The homeschool transcript: template, GPA math, and the co-op question.

There is no central office that issues homeschool transcripts - the parent-signed transcript is the standard format colleges expect. Here is the layout, the math, and how to handle grades you didn't give.

The layout

One page per student. Header: student full name, date of birth, your homeschool's name, and school year. Body: one table per year or one cumulative table. Footer: grading scale, cumulative GPA, and the administrator signature line.

The signature line: "I certify this is a true and accurate record. - Parent/Administrator, date."

GPA in four steps

1. Pick a scale and publish it on the transcript: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, and so on.
2. Convert every final grade to points.
3. Multiply each by the course's credit value (1.0 for a full-year course, 0.5 for a semester).
4. Total the points, divide by total credits. That number, to two decimals, is the cumulative GPA.

Co-op, hybrid, online, dual enrollment

• Include them on the one transcript. Colleges want a single record, with each course's source labeled in a notes column.
• Use the grade the program gave. Never convert or smooth a co-op or college grade into something nicer. If Tidewater CC gave a B+, the transcript says B+.
• Keep the originals. Offer the college's own transcript "available on request" - admissions offices ask for it regularly on dual enrollment.

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