Odd HS transcript policy

Applying to College
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Hello again! Thank you for tolerating another post, I’m always appreciative of your advice!

I go to an early college high school and today we got our first semester report cards. The first + second quarter grades and my overall grade for my one high school honors class were included, but the rest of my classes are community college classes. Apparently, instead of inputting the student’s true number grade (given by the instructors) into the high school database, or just attaching the college transcript with an “A” listed, it’s school policy for them to list every community college A as a 95% (and B as 85%, and so on).

I might sound a little elitist here, so apologies for that, but my parents are pretty weirded out by the policy because I earned better than a 95% in most of my classes. Let me be clear that I DO NOT mind it just being listed as an A- it’s only the listing of a false numerical grade that’s making me puzzled.

I’m wondering whether to explain the policy on the Additional Info section (when I apply) or whether to go ask my counselor about it? I have proof of my true number grades, but I’m not going to demand they be listed- I just want to be reassured a bit more that this policy isn’t random and confusing to colleges.

Fwiw, I’m a junior, which is part of the reason I’m concerned because these grades are so important when applying, and my true number grades from 9th and 10th grade were listed on the transcript from my old school before my transfer to the early college.

Thank you for your time!

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Your school’s grading profile will be send with your transcripts so colleges will be aware of the grading system.

FWIW, that’s how my D’s HS did grades as well. I think it’s pretty common.

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What momofsenior1 said. My S20 is graduating from an early college this May and that is how his school deals with college classes as well.

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Adcoms will understand.
Maybe it would help if you just thought of this as the letter grade. So many high schools never report the associated number, whether an A is a 93 or 98.

95% is nearly always a solid A, btw. And to many adcoms, an A is an A is an A.

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Thank you so much for the reassurance @momofsenior1, @MamaBear2001 and @lookingforward, I’m very grateful for the quick replies and personal anecdotes!

I did figure that the “A is an A” statement held true but wasn’t completely sure. (I’m that person who doesn’t feel ‘safe’ with a lower A so it’s good to hear that adcoms don’t go crazy over the differences.)

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When you apply to colleges, you likely will have to send the college and high school transcripts to colleges that want transcripts on application, and self-report both college and high school courses for colleges that use self-reported academic record on application.