<p>What is the difference in the hs transcript that your child gets each year as opposed to the one their gs gives to them as a senior? D rec'd her end of year transcript last week and it shows a cumulative list of classes and grades she has taken since 9th grade, and class rank, but there are no awards or achievements, sports, or other type of EC's listed. Do they wait until their senior year to add this information? D hasn't won a ton of things but she has cheered all of high school and will captain her squad next year and earned an athletic academic letter, been involved in student council, speech meet, and an honor student since 10th grade. Thanks.</p>
<p>I don't think the transcript shows anything like that. I am trying to remember from my son (3 years ago - I have slept since then) - sports were a class so they showed up on the transcript (not as a grade - a P - pass I think). Letters did not appear on transcript or other ECs he was in. Oh and ACT score and GPA and rank. My Ds school has no ECs, GPA or rank so all that appeared on hers were the classes, grades and ACT/SAT scores.</p>
<p>The other stuff you need to keep track of to put on applications plus I believe guidance counsellors will put something about that in recommendation letters.</p>
<p>I just requested a HS transcript for my D and I did not see anything except the the GPA from 9-12, Academic GPA from 10-12 etc... I do see Community Service credit, I do see the sports that D played, but I don't see honor list and no rank either. No clubs, no leadership, so I don't think these things are included in the HS transcript.</p>
<p>swimsatsmom & toorich for aid: ok...so this is normal? We just assumed that the transcript held everything important...EC's/awards included. So, the gc has this information elsewhere so she includes these things in her recommendation letter to whatever school D is applying to? D is also getting a recommendation letter from her adv. functions & modeling teacher and another from a teacher that was recently promoted to asst. principal so should they be made aware of her EC's in case they want to comment on them also?</p>
<p>I read somewhere that is a good idea to jot down some important information to give to the teachers who are doing rec letters as a way of assisting them in putting together their letter. These two teachers know her well from this year and are very fond of her but may not know about her athletic award or her other EC's.</p>
<p>D has an appt. with her gc in July about adding 2 AP classes so she can talk to her about it then. She doesn't know her gs as well as she does the teachers that are going do letters for her because the gc is fairly new to the school so that makes her a little anxious. This is a first for our family....first generation going to college and we are very proud of her. Thx for the help.</p>
<p>School systems differ greatly in the types of information they put on the transcript.</p>
<p>But in any case, your daughter should make sure to provide her GC with information about her extracurricular activities. After all, some of them are probably not school-related and wouldn't be on the transcript in any event.</p>
<p>Sharon
outr districts HS transcripts did not show EC's or awards,nor SAT scores,etc.Our HS doesnt rank either so no info of that sort.
It is a good idea to jot down what your kid has done each year from 9th grade on.In our HS,prior to the student having their college planning guidance appt,they are given a questionaire to fill out...what they've done,etc. what major/schools they are interested in.They are responsible for getting two teacher reccs filed in the guidance office to be sent out with the college apps.
My S and D had both made a resume type of info form for programs prior to the guidance appt so they gave the GC a copy of those.</p>
<p>If your daughter goes to a HS where she is not well known to the counselors and teachers writing recs, it's up to you to give them a resume of her accomplishments.</p>
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<p>In our high schools, this is customarily done by the student rather than the parent, usually at the end of junior year or beginning of senior year. The school may specifically request it, but the student could initiate the process if the school doesn't.</p>
<p>D attended large public urban hs-by way of explaining my experience---Transcript included classes taken-during academic school year-and summer school. I had to bring the official transcripts from the community colleges/state univ. to the hs for posting. Her rank, GPA was included, along with notation of when completed her state exams, volunteer work hours(a min.reqd to grad),senior project completion
Lots of changes in counseling office jr/sr years made it important for her to make up a resume of activities/extra curriculars/awards/clubs. She gave this to the guidance counselor-in addition to the form they asked for--and she also gave this to the teachers to help with the recommendations. She initially pulled this together sophomore year-and used it when meeting college reps at college fairs. She updated this resume during the summer before her senior year.D also kept a separate list of her awards--so she could give that to the GC at the end of the school year for the Award Ceremony for Seniors.
