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MommyD
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Posted: May 07 2008 at 4:31pm \| IP Logged

I've seen a couple women mention that building a college transcript for their homeschooled kids was really difficult. Is there anything those of us with young kids could do now to make it easier later?

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Posted: May 07 2008 at 4:35pm \| IP Logged

The first thing that comes to mind is to keep records as you go along each year of high school. I have started having all my high schoolers keep a notebook. Just some quick thoughts .... Anytime they do something, i.e. volunteer, attend a play, finish a book, whatever, they record it in their notebook (date, title, event, etc.) Then at the end of the year (summer time), I take the notebook and compile everything into a transcript of their year. Also, if they take a class online or from somewhere else, I keep the class depscriptions and syllabus given at the beginning of the year. Then when I go to compile their course description list, I have all the information right at my finger tips. It makes things so much easier than trying to reinvent things years later when the pressure is on to get a transcript in place.

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Posted: May 07 2008 at 5:01pm \| IP Logged

Also -- it really depends on the college. Benedictine accepted a transcript generated by me, and in a super simple format. I mean, really simple. They were much more interested in her ACT score, and in the fact that she had taken a few community college classes (showing she could handle college level work.)

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Posted: May 07 2008 at 5:52pm \| IP Logged

I'd echo Maria's suggestions. Write it all down. You think you'll remember, but you won't. Keep a list of every book read, play watched, gallery visited, concert attended, etc. You won't need all of it for every school, but it sure is nice to have it.

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Posted: May 08 2008 at 9:14pm \| IP Logged

MommyD wrote:

I echo every else's advice. I just finished my first transcript; and although I kept good records of everything over the past four years, I learned a lot by watching a seminar called Transcript Boot Camp. I got a lot of good advice from that video on making the transcript more official looking, weighting grades for dual-enrolled students, and other things that I think made a difference in the transcript. It also has tips on record keeping, assigning credits to student for volunteer work or apprenticeship, and other "special" circumstances not typically found in a public school.

I would recommend watching it before your children hit high school.

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Posted: May 08 2008 at 9:20pm \| IP Logged

It was not so much the transcript (just a list of classes and grades) but course descriptions and resources that is time-consuming. I have the kids (now) keep a running list in a computer file so that I can easily cut and paste. It's the most efficient way I could think of to streamline the whole process.

It's really not that bad.

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