On the Enter Coursework screen, applicants can choose to enter courses and grades by Year or Subject Area. This article will review how to enter your courses and grades by Subject Area.
Please reference a copy of your transcript (or online grade report) and enter grades and courses exactly as they appear on your school record. Please do not complete this section from memory. Do not round, estimate, or average grades.
- Navigate to the Enter Coursework screen.
Note: If you attended more than one school, be sure to select the School you wish to enter coursework for. - Under the Selected School section, locate the 'I prefer to enter my coursework by:' drop-down and choose Subject Area.
- Next, navigate to the section labeled Subject Area. Find the appropriate subject and click on the green pencil to enter courses under this Subject Area.
Note: Only enter courses that fall within the selected subject area - To add a course, complete the fields in the Add Course section
- Select the Academic Level (e.g. 9th grade, 10th grade) the course was taken in.
- Select the Generic Course Title that most closely matches the subject matter of the course at your school.
- Enter the Course Name as it appears on your transcript, if different from the Generic Course Title.
- Select the Course Level.
- Options for course levels (e.g., AP, Dual Enrollment, etc.) are provided to assist in selecting a level that closely matches designations made on your high school transcript.
- If your school does not use any of the levels listed, then please select 'Standard.'
- Select the Course Length.
- If you receive final grades at the end of each year, please select ‘Full Year’ to record your final grades.
- If you receive final grades at the end of each semester, trimester, or quarter (and no end of year final grade), please select the appropriate course length to record the final grades for each course.
- For any courses that are only one semester, trimester, or quarter, please select the appropriate course length to record the final grade. You will leave the other semester, trimester, or quarter fields empty.
- Select the Grade.
- Enter your course grade exactly as it appears on your transcript.
- If weighted and unweighted grades are listed on your transcript please record the unweighted grades.
- If you are currently taking this course and have not yet received a grade, select 'In Progress.'
- Note: Do not apply weight to your grades. Do not average your grades or convert your grades into a format different than what appears on your own transcript. DO NOT ENTER YOUR GRADE LEVEL AS THE GRADE YOU EARNED IN THE CLASS. Grade means the grade/marks/score you received not the level/year/classification.
- Click Add Course.
- Proceed to the Add Course section to continue recording courses for the selected subject area.
- Continue this process for each Subject Area. Click Back to Summary to choose a different Subject Area to continue to record additional courses.
Other Subject Areas
- Select Other Subject Area to record courses that are not listed under any other subjects.
- Repeat the steps shown above to add each additional course.
- Select Back to Summary to choose a different Subject Area to continue to record additional courses.
Helpful Tip 💡
You will be able to view and edit all coursework entered under Currently Entered Coursework.