Eastlake High School

EHS Post High School Guide

EHS Common App Quick Reference

EHS Coalition Quick Reference

The Eastlake College and Career and Counselors will host multiple Wolf Time, application support sessions. Find the sessions on FlexiSched under "McGuigan"

Eastlake uses a semester system, with one grade per semester. There are no year-long "final" grades. If you are asked for a year-long final grade, leave the box blank.

Eastlake uses a "modified block A/B schedule" with classes meeting every other day except for one day of the week when all classes meet. To make things extra fun, different application portals use the term “block schedule” differently.

Common Application: Eastlake does not meet the Common App’s definition of Block Schedule which is defined as “completing one (1) full unit of a course either in the fall semester only or in the spring semester only.”

Coalition Application: Eastlake meets Coalition’s definition of a Block Schedule which is defined as “a high school that offers certain classes on different days of the week (for example, some classes meet M/W/F and other classes meet T/TH)

Make your best estimate, and contact admission offices after submission if something changes.

Colleges expect you to complete the schedule submitted as part of your application. Think carefully about changes. If you make a change (with your counselor's permission), please notify admissions offices to update your file.

Some do, some don’t. It’s a good idea to check admission requirements for schools on your list in the spring/summer before or early fall of senior year to see if recommendations will be required so that you can give letter writers ample time to prepare thoughtful letters on your behalf.

If you would like your counselor or teacher to submit a letter of recommendation as part of your application, please follow the below steps and give your recommenders plenty of advance notice:

Counselor letters: Complete the EHS online Counselor LOR form.

Teacher letters: Ask your teacher if they will write for you. Provide them with the EHS Teacher LOR form or whatever form/input they prefer to get the letter writing process started.

Invite and assign your recommenders in the Common and Coalition application portals (see below). Your recommenders will receive an email invitation and will then securely upload their recommendations prior to the due date.

Common Application

Coalition Application

Before you start adding your recommenders’ information, you must complete the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Release authorization and waive your right to review recommender letters. Under the provisions of FERPA, you are guaranteed the right to access the contents of any evaluation letters you request from a recommender unless you specifically waive that right. Admissions officers value honest and confidential assessments of applicants. If you don't waive your FERPA right, this could indicate to admissions offices that you don't trust your recommender or that the recommendation is not as forthright as it could be.

Policies on submitting extra letters vary from school to school. Letters of recommendation offer admissions committees unique perspectives on who you are as a person and a student that aren’t expressed elsewhere in the application. Consider submitting an extra letter only if allowed and if the writer can offer insight that differs significantly from other areas of your application.

Counselors and teachers submit prior to your deadline, sometimes just days or hours before. Get your application submitted, scores sent (if required) and application fee paid before the deadline. Check-in with counselors and teachers to ensure they have your deadline on their radar.

Absolutely, students can submit applications before counselors or teachers submit their school forms. Before submitting your application, please follow up with your teachers and your counselor to ensure they will be able to complete and submit a recommendation prior to the school's stated application deadline.

See the 2021-22 Eastlake Counselor alpha assignments here.

College Application Help Wolf Time: Find us under FlexiSched "McGuigan"

Quick Reference Guides: Eastlake Common Application Guide and the Eastlake Coalition Application Guide 

Quick Reference Resources: Eastlake's College Application Quick Resources includes go-to links, videos, etc. for the Common, Coalition, UC, and Cal State applications.

College and Career Microsoft Classroom Team: Ask a question in our Question Channel

Reach out: Email your EHS Counselor or Mrs. McGuigan, EHS College and Career Specialist or contact admission offices.

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No. Washington State law prohibits posting a weighted GPA to your high school transcript. Colleges are aware of this and make their own adjustments and recalculations to account for differences in course rigor.

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Yes, if you're in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant even if you’ve earned college credit through dual enrollment/Running Start. You will be considered a transfer applicant if you’ve enrolled in college coursework after graduating from high school.

No. Some schools will require a counselor to upload or send an official transcript, some will allow students to upload an unofficial copy, and some only want transcripts after you've been admitted and enrolled. Transcript requirements will be spelled out under the admissions requirements tab of a college's website.

Many schools will require a transcript as part of the application process. Submission procedures vary by application portal.

Common Application: If you've invited your counselor to your Common Application in the Common Application portal, no further steps are required to request your official Eastlake transcript. Your counselor will automatically upload one for you.

Coalition Application: You must make separate requests for counselor tasks in the Coalition portal so request your transcript if needed in the college-specific portion of the Coalition app. Your counselor will then upload it for you.

For Washington State University, any non-Common/Coalition schools, scholarships and personal purposes: Complete the Eastlake online transcript request form.

Schools where you self-report and then send a transcript after you're admitted and decide to enroll: Many public colleges and universities will ask students to self-report courses and grades during the application process such as the University of Washington, UCs or CSUs, with an official transcript required only after you've been admitted and have decided to enroll. Eastlake will send a final transcript as part of the end-of-year senior check-out process.

Unofficial transcripts: Follow directions to view your unofficial Eastlake transcript in Skyward. Having an unofficial transcript on hand during the application process is highly recommended.

Check document requirements carefully. Some schools ask that you send college transcripts related to dual credit after you’ve been admitted and enrolled, some (such as the University of Michigan, UT Austin, CU Boulder and others) ask that you send college transcripts as part of the application process. 

You must create a UW NetID. After you registered for your UW in the HS course, you should have received an email with your UW student ID number and a PAC (personal access code). These two pieces of information are used to create your UW NetID by following the instructions here:. Note: you will select your identity as a “UW student.” If you do not have your UW student ID or PAC code, call the UW registration department at 206-543-2310. Once you have created your UW NetID, you can sign into your MyUW account to view your unofficial transcript as well as order an official transcript. Tip**Please look at your unofficial transcript prior to ordering an official transcript. If there are any issues such as a grade or course not appearing, you can get the issue resolved first without having to pay for a second transcript later.

Transcripts for Eastlake CTE Dual Credit courses are generated during the summer quarter after course completion. At all schools, you will be provided with a Student ID number which is unique to the college awarding the credit. You will need this number to order a transcript.

Order your Bellevue College Transcript;

Order Lake Washington Institute of Technology Transcript;

Order your Shoreline Community College Transcript.

If you have questions about your CTE Dual Credit, please contact Mrs. McGuigan.

Once you’ve submitted your application to a school, the only way to change or update the application is to contact the school directly. Contact the school and verify how they prefer this update to be made (i.e. an email, update in the applicant portal, etc.). Some typical reasons for updating an application after submission: major errors, new award or distinction, dropped class, and a changed schedule.

Some schools, such as Cal Poly SLO, accept no changes at all, so it's always a good idea to carefully check applications before submitting.

To meet an application deadline, you must submit your application materials by 11:59 pm on the deadline date. The end of the deadline date is usually in our local time zone, not the college’s time zone. We always recommend submitting well before 11:59 pm to avoid last minute issues that might cause you to miss the deadline.

Not always! Colleges may contact you if you have missing items. Check your applicant portal(s) and email often and respond promptly to any requests.