<p>So, where are the other hsers in the process of applications? We have one flourishing at her LAC in music and one that is in the midst of applications to the militray academies. She's spending the summer at the various academies, participating in their "summer sessions". All, save the USMMA, have week-long sessions that students between their junior and senior years can apply to. They are very competitive to get into, but so far, the experience has been wonderful!</p>
<p>I ended up starting at a community college, but only due to health problems and family difficulties. I'm currently prepping for the transfer process.</p>
<p>If you don't mind me asking, how did you handle "transcripts?" Me and my parents are going through that now, and while getting transcripts from my distance learning and community college courses is no problem, the independent study I did is going to be a challenge, especially since so much of it was ungraded.</p>
<p>Colleges do not care much about high school records for transfer students. The courses you have taken at the CC are going to be much more important. They may or may not even want a high school transcript.</p>
<p>Oh, I know, but they all request a transcript, and I'm just wondering how to compile and format one.</p>
<p>Here is a good site for a model for a transcript: <a href="http://forms.donnayoung.org/planners/hischl.htm%5B/url%5D">http://forms.donnayoung.org/planners/hischl.htm</a></p>
<p>I used that one, with some modifications, for my second son, and it worked well. I used it for an overall transcript, then had ones from community college and high school, where he took some classes, sent, as well. He is now excitedly looking forward to starting classes in August at Indiana University's School of Music, where he was accepted as a trumpet performance major.</p>
<p>As for the original question, besides this son, I have a son who just graduated from Stanford with a BA in Japanese. So the process is now behind us. (which sometimes makes me happy, sometimes sad...)</p>
<p>Ah, thank you. :) My biggest concern is giving "grades," because the vast majority of what I did was independent study. I can easily give a transcript of the credit-free community college courses I took, and I have a limited transcript from the work I did through the American School, but for the rest of it, I'll need to figure something out. This will give me a good starting point. Thanks again!</p>
<p>We are working on mailing out letters of recommendation forms to the instructors who will be writing them. DD participates in a 8 week biomedical research internship this summer so she has asked me to take care of a few things for her since she is gone all day.</p>
<p>Actually, right now the question is should she apply early decision ? Two schools are on the top of her list and I don't know how applying early to one of them will help her.</p>
<p>She has it narrowed down to 4 schools, I believe. We're still investigating the money/scholarship issue.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't worry about giving grades for independent study. I spoke to a senior admissions officer at a top school on the east coast this past weekend. They are interested in how you determined mastery of a given area, but they didn't necessarily want grades for it. If you took a course that gave a grade, supply that. The only grade that I gave my daugher was for a course that I monitored at home that involved a textbook and third party examinations. Aside from that, I have written paragraph descriptions for each of her courses. Every admissions officer that I have shown sample course descriptions to has been very pleased with that. If you have an independent study course with lots of reading include the list of books read.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>It's a good idea to contact the admissions office of the schools you will be applying to. Different schools have different requirements regarding transcripts. Some like extensive descriptions, listing all resources you used in a course. Others just want a quick description. I believe few are interested in home issued grades, and most will appreciate that you have grades from the community college. </p>
<p>My daughter was admitted to the school of her choice, and she submitted no grades for home based courses. She did have grades for most other courses.</p>