High Schools, Summer Schools and Other Academic Programs You Have Attended
• You need to have ready the name of the current high school you attend (and any others you have attended), its address and the CEEB/ACT codes for each. You can get this information at these two links:
SAT: www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/codelist.html
ACT: www.actstudent.org/regist/lookuphs.html
You also need to provide your high school counselor’s name, title, email address, phone and fax number
Participation In Educational Preparation Programs
Some applications ask for the name of any college counseling you have received from a community-based program (e.g., AVID, Questbridge, Upward Bound etc.)
The Titles And Semester Grades Of Courses 9th-12th Grade (and sometimes even 7th and 8th grade coursework in math and foreign languages)
Neither The Common Application nor the Universal College Application ask for a listing of your courses, but other applications do. The best source of this information is your high school transcript. Be sure to request a copy of your transcript as soon as school starts in the fall (better yet, get it before).
Some colleges ask for your un-weighted Grade Point Average (GPA); others allow a weighted GPA, and many applications don’t ask for your GPA (they take what they want from your high school transcript).
Major
Many students don’t think twice about what they put down as a major. Often they think this information is of no admissions consequence. However, what you list as a major can have implications for your admission and even later as a college student. Here is how and why.
A few universities such as those in the UC system see identified majors as a major commitment. Therefore, what you list as your major on an application is what you are when you arrive in the fall. Especially at large public universities, it can be a hassle to change majors, but you can do it.
