<p>What grades do USC look at? Do they look at all your grades beginning in freshman year? And do they also look at your first semester Senior Year?</p>
<p>anybody know?</p>
<p>I don't know about the freshman grades - whether they are weighted as strongly as sophomore or junior grades, but I do know that they ask SOME students to send midyear senior grades. That is a good sign in these cases because it means the applicant is on the bubble and good senior grades can only help. I do believe that the USC admissions staff is very invested in looking at the whole candidate in a comprehensive way. If there is an explanation for poor freshman or senior grades, that should be stated.</p>