<p>If we repeat a grade (10th) transferring to another school, when applying to college, will we have to send in all two transcripts for the year that we repeated? Or will colleges only care about/request those grades from our new school? Or will records from the old school not count for anything at all?</p>
<p>EnemyOfTheSun - Your question does not match your thread title, which might be why you haven’t received any responses. You might want to try again in a new thread.</p>
<p>And my guess would be that ALL high school transcripts would be required, but I have no personal experience with this.</p>
<p>Applicants are supposed to provide all HS transcripts. However if the BS transcript spans grades 9-12 or 10-12, then it may not occur to the college that there is another HS in the picture, the way it would be the assumption if the BS transcript spans grades 11-12.</p>
<p>The clue to the colleges that an applicant is a repeat is the relative older age of the student.</p>
<p>As per Dodgersmom’s comment, the title of your thread implies whether to consider being a PG or it implies whether a family should spending an extra year of money allocated for college tuition.</p>
<p>You would need to send transcripts from both schools to your colleges. On the common application, there is a section for “additional information” and there you would want to mention that you repeated and why you did so.</p>
<p>Actually, it depends. I believe there are several colleges (Stanford is one, I believe) that wants your transcript for the three years leading up to college. If they say they want grades 10 through 12 and you’d probably need to send transcripts for both grade 10 years. But if they say they want you to send records for the three years immediately prior to college, that’s clear. Brown makes it perfectly clear that there is no wiggle room in your case: “Note: if you have attended more than one high school, you must also request a Secondary School Report and official transcript from your previous school(s).” You can only know by looking at each specific college’s requirements.</p>
<p>The Common App allows you to create several different versions of your application. Once you send a version to one college it is locked in and you can’t edit that version. You can send the identical application elsewhere…but you can also create a new version. In theory you wouldn’t need to do this at all. But if you apply early, you may have that be one version and then all of your other applications would be version 2 – with most (if not all) also requiring a custom supplement. If, however, you wanted to create a version for colleges that only require you to send the past 3 years – so as to avoid having the other school send a transcript – I believe you can do that on the Common App.</p>
<p>You will have to look at what each college/university requires. Even under the Common Application, requirements vary as to what constitutes a complete application. There’s no universal answer for you and it may turn out that none of the colleges you’re interested in will allow you to avoid sending earlier transcripts. It’s definitely unusual to be in a situation where you can just send those three years – so I would not plan ahead on the assumption you’ll be able to do so.</p>
<p>Here’s the actual language for Stanford…which is fuzzier on this point than I originally thought. It’s well worth a call to them to find out, in no uncertain terms what they expect, rather than making your decision on your own. It would be horrible to get accepted and then, in May or June, or later, after you’ve turned down other offers of admission, have your offer of admission rescinded by Stanford (or some other college) when they get wind of information you didn’t disclose that it turns out they expected you to provide them during the application process:</p>
<p>*Transcripts</p>
<p>You must submit an official high school transcript. Usually your transcript will be submitted with the School Report, but remember it is your responsibility to ensure we receive your transcript. You should also submit official transcripts for any coursework taken at a college or university.</p>
<p>We will focus our evaluation on your choice of coursework and your performance in 10th, 11th and 12th grades, mainly in the core academic subjects of Math, English, Social Studies, Science, and Foreign Language. We want to see that you have challenged yourself by taking accelerated, honors, Advanced Placement, or International Baccalaureate courses if they are offered at your school.*</p>
<p>D’yer Maker, Stanford says they will “focus on” evaluating grade 10-12 grades, but they do ask you to submit all transcripts.
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<p>Thanks, parents! :)</p>
<p>@DAndrew: Could you help explain the quote…it’s a tad confusing. So if I attended another school, I do not need to submit grades from the other schools but I must submit their official transcripts?</p>
<p>^^You do not need to submit another “school report”, which contains counselor recommendation and ratings, but you need to submit an official transcript from the other school.</p>
<p>That cleared it. Thanks!</p>
<p>Thanks, DAndrew. I had recalled it being tighter on that point than the text that I pulled up (and excerpted)…but since it wasn’t something that impacted my son I assumed my memory was fuzzy, not my quick search. All of this reinforces the main point that you have to look at each school’s specific requirements. And then look again if you’re not sure. And ask if you’re still not absolutely positive about what’s required.</p>