Sample California State Application for Suzy Fairview
Fairview High School – Counseling & College/Career Center
1515 Greenbriar Blvd., Boulder, CO 80305
Suzy Fairview, Class of 2016, has decided to apply to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Use this screen by screen guide to help you navigate through the California State Application process.
You must select an intended major.
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The Fairview CEEB code is 060118.
The Fairview graduation date is May
22, 2016.
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The CSU application requires that you enter your
current and completed coursework. Make sure to
have a copy of your transcript. The process begins
with entering your courses by subject area. The
subject areas are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
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Social Science
English
Mathematics
Science
Language other than English
Visual/Performing Arts
College Prep electives.
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This is a summary of all of Suzy’s
social science classes. One semester
classes such as U.S. Government have
‘NC’ in the semester not taken. Note:
Her Economics class is entered under
Area G, College Prep Electives.
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Once you have entered the course names by year, you will be
asked for your grades and whether or not each class was an
honors class (AP, IB, Honors or Not Applicable). Advanced and
Weighted classes that are not either AP or IB should be
designated as Honors, even though they are not Californiadesignated Honors classes. This highlights to the reader that
these classes are advanced/weighted.
For any weighted classes – AP, IB and
weighted/Honors classes - you must
also indicate in which semester(s) the
class was taken.
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For weighted classes other than IB
or AP, use Honors. Here Suzy has
designated Advanced Pre-Calc, a
weighted class, as Honors.
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Here is where you enter high school courses you took in Middle School
such as Algebra I, Geometry or Foreign Language.
NOTE: PROVIDING THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSES IS REQUIRED OR
YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE REJECTED!!
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You must also input your Middle
School grades for those courses.
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High school science classes must be
input as either Biological Science
(Biology, Anatomy) – shown here - or
Physical Sciences (everything else).
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CSU has their own methodology for
calculating GPA. Your CSU GPA will
likely be different than what shows
on your transcript. The following two
screens explain how CSU calculates
GPA.
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Here is where Suzy is calculating her
GPA. Each ‘count’ represents one
semester. CSU only includes A-G
courses taken in 10th and 11th grades:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Social Science
English
Mathematics
Science
Language other than English
Visual/Performing Arts
College Prep electives.
You can only have a maximum of 8
semester units of Honors classes for
this calculation.
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In terms of extracurricular, CSU only
asks for the average number of hours
per week you spend working and in
clubs/activities/sports. Suzy looked
at what she had entered on her
Common Application to calculate
hours per year in each category, and
then divided by 52 weeks.
Suzy also indicated that she had a
leadership position in her clubs &
activities.
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Suzy is now ready to review her
entire application before
submitting.
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