pjssully Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I am using my daughter's swimming on the swim team for her credit in phy ed. However, she will have well over 150 hours-probably close to double that. Do i count that as 2 phy ed credits? pjean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 It might be better to count it as 1 credit & consider the other hours as extra-curricular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicmom Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 It might be better to count it as 1 credit & consider the other hours as extra-curricular. :iagree:That's what I would do. My dc are heavily involved in music (they each play 2 instruments) and put in tons of hours for that--easily the same amount of time that 2 credits would take--but 2 credits of music per year on the transcript would look weird (or padded.) So I counted all the practice and theory, etc. as 1 credit, and counted orchestras, ensembles, competitions, etc as extra-curricular. Phy Ed usually earns half the credit that a sit-down academic class would earn. So likewise with swimming, I think giving 1 credit/yr for all the practice (and then counting meets, etc. as extra-curricular) shows your dd's seriousness and time commitment (she's not just taking swimming lessons) without making her transcript look "padded." Hope that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandigirl Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I would count it as one becauase this is what I plan to do this year :D. I take a ton of classes and trust me I could probably make 3 credits :lol:. Dance: 5 hours/week Tae Kwon Do: 5 hours /week General Exercising (running, streching, etc.): 4-5 hours/week Total: 14-15 hours/week x 36 weeks= 504-540 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I would count it as one becauase this is what I plan to do this year :D. I take a ton of classes and trust me I could probably make 3 credits :lol:. Dance: 5 hours/week Tae Kwon Do: 5 hours /week General Exercising (running, streching, etc.): 4-5 hours/week Total: 14-15 hours/week x 36 weeks= 504-540 But remember that if you are applying to competitive colleges, they will also be looking at what extra curricular activities you have, compared to other applicants. If you give them 3 credits of PE, they may wonder why that is on the transcript (rather than challenging math, science, history, lit and foreign language). Even if these other things ARE on the transcript, the admissions boards may wonder why things like dance and TKD are being counted as academic credits rather than as an extra curricular activity that is rounding out the whole you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandigirl Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I hadn't thought of that :glare:. But it does make sense, so mabye I will just count the 4-5 hours a week I do exercising ( running, situps, streching ) as my P.E. and use the other as extra curricular . Don't worry though my schedule is good for this year:001_smile:. AP Chemsitry Algebra 2/Precalculas- 2 credits AP Litearature and Composition AP European History Spanish 3 AP Enviromental Science P.E. Mabye- A self designed astronomy course for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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