<p>Well I’ll probably get raked over the coals again for saying this, but here goes. USC DOES send snail mail letters to select people asking for mid year grades. At our school, only the top (straight A) kids who didn’t already get accepted have gotten these letters. My THEORY is that they only ask for mid year grades for people who are likely to get admitted. Why would they waste time and money sending these letters to everyone. Yes, it says on the web site that everyone should send the grades, and you can do it either on the web site or through common ap. It’s easy, so why not. I’m just saying I think if you don’t get a special letter asking for your mid year grades it probably means they are not looking at your app anymore. Would be great if people would post their results next month to see if this is true.</p>