Transcript troubles....

[Liza Q]

Wow - I haven't been here in a few months....but you'll all still help me, right??? ;)

Anyway. I have to do a transcript very quickly (like, mail it tomorrow) and I have never done one and I am hyper-ventilating a little....

1. Should I include PE in the GPA calculations or can I just do it Pass/Fail (naturally, it is Pass!!)? All of the examples I have seen factor it in but I really do not want to. I can't see giving her an A for it but giving her a B lowers her GPA and that is a drag :glare: And, if I do it Pass/Fail, how do I explain it?

2. Should I list the courses she is taking right now? It is too soon to give her grades and it looks kind of weird :confused:

Ack!

[8FillTheHeart]

I would give a letter grade for PE and if it is a B, it is a B. I gave my ds Cs on his transcript (even though when I outsourced, he made a very high A!)

As far as the classes she is taking currently, I wrote IP for in progress.

HTH

[Liza Q]

Thanks so much!

I guess I always thought that only academic classes would *count*....

[Jean in Wisc]

But I gave some classes pass/fail while others were letter grades. PE was one of the pass/fail classes, and I did not include it in the grade point average. None of the schools my dd applied to asked about it.

Here is our transcript. (http://shadesofwhite.typepad.com/shades_of_white/2007/07/high-school-tra.html)

By my dd's senior year, all her classes were listed on the transcript. I left the grades blank until there was something to put down.

HTH,
Jean

[periwinkle]

But I gave some classes pass/fail while others were letter grades. PE was one of the pass/fail classes, and I did not include it in the grade point average. None of the schools my dd applied to asked about it.


:iagree: That's how I did it, too.

[Gwen in VA]

I did it VERY similarly to Jean too! :iagree:

[Kareni]

I did it VERY similarly to Jean too! :iagree:

This is what I'm doing too. Classes like PE, swing dance, and fencing all got a grade of PASS. I'm also leaving the grade square blank for classes that are in progress.

Regards,
Kareni

[MaryM]

WE do it like Jean too! PE is Pass/Fail. :iagree:

Mary

[cathmom]

I included PE in the GPA and gave a grade. I listed all courses in progress and left the grade blank.

And I just wanted to say that I am thrilled to "see" you, Liza Q!!!!!!!!!!
:grouphug:

[Holly IN]

I have learned though that pass/fail actually brings down the GPA. I am gonig against the grain here. I would give a letter grade.

Just my opinion.

Holly

[Jean in Wisc]

I have learned though that pass/fail actually brings down the GPA. I am gonig against the grain here. I would give a letter grade.

Just my opinion.

Holly

It only brings it down if those credits are included when figuring the grade point, right? I simply do not include them when doing the math.

J

[periwinkle]

I have learned though that pass/fail actually brings down the GPA. I am gonig against the grain here. I would give a letter grade.



How would that work?:001_huh:

I have never had a p/f worked into my gpa, and I didnt figure it into ds's either.

It's kind of amazing there are so many variations on grading...

[Holly IN]

I took the Boot Camp Transcript seminar of Inge Canon. She highly recommends not doing the P/F. Colleges will figure that into their decisions. She said that it does bring it down whether you do the math or not.
This is where I am getting my information from. HSLDA highly recommends her as a resource for transcripts.
Holly