helpful!
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What is the lowest gpa that USC would accept?
I have a 3.5 :/
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Letting Admissions Know That USC Is My Top Choice
USC is my number one choice (as I'm sure it is for many). Would it be appropriate to just to be straightforward and tell them in one of the supplemental essays that USC is my top choice? Would it help significantly? I'm already an above average applicant SAT-wise and grade-wise.
Thanks
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Strengths of USC
Hello, I'm new to posting on this forum (even though I've used it since I was an undergrad...this site actually can make a person go crazy I think, especially the part about "what are my chances"). And I really need to ask about USC.
As an alumni of UCLA (class of 2009), I only know of USC as our rivals/enemies. We never wore red, gave blood during "Beat SC" week, and our favorite teams were UCLA and whoever was playing USC. Wow so much of our rivalry is actually predicated on sports!
But now, as an educational consultant, I NEED to know more about USC, and something in me is simply biased and refuses to acknowledge all the good in our enemies, (especially since they surpassed us this year in the US NEWS rankings!).
Other than their business school, what else are the great advantages of attending USC? What makes them so elite? Other than "legacy" and the hook ups that come with it, the business programs, and football...what's the allure of SC'?
Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Can you attend SC and CC in the same time ?
This guy told me he is attending both SC and CC in the same time. He even showed me his schedule. I'm very curious, you can actually do that?
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2017/ apply Nov 2016, MFA, interactive media games division
Hello,
I am posting to see if there's anyone here applying to USC masters of fine arts for 2017.
I'm curious about others who've applied or are applying, what your reasoning was for applying, and what you're hoping to achieve or accomplish in the program.
Or,
Why are you pursuing a master's and why USC in regards with your goals? What are your goals? Why USC and not other schools?
This might be a stretch since I can't imagine other MFA prospective students here, but it'd be great to meet others intersted and applying too. It'd probably be better if I reach out to alumni to gain perspective. That'd be helpful.
Personally I've been working on learning game design and development for a year since studying Psychology for my undergrad. I'm on the east coast so I've met some indies and artists there and ehh, just did my thing while staying home, exploring interactive media, design, and the game industry too.
Though it's not needed to attend school, I think this is just an option to work on my stuff and a horrible excuse to be in Cali, haha. But I also think I need some help with my work and collaborate with other great people. I feel the resources in USC will help with that, as well as explore my vision of games and what they could be. I won't need to be so super indie.
It'd be great to hear about you as well so please post! And if you are an applicant, good luck with your aapplication.
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How to convince my parents to let me apply?
I live in the Boston area and when I began my college search, my parents decided that they didn't want me to be far from home. They thought that this shouldn't be a problem, as the northeast has many fabulous schools (which is true). It didn't really bother me up until about a month ago, when by chance I started reading about USC and it just sort of seemed to click. USC fits all of my college search criteria and the more I read about it on this forum and elsewhere, the more I want to apply. Also, I'm a NMSF, and so if I became a NMF, the merit aid from that would be a HUGE help.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to convince my parents to at least let me apply? They're biggest concerns are the hassle of being far away and the cost of flying me across the country, although I think there is an emotional factor as well.
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USC Application Letters of Reccomendation?
Can I have just 1 reccomendation from my counselor, or does it need to be from a teacher as well?
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Chance Me for USC Architecture
Hi, I know I shouldn't even be doing a "chance me" for USC with my GPA, but here is my profile (stats+ECs):
● Intended major: Architecture
● GPA: 3.0
● Rank: HS does not rank
● ACT: 29 (composite)
● LOR:
- English teacher: 10/10
- AP Art Teacher: 10/10
- Guidance Counselor: 9/10
● Extra LOR:
- USC Alumni: 10/10
● Writing
- Portfolio: 100/10 {highlight of my application}
- Supplements: 10/10
- CA Essay: 10/10
Extracurriculars:
● 300+ service hours
● Senior Class President
● Owner of 2 businesses
● 4 internships
- 2 internships at award winning architecture firm
● 2 National photography prizes
● Exhibited photography in NY art gallery
● Marketing Director of international NGO (http://shoeinginternational.org/)
● MUN
● Photography club (president for 2 years)
● ADVMARK Initiative (co-founder, vice president)
- Organization linking HS students to advertising companies for internship opportunities (national reps. of Y&R and DDB Worldwide)
● Smiley Clouds (co-founder, vice president)
- Club that helps children with Cancer and other illnesses
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USC Fraternity Breakdown 2013
I found this interesting breakdown for 2013 here
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SCA Internal Transfer
Does anyone know when admission decisions for SCA spring 2017 come out?
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usc sororities hard to get in for transfers??
I'm hoping to transfer as a junior to USC next year. How hard is it to get into a good sorority like theta, pi beta phi, or Adpi as a junior? Is it common for juniors to get bids?? Should i even try to rush, or is it worthless for a junior.
Thanks so much :) xx
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USC RHP
GP A- 4.0 uw, 4.6 weighted,
Sophomore year course load: Ap calculus AB/ BC(5 on both) Ap Computer science, AP Chemistry(4), AP World History(5)
Junior Year Courses: AP Biology, AP Physics 1, AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP English Language
SAT: Old sat 2290, PSAT 1480 (750 m 730 r/w)
ECS: President of multiple clubs including- girls who code, bone marrow drive, research club, started a nonprofit to help cancer patients, got funding to start a middle school STEM outreach/teaching STEM to girls with autism,etc..
Research: Internships in biomedical research from freshman year, paid research internship this year as part of a rigorous life sciences program, publishing clinical research
Assist with a healing arts workshop for cancer patients
Writing a paper on environmental global health
I just found out about the RHP yesterday and am scrambling to get all my essays etc done by the Dec. 1 deadline
However, no one I know/from my high school has applied to this program, so I'm not sure how competitive, prestigious, etc. this is. Can anyone let me know the acceptance rate to this program? Am I a competitive applicant?
I love USC's health care minor and the opportunity to take med school classes in undergrad!!!
Any advice for RHP/the essays?
THANKS!
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Signing into University of Souther California Application
Hey guys, I was just looking at my email and saw that I got one from USC detailing how to sign in to see my application status, documents submitted, etc. I can sign in to the website just fine, but when I click on Application Status it prompts me to put in a username and password and I have no idea what that is! I have tried my email and USC ID number along with a 12 digit password I received in an email after I signed up. None of that seems to be working and I just wanted to see if any of you were having the same problem!
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