<p>Battle, I’m pretty sure your daughter can just get her old school to send a transcript. Since she’s a junior this year, she may also want to ask this year’s teacher’s to write letters for her now. Seven periods of AP courses sounds like overkill. My oldest got into Harvard taking three senior year (and one post AP math) so call it four. He took another honors science (Astrophysics)and a regular English class.</p>
<p>In most cases, unless the school is private, you don’t get to shop the public high school via willing to dive to the one that has your preferred transcript reporting. You go where you are zoned via your address. What I would think more workable would be to send two high school transcripts, one through the end of Jr year showing rank and grading system, and one for Sr year. Work with the current GC to come up with a good solution. Your daughter could also call schools she’ll be applying to explaining her concern and ask their suggestion of the best way to present/document her academic record. This is their job and I’m sure they would be happy to advise her. </p>
<p>As Xiggi states, this matters far less then you or your daughter think it does right now. But do have her call the universities. It may put your minds at ease.</p>
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You misread my post, our district categorizes the classes as:
- Level 1: AP, Pre-AP (Honors), GT, max GPA 6.0
- Level 2: General Education, max GPA 5.0
- Level 3: Remedial, Special Ed, max GPA 4.0</p>
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I disagree. There may not be any difference between 90 to 91 or 92, a point or 2 difference is not to be stressed about but there is a huge difference from 90 to 95. Not just in term of score, ranking and placement, but it also shows your understanding of the subject.</p>
<p>You are also wrong about filling trophy case with 7 AP classes. There are more reasons than that. ie, My D insisted on taking 6 AP classes, and a Pre-AP Spanish (highest class she could take) last year because she wanted to be challenged and she wanted to study without the distraction of being in the regular classes with students who were not motivated.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you know what goes on in a regular classroom these days, my D told me most students spend most periods talking, texting, anything but studying and there is nothing the teachers could do about it.</p>
<p>I am quite certain about knowing what is happening in classrooms today a tad better than a parent who relies on hearsay. On the other hand, I am not certain why you think your last sentence has any relevance to what I wrote.</p>
<p>Fwiw, I wrote about obsessing about how grades transfer from one school to another with different scales. You probably missed what my comment about getting a full narrative from the current high school meant. NOTHING will change in the previous record, and this is the record that will form the overwhelming basis for the college application. </p>
<p>I maintain my point about an exaggerated focus on 7 APs in the context of … establishing a record. This should be one of the last things on the mind of a senior facing the trauma of moving to a new school right in the middle of college applications. The next semester will be crucial in terms of applications, but most of the work should be done as far as … The record. </p>
<p>It is all about having a correct set of priorities.</p>
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<p>I have to agree with Xiggi that working at the limits of one’s intellectual abilities should be avoided when one is also settling in to a new environment. Expectations will be different in the new school, and your daughter won’t have the carryover benefit of her established reputation (teachers talk with one another) at the new school, which would often grant her the benefit of the doubt. Letters of recommendation could come from staff of the old school, even the GC’s, if planned right.</p>
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You are that certain? 
Wow , I guess if you teach somewhere in this country, it would give you the inside into what happens in the classrooms in our district as well? </p>
<p>About taking 6, 7 APs classes or not, it’s up to the students. The counselors, teachers, and parents know less than that about the students themselves. In our school, and several schools nearby, there maybe more but I know 1st hand dozen of students taking that load and it had not affected them. They have had a full EC and social lives … Please don’t presume that you know the correct answers for everyone.</p>
<p>valedictorians do not mean as much as you think. Sometimes, people below the valedictorians end up going to the better school of their choice because they used their time to be more well-rounded</p>
<p>Strawman much? You are arguing points I never made.</p>
<p>Fire, thanks for the clarification. I’ve never seen a system where regular college prep courses were not at the 4.0 level. This is one reason why the school profile is important to the admissions reader, to give context.</p>