Get ready to fill out your Courses & Grades on Common App

A little bit of prep work up front can set you up for a smooth experience entering your high school classes into your application.

Transcript samples into Courses & Grades

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Transcript samples into Courses & Grades

Quarterly grades

Transcript sample - 9th grade quarters

Quarter grades transcript example - original and highlighted versions

How quarters look in Common App

Leave the "final" grade dropdown blank if your school does not award final grades.

 

Transcript with quarter grades entered into Common App Courses and Grades

 

 

Trimester grades

Transcript sample - 9th grade trimesters

Transcript sample demonstrating 9th grade in trimesters

How trimesters look in Common App

Leave the "final" grade dropdown blank if your school does not award final grades.

 

how a 9th grade transcript with trimester grades is entered in Common App

 

Semester grades

Transcript sample - 9th grade semesters

transcript sample demonstrating 9th grade in semesters

 

How semesters look in Common App

Leave the "final" grade dropdown blank if your school does not award final grades.

 

9th grade semester courses entered into Common App

 

 

12th grade courses

Transcript example - Grade 12 courses in progress

sample transcript of grade 12 courses in progress

How grade 12 in-progress courses look in Common App

In Common App, your grade 12 courses in progress (classes you don't have grades for yet) will NOT go into the Courses & Grades section. Instead, enter them into the Education section under "Current or Most Recent Year Courses."

Screenshot of Education section of the Common App

 

Here's what the final entry would look like:

Grade 12 courses in progress entered into Common App

 

PSEO/College in the Schools courses

Transcript sample for PSEO and CIS courses

PSEO and CIS courses on high school transcript

How PSEO and CIS courses look in Common App

PSEO and CIS courses entered into Common App