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What can I do to get accepted into USC?

I am an honors student with a 3.75 GPA
Challenging classes I took:
English 10 Honors, Biology Honors, Government Honors, AP US History, AP World History, AP Language, AP Literature, AP US and Comparative Government & Politics, AP Psychology, AP Macro/Micro Economics, Chemistry Honors, French III Honors, Advanced Algebra Honors

You can go to
www.collegedata.com
It’s a great website. You can enter your status (gpa, extracurricular, ETC.) and it gives you your chances on admittion. It’s very informative then you can also see the profiles of students who applied and got accepted and those who didn’t.
You could also go directly to this link and USC gives the profile of their admitted students

http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/fresh_profiles.html

Kerem – Creative Writing Prize

The Atlantic 1970-1971 Creative Writing Contests for High School and Private School Students …

Poetry Writing $12.99 Guide students through the process of writing poetry. Inspire them with creative project ideas. Use templates and frames to help them get started. Share their results in ways that promote pride and a sense of accomplishment.

Beginning Writing $10.99 Give emergent writers the practice they need as they progress from the scribbling stage to writing paragraphs. This book features a variety of activities for the different phases of writing, as well as writing samples from actual emergent writers.The activities target standards in these areas: the writing process conventions in writing writing using graphic methods to describe high frequency vocabulary complete sentences

Cursive Writing Activities $12.99 Cursive Writing Activities is designed to help students master important handwriting skills. The book provides a variety of activities that allow students to practice letter formations as well as real world skills such as simple sentences, paragraph writing, creative writing, and everyday writing. Anyone using these instructional and fun worksheets will gain the confidence needed to keep his or her handwriting legible and free of mistakes.Activities include: writing letters and numbers, answering questions with written responses, completing creative writing activities, practicing writing with word games, and more.

Using the Traits of Good Writing $12.99 Early mastery of writing skills will help students excel in school, on standardized tests, and in life. These lessons focus on using the good writing traits. They break down the writing process into manageable parts to help primary students learn to write effectively.This book targets standards in these areas: the writing process conventions in writing logical sequence of events listening and speaking skillsFor details, download the sample pages available for this title.

Living The Creative Life $22.95 This book answers questions that every crafter ponders What is creativity anyway? Where do ideas come from? How do successful artists get started? How do you know when a piece is finished? Creativity is different for everyone, and this book offers a wide range of insights from 15 well-known and admired full-time artists, including Linda Woods (art journaler and author of Visual Chronicles and the forthcoming Journal Revolution), Michael DeMeng (mixed-media assemblage artist and author of the Secrets of Rusty Things), Melissa Zink (New Mexican mixed-media artist and bronze sculptor), James Michael Starr (collage and assemblage artist), Scott Radke (puppet maker) and many others. Colorful and engaging artwork fills the pages alongside the chronicles of artistic awakenings, creative techniques, inspired strategies, unique ways of thinking, and high-energy brainstorms you would learn from at retreat workshops and buy work from online. Full of been-there, can-sympathize-with-that, have-you-thought-about-trying-this stories and insights, The Creative Life will appeal to artists of all mediums and skill levels.

A Year Full of Writing Projects for Middle School $15.99 Meet the diverse learning needs of students with intriguing projects that include advertising posters, comic books, broadcast news stories, and magazine articles

An Addict’s Journey $9.59 Joanne was born and raised in Edison, New Jersey to an Italian, Catholic family of eight. She studied creative writing in high school and began writing in the late 1970′s. After graduating high school, she suffered a serious head injury in a car accident. After waking from a five day coma, she was oblivious to her cognitive disabilities and stepped right back into her life. She entered poetry contests and won honorable mentions however, battling confusion and uncertainty had become customary. She traveled a road that lead her to addiction where making bad choices was common place. Rehab, in 2005, lead her to an exceptional12 step program where she became a member and to this day, credits them with her success. It was in this program that she became the most inspired. She learned to think of others. Her journey resulted in the culmination of inspirations meant to help others, in particular, the still sick and suffering addict. She wants them to know they are not alone and that there is hope.Joanne has two son’s and resides in New Jersey, finally happy and serene.