How would you set up this homeschool transcript?

MommaBerd
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:10:44 +0000

For my previous two graduates I only ever gave final grades that were simply letter grades, no +/-, but neither applied to super competitive schools. For my current senior I’m doing the +/- and adjusting the GPA like @Sweetgum. But as in the past, I’m only doing final grades. From what I have seen and based on a little seminar I took several years ago, most traditional schools only assign final grades on a transcript.

The reason I’m going with the +/- this time is that though he is going to pursue a BM in Composition, he’s applying to some top-tier schools (e.g., Rice, Indiana U) where he has to get accepted into the university AND the music school. Where weighted GPAs may be considered, his A+’s in his Honors and AP classes give him a boost.

If you used the +/-, would the class grade from which he got an A & B end up as a B+? Honestly, I would play with the calculations to see what presents his GPA in the best light.

Ultimately, though, it is one grade out of all his high school grades which is just one part of all the things the AOs take into consideration.