<p>i haven't looked at any college apps. yet, so i am not sure what all is involved/required.</p>
<p>our school has a blurb on the website saying that transcripts are available now until the 19th. should i go get some transcripts? or do we just do online apps or mail in apps and then the school sends a transcript? what is the protocol?</p>
<p>i do remember that once school starts, they do NOT give out transcripts for several weeks.</p>
<p>so if my DD is planning to do some apps this summer, should we go ahead and get a few transcripts??</p>
<p>she already had her test scores sent to the schools.</p>
<p>Usually the school will mail the transcripts directly, along with the counselor recommendations and the school profile (a description of the school and its offerings). I wouldn’t count on getting any of this stuff until after your school starts up in the fall.</p>
<p>Is she a rising senior? If so and you are starting the application process then go ahead and pick up a copy of unofficial transcripts and make sure the information is correct.</p>
<p>If she needs any applications to colleges or scholarships sent out before mid-Sept then pick up a couple of official transcripts (in a sealed envelope).</p>
<p>Most colleges will require the official transcript. At my son’s high school, he just submits a request that one is sent to whatever school that he sends the application. Mathmom is right – do not count on getting transcripts, counselor recs, etc. until the fall. I work in a high school, and our counselors are busy getting out final transcripts in late June/July. They probably will not start handling paperwork for rising seniors until August, and they will be juggling that, along with schedule problems that kids will have.</p>
<p>My guess is that the blurb on the website is a warning to graduating seniors that the school needs to send their final transcript and the staff that does such things is leaving June 19th so it needs to be done beforehand and don’t procrastinate.</p>
<p>You, or your D ;), should contact the GC and ask what the college app procedure is at your school. Each HS has there own policies which can vary widely.</p>
<p>Agree with my-3-sons - at our school the student submits one form per college to the GC, specifying what they want to be sent: transcript and profile, GC rec, and/or teacher recs, depending on the requirements of each college. The guidance office sends it all together.</p>
<p>Also, my D found it helpful to let the teachers and GC know that she was planning to apply early so they at least had a heads up that she was going to ask for recommendations as soon as school started in the fall. Some teachers may be willing to write recs over the summer - that was not the case here.</p>
<p>Definitely call your D’s sch. guidance office to find it works there. At our school, it is completely up to the student. The student must go to the guidance office and put in a request for the number of official transcripts needed. The first two are free. After that, $3/transcript. After a few days, the student goes back to pick up the transcripts (in sealed envelopes) and is responsible for mailing them to colleges themselves.</p>
<p>Our sch. is large (over 2600). The senior class has over 500 kids. The guidance counselors were totally uninvolved in my kids’ college apps. They didn’t even know who my kids were. Only one of S1’s apps. required a counselor comment. The counselor didn’t even know S1 so he wrote. “S1 is an outstanding student”. That was it. </p>
<p>So be forewarned. At some schools, you’re pretty much on your own.</p>
<p>yeah, i don’t expect the school to have a “procedure”, there are over 1300 kids in my DDs class. i think the procedure here is “have fun, you are on your own.”</p>
<p>You should try to secure a end of junior year transcript to ensure that it is absolutely correct in all aspects because for EA/SCEA/ED applications, this is going to be the one that colleges look at first. For RD applications, depending on their due date and when your first semester or trimester ends, the transcript MAY include the first marking period of senior year. Again, get a copy and make sure it’s accurate. It’s much easier to correct any problems at the HS BEFORE the transcript is sent out.</p>
<p>At my school, you have to goo to the guidance office, check that your grades are correct and then sign a little form saying what you want to be sent on your transcript (unweighted GPA or weighted GPA or both? SAT scores? AP score? unweighted or weighted class rank or neither? etc…)</p>
<p>On your to do list for college applications, be sure to have a box for reviewing your transcript prior to submitting a list of where the official transcripts are to be sent.
Also-rising seniors-be sure to recheck your transcript after your mid-terms first AND second semester of your senior year. This will give you enough time to fix any boo-boos/data entry mistakes. My DD was in line for valedictorian. She checked her transcript-and found one class she thought she had an A was reading C. She asked her teacher why, and he was as surprised as she was-she was earning an A-so he had to put in an official request to get it changed. He gave a copy of the official request to my DD. I followed up 10 days later, and found the counseling office did not “know” anything about the request-but-then used the copy of the request to make the change. The principal and counseling office ended up reviewing the files the next day to determine who earned the position of valedictorian. She was selected valedictorian. Thank goodness she had checked her transcript!</p>
<p>Can’t emphasize it enough–check transcript for accuracy. I would run an unofficial transcript at the beginning of every year. If there is a mistake, it is better to try to fix it right away before the teacher moves on, retires, forgets, etc.</p>