year and term (start in column 1, length 5 characters) course number (start in column 6, length 8 characters section code (start in column 14, length 4 characters gender (start in column 18, length 1 character student age (start in column 19, length 5 characters - 2 pre-comma, comma, 2 past-comma) student year (start in column 24, length 2 characters) student's state of residence (start in column 26, length 2 characters)