Perplexed/High School Transcript Courses Taken In Middle School

skieurope
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:18:51 +0000

How should they explain to colleges why they are taking five, “light electives” on their senior transcript.

They should explain nothing. The Secondary School Report is generally accompanied by a school profile, which will list graduation requirements, academic policies, honors/AP courses offered, etc. If the situation needs to be further explained, the GC should do it.

So instead of taking say AP Calc BC, they will have to take a drama course to fit their schedule.

I will assume that this is just a hypothetical example, but let’s be real: having to take an arts class is not the end of the world. The student is not disadvantaged if everyone has to take an arts class. Colleges do not expect, and in many cases do not want, students to be specialists in HS.