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Ten Tips for Terrific Transcripts- Special Replay The Homeschool Highschool Podcast
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This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Ten Terrific Tips for Transcripts-Special Replay.
Ten Tips for Terrific Transcripts
Transcripts are vitally important as record of all the work your homeschool high schoolers have done. Who needs need a high school transcript:
* Homeschool graduates who want to serve in the military (check out this interview with a military recruiter)
* Non-college-bound homeschool graduates who will be going into the workforce. (Most employers do not ask to see your teens' transcript, but it does happen occasionally.)
* College-bound homeschool graduates
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BTW- 7Sisters has a transcript kit that includes an editable template and detailed instructions.
So if your teen needs a transcript, it might as well be the most advantageous transcript you can produce. With that in mind, here are ten tips for a terrific transcript!
Remember, there's not ONE right way to homeschool high school. Also, there's not ONE right way to create a transcript. So, do what is best for you and your teens.
Transcript Tip #1
You need it. You may not be required by homeschool law to produce a transcript, but your teen will likely need it at some point.
In my years as the upperclass advisor for our local umbrella school, I found that transcripts can be important years after graduating from high school.
* I remember one graduate school insisting that one of our graduates produce her high school transcript, even though she had just graduated with her undergraduate degree from a four-year college.
* Another young man was required to produce his high school transcript for a new job years after homeschool graduation.
Transcript Tip #2
It should be easy to read. As we have often noted: there is not a standardized format that your homeschoolers' transcripts need to follow. However, the most useful transcripts are easy to scan quickly to get an idea of who your teens are.
Transcript Tip #3
Start in ninth grade. You will thank me for this tip. Can you imagine getting to senior year and needing to dig through years of portfolios and crates and boxes, trying to piece together a transcript? (We have had to help a few homeschoolers do that. While we made it happen, it's tough.)
You don't need that stress. Go ahead. Start in ninth grade!
The cool thing, as you watch that transcript develop year to year, you and your teens will feel SO proud of what they are accomplishing. As the transcript builds each year, teens can really feel proud of their successes.
Transcript Tip #4
Keep the format consistent year to year, especially the order of the courses your teen completes. Take for instance:
* List English/Language Arts first each year
* Then list Math next each year
* After that list Science
* Then list History
You do not need to follow this format, per se, but do order the courses. That way admissions officer,
This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Ten Terrific Tips for Transcripts-Special Replay.
Ten Tips for Terrific Transcripts
Transcripts are vitally important as record of all the work your homeschool high schoolers have done. Who needs need a high school transcript:
* Homeschool graduates who want to serve in the military (check out this interview with a military recruiter)
* Non-college-bound homeschool graduates who will be going into the workforce. (Most employers do not ask to see your teens' transcript, but it does happen occasionally.)
* College-bound homeschool graduates
Click image for full description.
BTW- 7Sisters has a transcript kit that includes an editable template and detailed instructions.
So if your teen needs a transcript, it might as well be the most advantageous transcript you can produce. With that in mind, here are ten tips for a terrific transcript!
Remember, there's not ONE right way to homeschool high school. Also, there's not ONE right way to create a transcript. So, do what is best for you and your teens.
Transcript Tip #1
You need it. You may not be required by homeschool law to produce a transcript, but your teen will likely need it at some point.
In my years as the upperclass advisor for our local umbrella school, I found that transcripts can be important years after graduating from high school.
* I remember one graduate school insisting that one of our graduates produce her high school transcript, even though she had just graduated with her undergraduate degree from a four-year college.
* Another young man was required to produce his high school transcript for a new job years after homeschool graduation.
Transcript Tip #2
It should be easy to read. As we have often noted: there is not a standardized format that your homeschoolers' transcripts need to follow. However, the most useful transcripts are easy to scan quickly to get an idea of who your teens are.
Transcript Tip #3
Start in ninth grade. You will thank me for this tip. Can you imagine getting to senior year and needing to dig through years of portfolios and crates and boxes, trying to piece together a transcript? (We have had to help a few homeschoolers do that. While we made it happen, it's tough.)
You don't need that stress. Go ahead. Start in ninth grade!
The cool thing, as you watch that transcript develop year to year, you and your teens will feel SO proud of what they are accomplishing. As the transcript builds each year, teens can really feel proud of their successes.
Transcript Tip #4
Keep the format consistent year to year, especially the order of the courses your teen completes. Take for instance:
* List English/Language Arts first each year
* Then list Math next each year
* After that list Science
* Then list History
You do not need to follow this format, per se, but do order the courses. That way admissions officer,
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