{"id":5745,"date":"2025-09-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/counseling\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:43:45","slug":"do-all-common-app-colleges-use-the-courses-grades-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/counseling\/do-all-common-app-colleges-use-the-courses-grades-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Do all Common App colleges use the Courses &amp; Grades section?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Some colleges require that you complete the Courses and Grades section of the Common App. Check the link below to see the colleges that require them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appsupport.commonapp.org\/applicantsupport\/s\/article\/Do-all-members-of-The-Common-Application-use-Courses-Grades-in-their-admissions-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/appsupport.commonapp.org\/applicantsupport\/s\/article\/Do-all-members-of-The-Common-Application-use-Courses-Grades-in-their-admissions-process<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[10,43,16,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college","category-counseling","category-guidance","category-juniors","category-seniors"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8LVRb-1uF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5214,"url":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/counseling\/ssar-srar-youtube-tutorials\/","url_meta":{"origin":5745,"position":0},"title":"SSAR\/SRAR Youtube Tutorials","author":"Bill Robaey","date":"October 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As you are filling out applications and the colleges\/universities require the SSAR\/SRAR check out the youtube tutorials below.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;College&quot;","block_context":{"text":"College","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/counseling\/category\/college\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5641,"url":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/counseling\/test-optional-colleges-universities\/","url_meta":{"origin":5745,"position":1},"title":"Test Optional Colleges\/Universities","author":"Bill Robaey","date":"September 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many colleges do not require a standardized test for admission. 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