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Mike Ponessa

College Advisor @ University of South Carolina

Location: Charleston, SC

Orgs and ECs:
USC Cheerleading, Phi Delta Epsilon, Alpha Kappa Psi (served on their Diversity and Inclusion Committee), Active Minds

Bio:

I’m a senior pre-med biology major at the University of South Carolina – Columbia. I’m a cheerleader here so I’m consequentially a big sports fan. I also love exercising and being outdoors, so I’ll often take trips to the coast for a beach weekend. I want to be an advisor because I went through a lot of trial and error to end up where I am now – I applied to 17 different schools and decided on USC for factors I was initially displeased with. Now, I couldn’t be happier with my choice of school, so I’d love to provide that perspective to students who were in my position four years ago.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are around 20 Sikh students on campus. 

Think: southern hospitality, bar school, football school, diverse, politically active, and “rurban” (we’re a campus with a lot of green space and a small campus feel in the middle of a bustling city and state capital)

The average ACT score is 27 and the average SAT score  is 1275. The average GPA for incoming students is 3.75

Some of the most popular majors at USC are Finance, Marketing, Business, Exercise Physiology, and Management Sciences and Information Systems.

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