What do I put for last grade completed?

<p>I’m starting to fill out college applications, but I have a bit of a unique situation on my hands. </p>

<p>Up until grade 10, I attended school in a suburban district. I was in the gifted program throughout elementary and middle school, and when I got to high school I found it excessively boring, and accumulated a few extra credits by doing independent study courses. After grade 10 I’d finally had enough and decided to transfer to a different program in the city. Upon transferring, though, they informed me that due to my extra credits and the different policy on freshman/sophomore/junior/senior status in this district, I would be entering as a senior rather than a junior. </p>

<p>So, aside from now losing a year of college preparation time, I have a problem: I don’t know what the last grade I completed was. Well, I do – the last grade I completed was grade 10. But now I <em>am</em> a senior, and will be graduating in May. I see the question “What was the last grade you completed?” on applications, and I don’t know what to put. If I put 10, then am I going to look like I’m trying to apply to college as a junior? If I put 11, are they going to look at my transcripts and go “What? These are just grades 9 and 10!”?</p>

<p>So, basically, has anyone had the issue of “skipping” junior year? Or should I just write the universities and ask them personally what I should put?</p>

<p>You should probably list 10th as the last grade completed, and use an essay or other written communication to comment on your particular situation. It’s only complicated if you make it so.</p>

<p>Adcoms have probably seem every possible situation. Just contact the college in question and ask how you should list your last grade completed, etc.</p>