<p>Got home today and found a letter from SC in the mailbox telling me that they needed more information and asked for me to submit my 1st semester grades from this year. Is this similar to an EA deferral (i know SC does not have EA, but is it the same effect?) or is it just a standard request that all applicants receive (minus those already notified of acceptance)?</p>
<p>I think it is a standard request.</p>
<p>If it’s a standard request…and I didn’t get one, would that be a bad thing?</p>
<p>bump!!! help this guy out! i wanna know the answer to this question also.</p>
<p>Every year this question comes up and no one seems to be able to answer it. What really is needed is for those who received these requests this year is to include this information in their acceptance or rejection announcement on the Class of 2015 acceptance thread. That at least might be useful for future applicants…</p>
<p>This is totally my opinion, theory, whatever on the mid year report!
I think if you got a mid year report request and you did not got the scholarship in January, you’re probably a borderline or on the accepted list, they just want to check your grades.</p>
<p>It has been my experience that all applicants not accepted in the initial round are expected to submit mid-year grades.</p>
<p>no that would be too many grades to look at… There must be a large pool of rejects that they don’t want there grades</p>
<p>^ And yet they do want all of those grades. If you will look at your online application status, it very likely contains this line:
Please read your application status. You are expected to submit any information that USC requests.</p>
<p>alamemom, should I be worried if I have not received anything in the mail regarding “no scholarship” or asking for “mid-year grades”? I was pretty confident in getting into USC with above the 75th percentile in SAT and National Merit Finalist, but no mail from USC has got me pretty worried… 
I submitted my Mid-Year Report online 2 weeks ago</p>
<p>The mid-year grade requests does not give indication of admission status - all applicants not accepted in the initial round are expected to submit them. As for the “no scholarship” letter - last year some applicants got them, some did not. There were accepted and rejected applicants in both groups. </p>
<p>Congratulations on the NMF! Just a few more weeks and decisions will be out - try not to stress too much.</p>
<p>okay but it is clear that only some recieve the letter which shows that they really dont care about them or have already been accepted/denied</p>
<p>In my opinion, USC asks students who are borderline (i.e. not definitely getting accepted or rejected) for midyear reports. This makes sense because USC does not require midyear reports. A request encourages such students to submit a midyear and as a result allows USC to make “a final decision,” as stated on the letter. There is no point in asking somebody who is definitely getting accepted or rejected for more information.</p>
<p>For example, I received a request and I consider myself borderline. My SAT score is only 2240 and I am no national merit finalist, while riceisnicee might be the proverbial “slam dunk” and thus no midyear is necessary.</p>
<p>Once again, this is just my theory; I might be completely wrong.</p>
<p>I have to disagree that they are only asking for midyear reports from borderline students. I believe anyone who has not received a major scholarship is probably requested. My son has a 4.7 GPA with a 2170 SAT and I would not consider that borderline for USC, over 600 volunteer hours, and quite a bit of leadership. I believe if you received a letter, which my son did, it a very good sign.</p>
<p>I feel like I’ve said this a million times, but what the heck:</p>
<p>My son was not a Presidential/Trustee scholar and was never asked for his mid-year report. Like many of you, this also made us nervous, as all his friends were asked, including both those with better and worse grades/test scores. </p>
<p>He was accepted.</p>
<p>Not being asked for mid-years is not a bad sign.</p>
<p>Last year, my son was not asked for mid year grades either and he was accepted! My guess is that you will be asked to submit mid year grades if USC would like more information before making their admission decision. Oh…even though my son wasn’t asked, we submitted his mid year grades anyway. They were good…so we thought they could only help.</p>
<p>Been years and years but the son and his friend (not same yr) received a grade request. They were not admitted. Both graduated and were very happy at their colleges.</p>
<p>@lamom Whoa, that cannot bode well for me. Did they not get good grades, meaning all As?</p>
<p>I received a request for mid year grades last year, even though I had submitted them
a month earlier when I got them. I thought maybe I was borderline and this was a
good sign, since I was taking 3 AP classes and had all A’s my senior year. But still
got the rejection in late March. Went from thinking I could get a top scholarship, to
maybe getting a dean’s, to hoping I get in, to rejection. Well, I did get the rejection letter
for legacies (meet with a counselor here and maybe you can transfer in later). I know I shouldn’t take it personally, but who wants to work for two years for a ‘maybe’ and for a school that doesn’t want you anyway?? I think they know that, they just want to try
and soften the blow so your parent’s will still donate. lol</p>
<p>jbourne- i’m curious…how did your opinion on your app vary so much with the result?</p>