<p>Great news on the recommendation!
We will consider it next year with child 2.
Thank you!</p>
<p>I should know this, but have a question:</p>
<p>On middle school transcripts, are those copies of report cards (with any written commentary included) or just a listing of grades?</p>
<p>Asking because 7D2’s most recent report card is great but the comments are really amazing and I think could help strengthen her case. We’re using the SSAT common online app and could possibly include some excepts in parent section…or could mail separately unless you all tell me that is a bad idea.</p>
<p>7D: There should be a space where you can tell the schools that you post as “SevenDad” on CC, and they can come here to see what a knowledgeable, supportive, generous, reasonable, long-suffering person you are so they can easily deduce that 7D2 comes from the right stock and that she and 7Family would be tremendous assets to their communities.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t that be hilarious to see an application that asks, “Do you post on College Confidential and, if so, what is your screen name?”</p>
<p>^^LOL.</p>
<p>You know what’s funny? I ran into a lurker parent (I’ve run into a few CC parents this year) at a school visit in the fall and the parent brought up CC. I said, oh, I’m on there…and s/he asked “Who are you?”</p>
<p>When I told this person…s/he was like “You’re SevenDad?!? That’s too funny. Your posts have been very helpful.” I may have blushed.</p>
<p>But seriously, does anyone know what transcripts generally contain? And yes, I’ve shot a note to middle school head asking the same…but I am an impatient self-employed dad with nothing to do besides get distracted by CC this AM (an exaggeration, but barely).</p>
<p>Update: The school head just sent me an email that the transcript is just the grades, no comments.</p>
<p>I would not hesitate sending the comments…leave no stone unturned!</p>
<p>I would send the comments. They are part of the report card. I would send copies of the entire report card.</p>
<p>I was told the same thing by our school - just grades. The “narrative” comes out in the English & Math recommendations. I was told by our school head that she incorporates report card comments in her recommendation. She implied that all of the positives would make it in there somehow ;-)</p>
<p>S went to school where the report card was only narrative. Yes, they put a few grades in there, but the focus is all narrative. So it is really school dependent. The recommendations have room for comments from the teachers/head of school.</p>
<p>BOOM.</p>
<p>That is the sound of me hitting “Submit” after uploading 7D2’s essays to the SSAT common app interface. Our part of the apps is done.</p>
<p>Wow, way to go, 7D2!</p>
<p>Fingers crossed for 7D2!</p>
<p>What!!! 7D2 couldn’t upload and push the button herself? ;)</p>
<p>@ChoatieMom: Hah! (Though you did give me a flashback to that one poster who on my “One Family’s Story” thread accused me of “doing everything” for 7D1.)</p>
<p>The SSAT portal isn’t super user friendly, IMO. You have to compose in a separate editor (like word) and then cut and paste in to non-expanding windows …and you have to have ALL the essays complete (no “save of work in progress” function like Gateway had) before submitting.</p>
<p>But at least it’s done.</p>
<p>Yeah, 7D, your flashback was what triggered my snide comment. You know I’m just pulling your leg. Congrats to 7Family. Take a rest.</p>
<p>9 hours of driving yesterday and the interviews are done. Hallelujah. My son is done with everything except perhaps nagging his tennis coach to get his recommendation done. My daughter has to write essays for one school and take the SSAT and nag a couple of recommenders. I have to mail a couple of things and make sure the schools have everything. I’m worried that I left out an envelope when I gave all the forms to the school. But we’re approaching the finish line…</p>
<p>@twinsmama: You have twice the work that we did! And some school-specific apps to boot. Best of luck in the home stretch. You can do it!</p>
<p>Thanks, 7D! The SAS applications were the first to get done. :-)</p>
<p>My girl has one essay left to do in response to - the infamous, “What else would you like to share?” type prompt. Anyone have (general) ideas to share about that?</p>
<p>My daughter was stuck on that so I suggested she use that space to discuss why she wanted to go to boarding school (which hadn’t really been covered in other Qs).</p>