Final Statement

When you’re ready to graduate, you’ll submit a Final Statement that acts as a synopsis for the coursework you've done and the evaluations in your transcript.

Your Final Statement clarifies your educational choices for an outside audience. It will feature prominently in your transcript. It introduces your narrative evaluations—the bulk of your transcript—and gives you a chance to explain your education as a whole.

When Your Statement Is Due

Your Final Statement is a graduation requirement if you are an undergraduate student admitted or re-admitted for fall quarter 2013 or later.

Your final Academic Statements must be submitted by the final day of your final quarter in order to graduate.

For graduation during the 2019 – 20 school year, you must submit your Final Statement by the following dates:

  • Fall: Friday, December 20, 2019
  • Winter: Friday, March 20, 2020
  • Spring: Friday, June 12, 2020
  • Summer: Friday, September 4, 2020

If you miss the deadline for your Final Statement, you will not be able to graduate that quarter. We recommend turning it in earlier in your last quarter, so you don’t have to worry about it.

How to Turn In Your Statement

To turn in your Final Statement to your transcript:

  • Login at My Evergreen
  • Click on “Academic Statement”
  • Click on the title of your Academic Statement
  • On the right hand side, click the “Graduation” button
  • Confirm that you understand the warning
  • Click “Turn In”

What Goes In Your Final Statement

Once submitted, your Final Statement is permanently added to your transcript and cannot be edited after the deadline. Think about the kinds of information you want to share and the audience that will be reading it, such as graduate schools or employers.

You’re not just writing your Final Statement for you, but for anyone who may read your transcript in the future. Make sure that it has a general purpose and audience in mind and is clear to someone who may not have an understanding of Evergreen’s unique structure or its programs.

Remember, your final academic statement is a permanent part of your transcript. We highly recommend you only include information that you would want seen by outside audiences, such as graduate school admissions boards or future employers. Once you submit the final draft to your transcript, you cannot revise it anymore.

“This process squeezed the bulk of my education into a little bite-sized thumbnail perspective. It’s somewhat surreal (in a good way) to look back and see all of those accomplishments summarized in 750 words.”

Your Final Statement should:

  • Draw connections between the course work you have chosen
  • Summarize your educational choices
  • Highlight what you have learned
  • Be 750 words or less

More Prompts

Before submitting your Final Statement, you may want to read this Review Checklist to see what may be missing from your draft. See a Example Final Statement (Word).