• • Transcript(s)- In the Education section, you will enter your high school grades and current courses. Some colleges also need you to self-report your high school transcript, including the UC and CSUs.
  • College Transcript(s) – You will want the Department Code, Class Number, Title of the Course, and the Credits you have/will receive to enter into your college applications.
  • Detailed List of Activities and Honors/Awards- CPSI students have been working on their activities in their student profiles. These will be entered into multiple applications (UC, Common, Coalition, Institutional Apps).
  • Test Scores and Dates (SAT and/or ACT) – you can self-report test scores to some colleges; others may require you to send them directly from the testing agency. Reminder: The UC’s and CSU’s are still Standardized Test-Blind.
  • AP & IB Test Scores and Dates – you can self-report your test scores on the applications. You can look up here what AP test scores that specific colleges will accept Test Score Lookup By College

• • Create a login to the college applications and save the usernames and passwords in a safe, easy-to-access place
  • The most common applications are:
    • Common application (1000+ colleges)
      • Add all colleges
    • University of California (9 Campuses)
    • California State University (23 campuses)
  • Pro tip: You can use GradMap to fill in your information once and Auto-fill it into all three of these applications!

• • Deadlines
  • Application Fees
  • Number of essays and their prompts
  • Testing Policies
  • Requirements by School: Recommendations (Teacher, Counselor, and/or Other Outside Recommenders), School Reports, Testing Policies, and Transcript(s) (High School and/or College)

Once you gather all the requirements for each specific college, build a timeline to help you complete all your requirements!

Note: If you’re working with a CPSI counselor, we’ll build them for you!