I hope this helps-APOL</p>
<p>I don't think many schools list ECs/awards. Some schools do list the test scores, but many do not, and even if yours does, many colleges won't accept this in lieu of an official CB report. They use the transcript (and the accompanying "school profile" for program: courses, grades. </p>
<p>My school requires a resume in this packet thing we have to do. As far as what you send to colleges, some people send an extra resume, personally I thought was overkill for me. I had three teacher recs and they all alluded to activities and there's a fine line between reinforcing and being annoyingly repetitive when someone has files of paperwork to go through.</p>
<p>Many schools have a form the student and parent have to fill out (one section for each). The GC then uses this to write the rec letter. They don't know the kids, and all their ECs. None of this information is on the transcript.</p>
<p>I believe our school only lists classes taken for credit. In other words, summer programs do not count. No ECs or awards are listed, though I believe that if the student made Dean's List, this is listed. </p>
<p>Schools often do not know what ECs students are involved in, even when these are school-based ones, such as Academic Decathlon, Science Team, School play, etc...</p>
<p>The student should prepare a resume listing all ECs, awards, etc....to include with the application. A copy should go to the GC and to any teacher who will write a recommendation. Additionally, the student might want to inlcude some anecdotes that will help teachers and GC flesh out and personalize their recommendation.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the responses to my post concerning the HS transcript and info. it contains. Gosh....I had no idea that all it contained for the most part was info. concerning grades, classes taken, and class rank. I just assumed it would show all her EC's, awards won, etc. since those are also an important part of the college application process. Sounds like that idea of composing a data sheet to be submitted to these teachers along with one to her GC will be most helpful. I also read that it is very important for the students to review this information for accuracy before they send it out to the colleges they are applying to....GC's can make mistakes when they have so many seniors asking for their transcripts at the same time and it is the responsibility of the student and parent to make sure it is correct.</p>
<p>SharonD:</p>
<p>A transcript is indeed an important part of the college application process, but that is not a major concern of schools. Think of all the students who do not go to college but do have the right to a transcript by virtue of having attended the school. </p>
<p>As well, a lot of ECs are not even school-based: private music lessons, community service, working, baby-sitting (one's own siblings or someone else's child) and so on. How would a school know all this? How would a school know how students spend their summers? They don't. It's up to students to keep track of their own activities.</p>
<p>Our transcript has courses, grades and Regent's test scores. However the GC I believe includes information about awards won in her letter of recommendation. Our GC department has a long questionnaire for both the parents and child to fill out - this included both activities in and out of school. My son got shown the letter, so he had the opportunity to tell her if she'd left out anything he thought was important. I didn't see the letter so I don't know exactly what it contained, but a somewhat garbled version of some of that information got given out at various award nights. (He won a technology award and they were amusingly clueless about what his experiences and capabilities were.)</p>
<p>My report card had classes, grades, and teacher's comments for that year. The transcript had those things for every year and SAT scores. In order for my guidance counselor to know my activities when it came time for me to apply to college, she handed out a form that I needed to fill out and had to have signed by a supervisor for each activity (this included both extra curricular activities and honor societies).</p>
<p>SharonD, Here in our county, the schools list final class grades (noting if it is an AP or honors class), also including any classes taken in middle school that were applicable (i.e. Alg. 1 and Geometry) to high school. It also lists that classes that had the required "state" exam for the final with the grade and state percentile that grade put you in.</p>
<p>Our transcpits lists honor roll and sports particiaption but not clubs.
Also immunization information and even tardies and absences!
No class rank or SAT score listed.</p>
<p>I looked at my transcripts, and my D's, and they cover only the official data - courses, class rank (if applicable), start date, graduation date, etc. They do not cover anything else. The only difference between the one given to the student (unofficial) and the one that is sent out to schools (official) is the seal and signature of the school registrar.</p>
<p>Starting from freshman year I kept a word document in my computer listing 4 areas for each year Academic, Extracurricular activities, Award/acheivements, and Employment. Each year I would add what was appropriate to each section for that grade year. It was invaluable when applying to schools scholarships requesting reference letters etc. often I could just supply a copy of that document to whoever was requesting the info or a teacher who was asked for a reference so they could refer to it. I know my son's resume was the "tipping" factor in uping his scholarship offers!
I only wish I had learned this for my first son rather than my second!!</p>