Crediting activities as classes and listing them as activities, too.

[Mad Jenny Flint]

http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/putting-boy-scouts-on-a-transcript/1862/

 

I love the Home Scholar and her blog. This post has me a bit confused, though. She states that it is okay to put an activity on a college application and also to give transcript credit for it as a class. What do you say?

[periwinkle]

in the specific example she is using.

 

In public school, band is on the transcript as a credit, but the kids also count it as an extra-curricular. WHY? Because they spend hours and hours (beyond what is necessary for the credit) in this activity.

 

I counted some of oldest ds's Boy Scout badgework activities (hiking, backpacking) toward PE hours, but I also listed it as an extra-curricular, because it consumed a LARGE amount of his free time (especially his Eagle project!) ETA: Boy Scouts is much, much more than a PE credit--if your student has been heavily involved/in leadership positions, you understand, lol.

 

Middle ds is involved on a volleyball team, and I count some of the conditioning and practice time toward his PE credit, but he spends more time than the credit on the sport, especially if you include tournaments.

 

I would not count a 120 to 180 hour class that is listed on the transcript as a credit as an extra-curricular unless there was something else involved.

Edited October 9, 2009 by periwinkle
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[TravelingChris]

I am going to be doing that with debate. She is taking a class on debate and then she is actually on a team with debate.

[Mad Jenny Flint]

I appreciate it. Anyone else want to weigh in?