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Hi, I'm wondering the best approach to making my daughter's highschool transcript, I have everything in order, just don't know how to make them look professional..worried the college won't accept it. Anyone use a special program? paper etc?? all help will be appreciated. Thanks

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There are some good books available to help with making a transcript. Look for Cafi Cohen's high school books and the Arco Guide to Portfolios and Transcripts.

We used regular typing paper. My oldest son's transcript included:

a letter from mom and dad explaining our homeschool philosophy

transcript organized by subject, including graded college and online courses as well as home study courses

a page of activities, awards, and community service

narrative course descriptions

reading list

hth-

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I want to second what Lorel said, and add that if you have excel, you can use that to format. But really, just find out what the school is looking for -- general a certain number of years in each subject -- give what you did each year an appropriate name. For us, the hassle was grades, as we really haven't done grades on subjects. We went to mastery, and then moved on. We had some outside coursework, though, that we put the grades in on.

Also, when filling out the common application or other online applications, there are often not slots for the variety that homeschooling affords, so you may need to fudge a bit on how you fill those out. The missing bits can be done on the "official" paper parts.


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There are two ways to create a transcript: by subject or by year. If you create a transcript by year, you'll have four main boxes, with each listing what classes they took that year, and the credits/grades they earned. An example can be found here: [URL="http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/pdf%20documents/Trans2.pdf"]www.oklahomahomeschool.com/pdf%20documents/Trans2.pdf[/URL] If you create a transcript by subject, your yearly work will be scattered over the page. This is the option I've chosen to use with our homeschool. Although this isn't the same layout I use, you can view a sample of the subject layout here: [URL="http://www.christendom.edu/images/pdfs/homeschool%20transcript.pdf"]www.christendom.edu/images/pdfs/homeschool%20transcript.pdf[/URL] As has been mentioned, many colleges will tell you what they expect from homeschool students who request admission. Be sure those subjects/courses show on your transcript. When my oldest applied at a private college, I handed the admissions officer his transcript and she said, "Oh, this is nice!" Our first page included the course/credits/grades, while the second page included work/volunteer history, achievements/awards, and standardized test scores (ACT/SAT). I would be glad to email a sample of our transcript layout to anyone who wants one. :-) ~Kelly H.


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