<p>Does anyone know what the proper procedure would be for sending the transcripts for colleges taken while in high school? (Not dual enrollment.)</p>
<p>Does one ask the college to send to all the schools being applied to, or do we request one and photocopy for inclusion with all applications?</p>
<p>Most college registrar's offices will have a form on which you can request multiple transcripts, since it's pretty standard to send copies to multiple destinations when applying for jobs or to grad schools. Some admissions offices will eventually want an official transcript anyway, so it's probably easiest to send the real thing. The only downside is that you might be charged for the transcripts, particularly as a non-matriculating student.</p>
<p>This is what was recommended to us -- request that the college send x+1 number of official, sealed copies of the student's transcript to the student at his/her home address. x being the number of colleges your student will be applying for.</p>
<p>The school will print out x+1 transcripts, sign/seal/etc each one and put them in separate official envelopes. Then, all of those envelopes are put into a larger envelope and it is mailed to your house.</p>
<p>This allows you to open one and check the accuracy of the transcript (not a place for surprises) -- plus, you send each sealed, official transcript to the school. That way, you know that it was sent.</p>
<p>My oldest attended 3 different college programs -- and we did this for every college and didn't have any problems.</p>
<p>Oh that's great advice.</p>
<p>My son attended three different colleges while in high school and he simply went to the registrar's office (either online or in person) and ordered transcripts to be sent to the schools he was applying to. Fortunately, he applied to a number of UC's and they don't require transcripts until admission is granted so that cut down the cost. But everyone else wanted an official transcript sent by the college he attended to the college he was applying to.</p>
<p>another good idea I picked up about two admission seasons ago -- include a postage paid postcard with anything you mail. The card should be addressed to your home and indicate what was sent. Put a post-it note on the card asking the admission's department to drop it in the mail (from what was posted previously, the admin don't have a problem doing this). That way, you know who recieved what.</p>
<p>My son was not planning on getting credit for the college courses he took in high school so did not send the transcripts. He did list them as courses he had taken or was taking. One college asked for the transcript. My son was surprised that he was able to use the class to meet a requirement. My son took college classes not to fullfill high school requirements but as an enrichment course in a field of interest.
One minor problem we found was that the community college he took the courses at did not send out transcripts but uses an outside vendor. This ended up taking longer. There was no going into the registrar and picking up a copy. It required logging on to the vendor and creating an account and also turning in a signature release. It was not the simplest of tasks. Also the grades took longer to post at the end of the semester.</p>
<p>I really like the way the UCs handle transcripts - self report the grades and then, if you get in and decide to go there, then send the real thing. Just one less thing to go wrong - and I can't see where the 1 in 1000 situation where someone does not report their grades accurately would cause much of a problem. Might be more of an issue with smaller schools but with a school the size of any of the UCs it would wash out in yield management.</p>
<p>We did not send official transcripts of college courses taken, and were never requested to do so until it came time to get credit for them. The official college transcript was just sent to sons' highschools and then copies were sent out with the high school transcript as part of the high school records. Now in the situation where one son had two high schools due to a move, each high school had to send its transcript to the college as Highschool #2 did not want to send out the official transcript for Highschool #1. It was a pain in the neck, because the first high school initially sent a full transcript instead of a college edited one, so we had to have that corrected. Always have a copy sent directly to you first so you can see what it looks like as we were nearly burned. My kids go up and down over the quarters so it is much preferable have that official college friendly one with just the year end grades.</p>
<p>Usually only official transcripts are counted by admissions (other folks may be willing to look at them but assume an official will follow. I would request them and send them to wherever you are applyiing.</p>
<p>We did what hsmomstef suggested.</p>
<p>Also did what hsmomstef did. I would always send them whether you are looking for the college credit or not, it shows the college adcom that your HS student took the initiative to take college level classes.</p>
<p>Yes, QMP also did as hsmomstef suggested. The college charged $5 per official transcript. Even with multiple apps, it was hardly the most expensive part of the application process!</p>