AngelBee Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 How do colleges look at transcripts if each school (public, private, homeschool, etc) has a different number of credits? Not sure if that makes sense. :tongue_smilie: I am figuring out credits for hs girl I tutor, but we will end up with more than local public school. Is that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 If you don't end up with a ridiculous number of credits, it's fine. If you have a lot more credits than the ps in your area do, then they start to wonder if you are padding your transcript. When I was in high school, there were 7 class periods each day, so you could have a maximum of 7 credits each year. That means a maximum of 28 credits total. My oldest had a total of 25.5 credits. My middle will have 26 credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshet Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I actually decided to do our credits in a different way than our district does, just to avoid having too many credits. Our district gives a credit for each semester of a class, instead of one credit per year for a class. They require 40-48 credits, depending on graduating year. Luckily, we don't have to go by what the district does. We've chosen to give 1 credit per course, half credit if only a semester long course (like Gov. or Econ.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Thanks. I am trying to figure out some of the extras we do because of going year round. The girl I am tutoring is doing a full American history and full World history course. That will put her one extra history credit going back her senior year. Just trying to figure out if I can even do that. :lol: Don't want to rip her off of her hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshet Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 One extra credit should not be a big deal. 10 extra credits would call it into question. If she earned the credit, I'd give it to her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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