Transcript - 1st & 2nd Semester of Final Grade?

[Juliegmom]

Is there a preferred format for high school transcripts? My oldest graduated from an online charter school in California and her final transcript was broken down by semester. I followed the same format when I graduated my middle daughter. Now that my youngest is in high school, I'm wondering if I can simply things by creating a transcript that only shows her final grades for each year.

FWIW and I don't know if it really matters, but she will likely be applying only to private Christian universities in California. 

Any thoughts? Thank you!
 

 

[RootAnn]

Obviously both types exist. My format just shows final grade & the credits column indicates whether that grade is for 0.5 or 1.0 credits.

I liked that format, but senior year applications/mid-year update created some wrinkles that had to be sorted out. I just included a separate sheet of semester grades for year-long classes with the mid-year transcript. I think that was the only bump I ran into.

[TarynB]

Here's a screenshot of the format of my son's transcript. Only a final grade, not semester grades, for each year, except for his senior year. Senior year has a grade column for both semesters since colleges want a mid-year report of senior year grades. (8th grade is there for reporting a math class only. I didn't count advanced work completed prior to high school in any other subjects.) 

[klmama]

For most colleges, a year-end grade is fine.  However, some do require the transcript show which semester a course was taken (glaring at you, Missouri State).  You may want to check transcript requirements at the colleges she's most likely to attend.