swimmermom3 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Please post all of your tips here on creating high school transcripts. Let us know what has been successful and what you would do differently next time. Where there specific resources that you found helpful? How and when do you get started working on them? What do you include? How much detail? Thanks so much for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I had a worksheet that the local high school uses for tracking courses that I kept starting at 9th grade. I also found an Excel spreadsheet that had formulas for computing gpa build into it (sorry, can't find it anymore). It made the computations easier. AND my big tip is to put the student's SSN on the transcript. My ds applied to a few giant universities. His transcript without his SSN was never matched to his SAT scores. I had to resend with the SSN which made it magically match. I made ds's transcript look as much like the ones the local high school issues as I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigid in NC Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 The word "official" is important to some schools. So we were advised to use "Official High School Transcript" on ours. Also, sign and date the transcript at the bottom. I used the title "Academic Supervisor" following my name--but I don't know that a title is necessary. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 You can have an embossing seal made with your school's name. It adds to that "notorized and official" look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 I had a worksheet that the local high school uses for tracking courses that I kept starting at 9th grade. I also found an Excel spreadsheet that had formulas for computing gpa build into it (sorry, can't find it anymore). It made the computations easier. AND my big tip is to put the student's SSN on the transcript. My ds applied to a few giant universities. His transcript without his SSN was never matched to his SAT scores. I had to resend with the SSN which made it magically match. I made ds's transcript look as much like the ones the local high school issues as I could. Thank you! I don't think I have seen a mention of putting the SS# on the transcript so far and yet it makes perfect sense. The word "official" is important to some schools. So we were advised to use "Official High School Transcript" on ours. Also, sign and date the transcript at the bottom. I used the title "Academic Supervisor" following my name--but I don't know that a title is necessary. :) This makes sense too, but it's the little points like this that tend to make me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I would stick to a single page transcript and then write a longer course description for additional information. Kareni graciously shared her transcript which I adapted. I think it may have also been her idea to use different fonts for the different types of courses, i.e. one for home classes, another for dual enrollment, a third for virtual. She could create a business as a homeschool consultant--so very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicmom Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Be sure to include a projected graduation date. Employers and colleges often want to see this. Later, after graduation, you just take off the "projected" indication and adjust the date if necessary. I also included a grading scale, and a section for test scores (SAT, ACT, etc.) You still have to send official score reports to colleges, but it's nice to have them all available at a glance on the transcript. I used Excel to create our transcript. I based it on (and got many ideas from) the transcript that Jean in WI shared in her blog, and one of the samples on the HSLDA website. I didn't have it calculate GPA (I'm not that Excel savvy) but it was handy to have it add up the number of credits, and handy to line everything up in cells the way I wanted and create the boxes and lines to make it look professional. My other tips have already been mentioned, but I'll second them here: fit it all on one page, use the words "Official High School Transcript", include the SSN, and sign and date it at the bottom. For the sign and date section, I included the phrasing, "We do hereby self-certify and affirm that this is the official transcript and record for (Dc's name) in the academic studies of 200x to date." (An idea lifted from the examples I looked at.) Both my husband and I then signed below, on lines with our printed names & "titles" beneath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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