Activities Summary

We are particularly interested in learning about our applicants' activities outside the classroom. The application's activity summary gives you the opportunity to highlight special skills or talents, interesting experiences and personal accomplishments. When reviewing activities, the admission committee is looking for those experiences that might suggest your potential for leadership and involvement at USC. We are interested in seeing activities that show passion, potential and a significant investment of time; an activity summary listing a large volume of cursory involvement is often much less impressive than one showing ongoing commitment to, and leadership in, a smaller number of activities.

Essay, Short Answers, and Quick Takes

These written elements give you the opportunity of speaking directly to the admission committee in your own voice. USC carefully reads and considers everything submitted, so make sure to use a style and vocabulary with which you're comfortable. Content, organization and thoughtfulness are just as important as grammar, spelling and diction. 

Counselor or Teacher Recommendations

All first-year applicants should submit one Counselor/Teacher Report and letter of recommendation. You may submit additional forms and letters; however, the number of recommendations received does not factor into our decision-making process.

　　活动总结

　　我们尤其对申请者的课外活动情况感兴趣。申请者的课外活动总结给了我们了解你才能，天赋，兴趣，体验和个人成就的机会。当我们评阅活动总结时，录取委员会官员寻找的是那些能够表明你在USC的领导潜能和参与性的经历。我们有兴趣看一些能够展示你激情，潜能和投资大量时间的活动；一篇列有一队参与活动项目的清单式活动总结，远没有一篇能够展示致力于和领导力的小数量活动给人印象深刻。

　　短文

　　这些写作的元素给你了直接和录取委员会官员对话的机会。USC官员会仔细阅读和审视每一篇提交的申请文书，所以，采用一种你用起来得心应手的风格和词汇。内容，组织和思想跟语法、拼写和措辞一样重要。

　　推荐信

　　所有的新生申请者都必须提交推荐信。你可以多提交一些表格和信件，但是推荐信的数量并不列入录取与否的决定因素之内。