Hi - I am parent of D22 . we are working on our college lists. I have couple of questions.
If the student has done advancement courses with outside (but approved) institutions like BYU etc during high school, do we have to have those course transcripts sent separately to colleges in addition to school sending the regular high school transcripts? Or does it suffice if the college gets high school transcript which includes the advancement grades?
Are there web sites that rank or provide feedback on how the campus food is across colleges( or colleges known for their food)
What do you mean by “advancement courses” and “approved”? Many high schools offer Dual Enrollment courses with colleges but if they are taught in the high school by a high school teacher, some of the most selective colleges do not offer credit for them. In your question, I am unsure who “approves” the classes and for what purpose. If it is something you are looking to get college credit for, you should check with the colleges in question and ask what they need.
In our school district, students have a list of summer classes that they can take during summers with school district approved institutions ( like BYU)
You saw the Niche list - hello UMASS and Va Tech. My son spent a week at Purdue and raved about it and when he was younger did tennis camp at Occidental and loved it.
As for transcripts, if we did a private online approved class, it went on the high school transcript. We had to do work to get it sent to the high school. My daughter took US History Honors and Personal Finance through Florida Virtual.
As for DE, we had to send the transcript directly from the community college.
Are those classes for high school credit? Or are they for personal enrichment? If they appear on a HS report card, they should be in the high school transcript. If you are hoping to get college credit, you may need to talk to registrars at the colleges you are looking at to see what they want or need.
My D took 3 classes from our local CC and 2 more from our local 4-year public. They all show up on her high school transcript but her private college doesn’t consider them for credit at all. We didn’t need to send additional transcripts since we weren’t looking for college credit, and wouldn’t get it even if we were.