With the deadline for the first U.S. application on October 15 not far away, are the 2022ers struggling with the filing system and paperwork?
Many students have participated in the Summer Program/Summer Courses organized by American universities in the summer, so how to declare this experience in the Common App application system is still a bit confusing?
No credit summer school
If you are attending a no credit school, that is, you have not earned college credit, then this summer school experience can be filled in as an activity in activities.
Credit Summer School
If you have earned the credits awarded by the university to participate in this summer school, then in the Education section of the Common App, fill in under the Colleges & Universities program.
You need to fill in the name of the university, the nature of the course, the time, note that the last Degree earned is the degree obtained, generally everyone participates in the summer school courses are not awarded a degree, here is empty do not fill in.
Do I need to fill in the Summer Grades section in the Courses and Grades section?
When declaring grades in the Courses and Grades section, do I need to fill in the grades of the Summer Credit School?
Let's take a look at the official Q&A of the Common App:
According to the official Q&A, only courses that earn both college and high school credit (i.e. dual-credit programs in the Dual-enrollment Program) are required to declare their grades here.
The Dual-Enrollment Program double-credit program refers to courses that you can take at a university while studying at a high school in the United States. And after passing the study and assessment, you can obtain the credits recognized by the university.
The results of the double-credit course are filled in under the corresponding grade level according to the time of the class, and if it is a summer course, it is filled in the last "Other Courses".
Courses that only have university credits and have not obtained high school credits are not required to be declared in the Courses and Grades section.
Isn't that a bit of a detour? Finally, to summarize it simply, for domestic students to go to the United States university summer school courses, you need to declare under the Colleges & Universities program in the Education section, but do not need to fill in the courses and Grades section