Undergraduate Admissions, Evaluation 2: Candidate's academic performance & progress

This phase of evaluation will focus particularly on academic performance achieved in the last three years of secondary school, as a whole but also year by year.

The evaluation will take the following qualitative aspects into account:

• Your position in the class at each stage of secondary school; 
• Your consistency or the evolution of your academic results; 
• Your ability to progress and persevere; 
• Feedback and comments from teachers at your school (reports cards and your fiche avenir, which is directly submitted by your secondary school); 
• Your overall academic progress (including any potential specificities relating to your educational background), and how your school ranks within the secondary education system.

In addition, the evaluators will also consider your answers in the “Activities and interests” section, which provide additional elements of understanding of your background.

How is Evaluation 2 examined?

This evaluation, which is based on an in-depth analysis of the candidate’s academic record, is conducted by two secondary school teachers and/or members of Sciences Po’s academic staff. The examiners assess the application independently of one another and are not made aware of the results of Evaluation 1.

Both examiners have an excellent knowledge of the French secondary education system and the Sciences Po Undergraduate College.

Calculation of your mark

At the end of Evaluation 2, each examiner awards the candidate a mark out of 10.

This double assessment of the candidate’s academic record is totalled to give a mark out of 20. This is your mark for the second evaluation of the admissions procedure.

Please note: Your secondary school will enter the grades you achieved in première and terminale into Parcoursup directly. You are not, therefore, required to attach report cards for these two years. However, in order to gain a full overview of your progress through the lycée, Sciences Po requires you to attach report cards from the seconde to your application as well. This is mandatory.

This phase of evaluation will focus on academic performance throughout the last three years of secondary school. It aims to make an in-depth assessment of the student’s academic performance, his or her position in the cohort, evidence of hard work, perseverance and improvement, overall progress. The "activities and interests" section will provideadditional elements of understanding of the candidate's background. 

This evaluation, which is based on an analysis of the candidate’s academic record, is conducted by two secondary school teachers and/or members of the academic staff at Sciences Po. The examiners assess the application independently of one another and are not made aware of the results of Evaluation 1.

Both examiners have an excellent knowledge of foreign systems of secondary education, as well as of the Sciences Po Undergraduate College.