<p>Hi, </p>
<p>My daughter has been a home school student 9-12th grade and she is now getting ready to start submitting her transcripts to colleges.</p>
<p>All of the admission requirements that we have read have asked to submit official transcripts. I did create her own transcript with a list of all courses taken. I will also make sure that I have them notarized. Is that enough to make it 'official' ? Is a professional seal needed?</p>
<p>I made my son’s transcript and did not have it notarized. I titled it “Official Home Education Transcript” LOL The schools he was interested in did not require it, though I did see a few in our search that asked for it to be notarized. I can’t imagine a school asking for anything else above that. What would it really mean, anyhow? Now they may ask for syllabi, books lists, etc. That was our experience, fwiw.</p>
<p>Same here, but I did put a signature block on it and signed it. I wouldn’t bother with the notary unless the college requested it.</p>
<p>Ours were titled Official High School Transcript. I signed and dated them on the bottom, and placed them in an envelope which I sealed with tape and signed/dated across the taped envelope flap. I notarized only the final transcript we sent to the college after graduation.</p>
<p>Hello Im new to this, just wondering how do you find more about scholarships for high school students!</p>
<p>I called my kids’ transcripts “Academic Transcript for Homeschool-based Secondary Education” – that seemed to work best for us because a lot of the classes they took were in various places. It was dated, but I did not sign it, seal it, or notarize it. I also sent a several page document called “Course Descriptions for Homeschool-based Secondary Education” which included a brief description of only work they did outside of an institutional setting, including a list of books used, etc. I have never heard of having homeschool transcripts notarized, or of colleges requiring that. I’m curious what they think that actually accomplishes.</p>
<p>For transcripts, we used a program called “TranscriptPro” developed by Inge P. Cannon by Education Plus. I think I bought it online. It is VERY easy to use and very professional looking. Like the other posts said, I did not have it notorized, but did sign it in the signature box provided as per the program. I also made a “book” of “Description of Coursework.” This included the scope and sequence of all coursework my son took from grades 9-12. It was over 100 pages by the time it was finished and cost around $80.00 to have copies made and bound. I doubt most of the schools really looked at it, but I figured they would know that at least we took homeschooling seriously. Plus, I figured if they did have any questions about his classes, the descriptions might answer their questions. I tried to make it easy to use by including a table of contents for grade levels and subjects.
We have not really found homeschooling to be a problem with the exception of Villanova. It seemed that they were the only ones who weren’t “homeschool friendly,” where, all the other schools he applied to had links and requirements in place for homeschoolers. (THese other schools include University of MD, UMBC, Duke, and Grove City College (quite an array of types of schools!). </p>
<p>Scholarships: We found many of the scholarships that my son applied for by checking the public schools’ web sites under “Guidance Counselor.” Also, we used Collegeboard, Fast Web, College Confidential, and simply googled scholarships and his major, interests, … He has done very well so far. Received several large scholarships to specific universities, some large ones from private organizations, and some close but not quites.</p>
<p>I made one for my son myself, using Excel, and then saved it as a PDF. I didn’t get it notarized, and my husband and I signed pieces of paper, scanned them in, and slapped those sigs on the bottom of the transcript. We submitted only via the Common App (except for the non-CA schools) and never sent a paper transcript. </p>
<p>Because he took so many classes through the community college, we didn’t bother with the portfolio-type stuff or class descriptions. We just submitted the CC transcripts through the CA as “additional transcripts”. Only one school even asked for official transcripts sent directly from the community college.</p>
<p>Two applicants so far who submitted reading lists, sorted after the fact into subjects that might make sense to an admissions officer. No official courses, inside or outside the home.
No problems to the schools they applied to, although they didn’t apply to state schools, which may or may not have presented problems.</p>
<p>For my daughter’s transcripts last year, we used Florida Parent Educators Association form transcript (inside the Guide to Homeschooling edition of FPEA’s magazine).</p>
<p>We assigned regular course name credit for her classes. For instance, as a high school freshman, my daughter took a course entitled “Great Books I” for which she received English I credit on her transcript.</p>
<p>She was admitted to all colleges she applied to as well as the honors program at University of Florida. She’s now doing well as a first year student at the LAC she chose to attend.</p>