<p>D is in college, and just found out about a scholarship opportunity with some very tight deadlines. However, she was nearly derailed when she found that she needed to provide a high school transcript as well as her college transcript. Our high school is on spring break, so nobody is around to do transcripts, and they normally take a few days (or more) to get one out.</p>
<p>Fortunately the scholarship program will accept an unofficial transcript, and I still have (the mom files!) her transcript from the end of 12th grade, so that problem was solved.</p>
<p>Is this enough? Or do you find that you keep one or two sealed transcripts at home for needs like this? I'm usually the queen of paperwork, but I really thought that we were done by high school at this point, so it never occurred to me to keep official transcripts around. Was this scholarship weird, or is that something we should anticipate needing in the future?</p>
<p>That scholarship was weird, but you don’t know how many more weird ones she will apply for. I kept 4 extra transcripts on hand just in case but never needed them.</p>
<p>I was got two official extra transcripts after I finished undergrad. Wound up using one of them for my grad school’s proof of graduation requirement and the other for a fellowship I applied two. Eventually needed two more and they were considerably more hassle to get than when I was actually on campus.</p>
<p>I’m going to order some extras. Thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>Hmm, strange. I’ve never heard of needing official high school transcripts (or unofficial high school transcripts) for anything once college apps are over. It’s fairly common to ask for official college transcripts, but those can usually be ordered quickly from the college, and in most colleges, administrative offices remain open even when students are on break, so there is rarely difficulty getting transcripts ordered.</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll be sure to get extra copies of Happykid’s HS transcript to put in the files. It never occurred to me that it could be important!</p>
<p>Over the course of the years, I’ve attended seven different community colleges, 4-year colleges, and universities. I have at least three copies of each of my transcripts on hand “just in case”. In a box with other family treasures I have the ORIGINAL copy of my HS permanent record. My mother was a teacher at that school for many years, and the guidance counselor it to her when they converted all of their paper files to microfiche.</p>
<p>That is weird to need a high school transcript unless you are trying to transfer, but then if it is their money to give, I guess they can ask for anything that isn’t illegal…</p>
<p>I like to keep transcripts around for family history purposes.</p>
<p>Not so strange. My D, a second year college student, needed an official HS transcript for a recent scholarship competition as well. The college coordinating the nominated students’ applications gave them a big heads up so they had enough time to acquire the high school transcripts.</p>