Provide all coursework in the appropriate Subject Areas, including the Academic Level, Generic Course Title, followed by the exact Course Name as listed on your high school transcript. Select the appropriate Course Level (College Prep, Honors, etc...) associated with the course.
Please note the SSAR records grades on a semester basis.
Grades should be reported as A, B, C, D, and F; grades of B+ and B- are recorded as a B grade. Your senior-year courses must be listed as "In Progress" unless you have completed the first semester or have graduated from high school.
If you earned high school credit while in middle school, you must list those courses and grades and choose Middle School as the Academic Level.
Although repeated course grade forgiveness policies vary by colleges/universities using the SSAR, you are required to record both attempts of any repeated course. Additionally, if you withdrew from a class before earning a grade, please list the course and record the grade as withdrawn. The same is true for courses for which you earned a grade of Pass or Fail.
If your high school transcript has:
- Only semester grades: enter your semester grades as shown on your transcript.
- Only final grades: enter the final grade twice (first semester and second semester) for yearlong courses (one credit), and once for semester-long courses (1/2 credit). For example, if you earned a grade of B in Algebra I which is a yearlong course (1 credit), enter that grade twice (first semester and second semester). If you took Trigonometry which is a semester-long course (1/2 credit), enter that grade only once in whichever semester the course was taken.
- Both semester grades and final grades: use the final grade. For example, if you took Algebra I earning an A in the first semester and a B in the second semester with your final grade being a B, enter a grade of B twice (first semester and second semester).
- Both trimester grades and final grades: use the final grade. If the course is yearlong, enter the final grade twice. If the course is only for one trimester, enter the grade for either the first or second semester.
- Block scheduling: you are completing a yearlong course (one credit) in one semester and a semester-long course (1/2 credit) in nine weeks. A one credit course will be entered twice (first semester and second semester), and a 1/2 credit course will be entered once.
- Dual-enrollment courses: you must self-report all college courses’ grades listed on your transcript. If your course is one credit in high school, enter the grade twice (first semester and second semester). If your course is 1/2 credit, enter the grade once.
- Numerical grades: you must convert to A-F grades using your high school grading scale.