Talk about breathing fear and dread into the soul of a home school mom.
They make or break the college admission process for these kids.
Or so they seem.
All in all, the idea is not really complicated.
The process in creating them, can be daunting.
The whole process started somewhere around seventh grade.
Planning out course of study, dotting i's and crossing t's.
Then life happened and I started the stress all over again between sophomore and junior year.
This past fall, I needed transcripts. We were doing dual enrollment.
Once I discovered to shelve my anxiety, the process wasn't so daunting. Especially, now that we have the internet.
Donna Young's website of free reproducibles has this awesome template available.
I just entered the information and did the math for GPA and voila all done.
Fast forward to November and College Applications and my life changed.
You see, now I need to record all these dual credit classes and the classes intended for next semester.
How do I fit in College name next to course study?
How do I explain GPA calculations?
Insert 3-4 hours of work on a Sunday afternoon.
I started with the intent to recreate my document. Meaning no TEMPLATE.
Never having created a Word Document with tables before, I tried to follow the instructions in Transcriptions Made Easy, by Janice Campbell. The whole process ended up with a grouchy momma. I took a break, got something to eat and the light bulb went off. I had made enough progress in creating a document from the blank new page, to discover I just needed to add some details to the comment section of the transcripts I already filled out earlier in the year.
At the bottom of my transcripts, along with GPA calculations and grade values, I noted abbreviations. I did have to become a bit creative here, as my daughter is attending Friends University. Just using initials did not look too appropriate next to course of study. I indicated credits represented high school credit only, not college credit.
All that I have left now is to buy the pretty paper in which I need for printing the transcripts.
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