Terms are the periods by which the school year is divided and often correspond with a grading period. You should select the term that is appropriate for the course grade you are entering, based on how your school divides the school year and how your grades appear on your transcript.
Any course with a unique grade on your transcript should be entered. If a course was taken twice in a school year (first semester and second semester, for example) with unique grades, you should enter the course twice, with the respective grades for each semester entered. In the Term box, you should use "Term 1" for courses taken in the first semester and "Term 2" for courses taken in the second semester. If you receive only a full-year grade for a course, you can choose "Full-Year" and provide the one grade you received for the year.
Please also note that you will not be able to enter more than six courses of the same Course Type for each school year. We are most interested in the core academic courses (Science, Math, English, History or Social Studies, Foreign Language), so if, for example, you have included more than six courses per year labeled as "Other" under Course Type, you will need to remove courses as necessary in order to meet that limit. We will also have your full transcript to refer to as needed.
You can also check out our QuestTips video below with tips on how to complete this section.