<p>Where is the PTSA in all this? This strikes me as something a PTSA could take up; ditto having a college night for juniors and seniors.</p>
<p>In addition to supplying stamped envelopes, sometimes a small gift to the secretary who does the copying etc. can grease the wheels - something small like a coffee mug, nice bath soaps type of thing. Yeah, I know you shouldn’t have to, but any port in a storm.</p>
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Might want to check into the test scores, especially if your d will be using score choice. She might not want all scores sent to all colleges. (And I’ve never heard of extracurriculars being on the transcript!)</p>
<p>PTA in this area is mainly a social club - they don’t do much of anything. I know, I should have been more involved, but you have to be part of their social circle to get nominated for anything, and I’m not. But I’ll have to contact the PTA president and suggest that they do something - but they may not care, since their kids are all going in-state, it’s not an issue for them.</p>
<p>I’m sure the Guidance secretary could use a nice new coffee mug… I think she’s the one who actually sends the transcripts. </p>
<p>Good idea about Score Choice - D took a practice ACT in 9th grade and is not going to want to report that score (but if the school has it, I don’t think any adcoms would hold a 9th grade score against her). But this is an issue for others, and one that the main Guidance office should be aware of. </p>
<p>I hadn’t heard of putting ecs on a transcript, either, until now.
This is so frustrating. Coping with college applications is stressful enough.
Thanks again to everyone who posted!</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of ECs posted on a transcript. Whether or not to fight the placing of test scores on a transcript is its own number of threads. Our district no longer puts test scores on for “liability reasons”–figures that most colleges make you send a score report from College Board anyway.</p>
<p>Yes, and there have been threads about this (or at least posts) in the past. One interesting thing I gleaned was that there is a statement on the College Board website where they advise high schools not to put the SAT scores on transcripts. It took some digging, but I found it. It’s a great citation to give these high schools that insist on plastering all scores on the transcripts, thereby nullifying score choice.</p>
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<p>Our kids are required to bring pre-addressed, stamped envelopes with the Secondary School Reports that they want the counselors to fill out. Students should provide the same for the teachers from whom they want recommendations.</p>
<p>Since the HS can truly only verify the grades from that HS, I can see the potential liability involved if they report the SAT or AP scores. If they desire to collect such information for the school profile that’s fine, but it could get dicey putting it on a transcript if it’s wrong.</p>
<p>Thanks. I wouldn’t be surprised if this bunch hasn’t even heard of score choice. They don’t put AP scores on the transcript AFAIK, or ACTs, but they do put SATs. And I’ve heard from other parents about mistakes on transcripts, so if they got the scores wrong, I wouldn’t be surprised. Putting them on the transcripts doesn’t make sense anyway, since the colleges require a report from the testing company anyway. My guess is they do that to save some money, but between free score reports and fee waivers, there’s really no need for that.</p>
<p>I’ll have to find that section on the College Board website about not putting scores on the hs transcript. For colleges that don’t superscore, and don’t look at only the best score, one bad test day could potentially derail an application.</p>
<p>My kids’ high school, although it is a private high school, has a policy of including all official test scores received on the student’s transcript. That is why when I register my kids for testing with ACT and SAT I NEVER request that the scores be sent to the high school. Although some colleges will accept test scores on transcripts as official, I prefer to pay additional money to have them sent so that I have complete control over which scores are reported to the colleges.</p>
<p>Update: the hs guidance office said they would email a grade report, but yesterday D got two emails from safeties with rolling admissions that they have not received her hs transcript. I emailed D’s GC and haven’t received a reply yet. The head of Guidance downtown still hasn’t returned my call (guess she has more important things to do). I left a message for the Executive Director of secondary school leadership.</p>
<p>I’m going to show up at the next school board meeting. Parents have five minutes to address the board. Wish me luck. I am so frustrated with this incompetent bureaucracy!</p>
<p>Good Luck, Califa. Parents have more influence on change than they know. We learned that firsthand when dealing with an unreasonable teacher. It wasn’t easy but it was resolved - persistence!</p>
<p>One thing that you always have to be mindful of is that you really don’t want to tick people off BEFORE you have everything you need from them. </p>
<p>At our large public school, you can request official transcripts and then pick them up. They are all sealed and stamped. I always open one to check accuracy. I did not read through this entire thread, but I did do that so that I would have them for other applications and because my daughter attended there and then transferred after freshman year.</p>
<p>I found it a bit annoying at the new school because the GC told us that she had sent things when she obviously had not. We couldn’t complain because we thought that there would be consequences. It worked out in spite of the GC.</p>