D started working on her Pitt application today and ran into a couple problems that we couldn’t figure out how to handle. First, normal schedule at her high school is 2 years of US History, but the drop downs only allowed her to put it in one year. So it looks like she didn’t take history one year. Also, she is taking AP Environmental Science this year and that isn’t an option. We discussed that she could select earth science, since that was a choice but it really isn’t right. She also has had extra English electives and there didn’t seem to be any way to add those.
First issue is that it her schedule just looks wrong - like she didn’t take core courses each year when in fact she did. Also, she is worried that when the school submits her transcript it won’t match. Anyone have any suggestions on how to do handle this?
When recording your courses, we ask that you enter coursework for each year. If your daughter had two years of US History, she should record each year in it’s respective academic year when entering coursework. For Environmental Science, you must select a subject area and generic course title (whatever most closely matches the course at your school) and then you must also enter the exact course name as it appears on the transcript. That way we will know exactly what she took. As for adding extra electives, you should be able to easily add them under the “Add New Coursework” section for each year.
If you choose to submit a self reported academic record instead of a transcript (you may choose either option to report academic record), it is very important that it matches the transcript. If you have further questions about it, I would encourage you to check out the detailed instructions (hyperlinked at the top of each section where you enter coursework for the year).
We’ll have to go back and look again. Your explanation just doesn’t seem to match what we were looking at on the form. She was filling it herself, couldn’t figure out what to do and got me, and I couldn’t figure it out either. I didn’t notice the link to instructions at the top that you refer to.
For example, for US History, there was a drop down box next to it where you selected which year you took it, and then another drop down for level of the course, and then another for the grade. There was no way to select two different years that we could see. We also didn’t see anyplace to click to add extra courses. She did request her high school send a transcript so I’ll see if we can figure out how to completely erase this section since apparently it is optional and it is really not right.
@me29034, Yes. If you are sending a transcript, please do not fill out the self reported academic record. Delete all of the content you filled in there and submit the application with that section blank. We will know to expect a transcript from you.
If you choose to fill out the self reported academic record instead of sending a transcript, under “Academic Record” there should be a big blue button that says “Enter Coursework” where you can put in all of the courses you take by academic year. This is the section I am referring to in my initial response.