Adding Courses and Grades in GradMap
Here is a guide to help you add courses and grades to GradMap. By following these steps, you can accurately input courses and grades into GradMap, ensuring a complete and detailed academic record that will auto-fill into applications.
Key Steps
Preparation
Ensure all high schools and colleges are listed in the education section before adding courses and grades.
Make sure that you have
Adding High School Courses and Grades
Click on the respective year's grade tab.
Add the high school by selecting the school name.
Choose the academic school year.
If you don't see this, go back to Education> High Schools> and make sure you have entered the High School start and end dates as well as entered in the Terms (grade and academic year).
Select the Type of Schedule.
Choose the Grading Scale.
Click on Add Subject and type in the course name.
Select if the course was a summer course taken after this grade year
Add the Course Name, A-G Subject Area, Subject/Discipline, Course Type, and whether it is Weighted or Unweighted.
Verify if the course is weighted by checking the course list.
California Students: Check the badge for the link to see if the course at your high school is weighted or not.
If you are taking a college course for dual enrollment credit, add the course(s) in the respective high school year and also in the college course(s) section.
Specify the terms in which the course was taken.
Enter the grade and number of credits.
Save the information.
Additional Courses
Add any additional courses, including summer courses.
Multiple Grading Options at the School
If you have more than one grading option at your school.
If your transcript contains a mixture of semester and yearly grades, add the high school twice, select the Schedule as the different schedule types, and then add the courses with the respective grading options below.
Be sure to note this in the high school's details under Education>High Schools
Save and check the box indicating all courses for that grade have been reported.
Multiple Schools Attend(ed) During a Grade Year
If you attended multiple schools, repeat the process by adding in another high school and then adding in the courses taken for each school.
Finalizing
Ensure all fields are filled in for the application.
Check the box "I have reported all my courses for this grade."
Save and continue to proceed.
Cautionary Notes
Double-check the course details, including weighting and credits.
Have an official or unofficial transcript on hand for reference.
Be sure to indicate if the course you take or have taken is a summer course.
Tips for Efficiency
California students: Utilize the search function to find and select courses. This is important for the UC And CSU app.
Be sure to identify and/or double-check which courses are weighted and which are not.
Save periodically to avoid losing progress.
Review the entire application before moving on.
When your high school counselor says to add in courses and grades other than the terms you take:
Schools that do this are:
Del Norte High School - Poway Unified School District
Poway High School - Poway Unified School District
Mt. Carmel High School - Poway Unified School District
Semester instead of Quarter
Schools that do this are:
Canyon Crest Academy High School - San Dieguito Unified School District
Rancho Bernardo High School - Poway Unified School District
Westview High School - Poway Unified School District