You’ll be able to select the level of each course, such as H, AP, IB, AICE, or Dual Enrollment, so don’t include these abbreviations in the name of each course when you type it. Honors Section Common App gives you room to list up to five academic honors.
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The Education section of the Common App is exactly what it sounds like: it’s where you tell your chosen colleges about your high school academic performance. From grades to class rank to what courses you took, colleges will want to get a detailed look at what–and how–you did in high school.
Your first task is to tell the Common App what high school you attend now or most recently attended, as well as various facts about that high school. Fortunately, you don’t have to provide all this information from scratch; the Common App system includes a database of high schools that you’ll search through to find and choose yours.
Once you’ve provided the number of courses you’re taking, you’ll enter information for each of these courses so that admissions officers can evaluate your academic course load. As an example, here’s a screenshot from our sample student’s Common App profile.
Next, you’ll be asked to enter information for each course. Under Course 1 title, type the full name of your first course. (This may be different from what you call the course on an everyday basis—you may refer to “Algebra II and Trigonometry” as simply “Trig,” but colleges will want to see the full course title.)
The Education section of the Common App is exactly what it sounds like: it's where you tell your chosen colleges about your high school academic performance. From grades to class rank to what courses you took, colleges will want to get a detailed look at what–and how–you did in high school.
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Course level means the degree of difficulty or complexity of the content of a course in a specific subject area, such as an honors level course.
Information. Some colleges require that you complete the Courses and Grades section of the Common App. If your college is not on this list, you do not need to complete the Courses and Grades section.
Filling out the application The application only has 9th – 12th grades as options (in the United States, 12th grade is equivalent to the year of schooling before you attend university). You should list your 13th year of coursework under 12th grade and work backward through 11th, 10th and 9th grades.
For each course, select the appropriate Subject category and then type the name of the course as it appears on your transcript. Add your year-end grade and credits earned for each class. You will not need to add 12th Grade Courses and Grades if it is prior to the end of S1.
You can generally tell the level of the course by looking at the first digit of the 4 digit catalogue number. For example ARTS 1007 is a level I course and ARTS 2009 is a level II course.
The HSS defined college-level coursework for high school students as an advanced curriculum that provides students with postsecondary learning experiences while they are still in high school, allowing students to earn college credit in some instances.
A class level designation applies to all students. Undergraduate levels, based on units, affect enrollment appointments and some course restrictions. Graduate levels are based on degree standing. Class level is based on units completed and in progress, not years attended.
Enter the semester grade in the semester in which you took the course. Report Course Credits – enter credits as they appear on your transcript. Enter 1.0 in “Final” for yearlong courses.
It's also important to note that colleges won't view PE grades as particularly important when evaluating your academic performance, but Common App schools will usually receive your full transcripts anyway, so self-reporting these classes is not essential in this case.
The only way for international students to waive the fee is through counselor recommendation. Go to the profile section of your common app and click on the Common App Fee Waiver sub section. Click on the Yes option stating that you believe your financial circumstances qualify for a fee waiver. Click on the last option which states that your counselor or a school official can provide a supporting statement.
For NEB students, the listing of current year courses requires five subjects. ( Unless you have taken Extra Maths and want to report it too.) Usually for students from Physical Group the five subjects are: English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Nepali. For Biology Group swap Mathematics and Biology. If you’re from the Management stream you can list your courses accordingly matching your final transcript.
Weighted GPAs take into account the level of your course difficulty, and are measured on a scale of 0 to 5.0. Unweighted GPA does not factor in the level of difficulty and generally are reported on a scale of 0 to 4.0. If you are an NEB, or A-Level student, use the unweighted GPA.
In Nepal, we generally consider 11 as the start of high school but in the US high school starts from 9. Here, you will be clearing the possible confusion.
Unless, you are applying during your A2/12, (in which case you must select “No change in progression”, you will have to select an option that is relevant for you, and explain the circumstances in the next question.
Some boards (especially A-levels) do not award a GPA. If that’s the case, leave the section blank. Your transcripts should have all the details required.
For the courses and grades section, the grades for each course are as listed on the transcript. So if kid got a B or an 85 in English 3, then that’s the grade you enter.
D’s GC told her to put down exactly what grades were on the transcript so the common app matched exactly. Agree with Ski, that it should be a 4.0 scale.
It is only one flagship state U that is requiring that the grades be entered into the Common App. All kid’s other schools just want the transcript - not that this flagship state U doesn’t want the transcript - of course, they do. It’s a total pain in the rear to do, and if it weren’t for the fact that the school has an amazing instrumental teacher for kid, I think we would have just crossed this school off the list for this reason alone.