I attended school in 9th grade before being homeschooled from grade 10 till grade 12. My dad is currently my counselor and will be sending my 10-12th grade transcript. How can my school send the the grades in grade 9 if I already have a counselor?
9th grade school should send the transcript and the Secondary School Report to your Dad, who can then include with his report.
“My dad is currently my counselor and will be sending my 10-12th grade transcript.”
I apologize for not being responsive to the OP’s inquiry and for almost total ignorance concerning home schooling practices and documentation, but how – other than correlation with standardized test results – can this “transcript” be assessed as meaningful and valid? Doesn’t this system create a significant potential conflict-of-interest (I do NOT suggest any systemic abuse by the OP and his family; rather, this is a general question)?
@toptier The grades on the transcript are actually standradized tests,IGCSE’s and A-Levels (the british educational system), basically equivalent to AP’s in the US. So they’re official standardized test results by Cambridge International Examinations, all my dad has to do is report them and make a copy of the certificates of results to be sent.
@Ghfdw17: Thank you, this greatly helps my understanding. I am now only 99 percent ignorant.
@TopTier It doesn’t actually create a conflict of interest. In some rare situations, colleges may ask to see essays, portfolios or other extra work, SAT Subject Tests, or AP’s, to gauge an idea of the student’s ability. However for the most part, they may just ask what the grading methods were and how the student was evaluated. In most homeschool situations (co-ops aren’t a common thing all over where a particular person is running a group of homeschool families like a mini private school), the parents serve as the teachers and guidance counselors.
It is a perfectly acceptable scenario and most colleges are understanding. Regarding the validity of the transcript, homeschool families may choose to send course descriptions or will send course descriptions if the colleges asked for them, where the course material is described in depth and thorough explanations about the rigor of the courses are given. Colleges do believe what is written. If any fraud is to be found (but usually there isn’t/also not implying there is any fraud either), the blame would be on that family.
More and more colleges are actually really accepting of homeschoolers because homeschoolers have proven their academic ability and proficiency through college-level work (CC courses or AP tests) and standardized tests. The flexibility and unique, diverse education that homeschooling provides is considered desirable by colleges, so more places are actively recruiting homeschoolers and amending their policies to be accommodating.
@Ghfdw17 To answer your question, you would ask the school to send your transcript directly to the schools you are interested in, or you would ask them to personally give it to you. The same applies if you did any work at a community college.
Alright, thank you everyone.
Well said,@TheDidactic.