<p>I recently filed applications to several library science schools in the US and Canada. A representative from McGill in Quebec sent me an email today asking for documentation for the numerous "T"s (test-outs; representing some 40 credit hours) on my transcripts. She became confused when I replied that they represented testing out of courses with Advanced Placement scores--apparently our neighbors to the north don't have APs. Even if I have College Board send the scores again (fortunately I took the last ones only three years ago, so they haven't been archived yet), I'm not sure McGill could decipher what they mean because the actual numbers aren't listed on the transcript--just the corresponding courses I received credit for.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what to do. I asked my college adviser if she would write a letter explaining the AP-to-class credit conversion process, plus accounting for those extra "T"s I picked up by taking German 400 in my freshman year and receiving credit from the department for the 100- and 200-level language courses by default, and the one freshman writing course I didn't have to take because I scored above a certain level in the language portion of the SATs. But I'm not sure this will be satisfactory; they want "a mark from somewhere," and there isn't anywhere I know of with all of this information in a neat little package.</p>
<p>My DD went to HS in Canada, she and her friends took APs, and I know for a fact her BF had to skip the intro class in a science subject where she got a 5 on the AP, so I would think McGill would be familiar with the concept, perhaps it was merely presented in a confusing (to them) format?</p>
<p>Upon investigation, I found that McGill has a system for AP credit (Advanced</a> Placement examinations). For some reason, though, when I emailed the contact and said the T's represented courses I was given credit for from AP testing, the reply was "AP testing? All I need is something that correlates what's on your transcript with a mark from somewhere." What's really bizarre is that, if I had attended McGill, I would have received almost the exact same credits for my scores that my current university gave me (two semesters of biology, two semesters of European history etc.)</p>
<p>I have just found that re-ordering your scores after three years of college is needlessly complicated. Tell all the high schoolers you know to keep those little Student Packets...I'm going to have to magically come up with the numbers on the stickers from every year I took a test. Apparently SSN, which is also required to request a report, isn't sufficient to access someone's records.</p>