<p>USC is not only off the Common Application, but also has a maybe-optional, maybe-recommended, maybe-required Pre-Application Data Sheet.</p>
<p>No one in my class can figure out if not submitting it will hurt them. The deadline was random, too, sometime last week.</p>
<p>It also requires you to recalculate your unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale but gives no other guidelines, which is particularly frustrating if you attend a religious school: no other school cares about religion grades, so we’re used to omitting them; USC gives literally no guidelines on the recalculation process.</p>