Although common in many parts of the world, the idea of taking a year off between high school and college isn’t on the radar of most American students and their parents. But that scenario is changing as more families see the gap year’s huge potential. Of course, for some students, a direct path from high [...]
It’s a scenario no homeschool family wants to face. You and your high school student have done the right thing and applied to a variety of colleges. Next comes the waiting game. And when the letters do eventually trickle in, there is nothing quite like that sinking feeling of getting rejected by one of your [...]
Good record keeping produces a great high school transcript. But the process of keeping records can be a huge pain, especially for busy homeschool families. So is it worth the effort? Public, private, and parochial schools keep certain records on hand, including test scores and grades, attendance records, report cards, and immunization records. And while [...]
Hey, folks. Matt here. I’ve got some exciting news to share ... For a while now, I’ve heard from private and public schools frustrated by the complicated, annoying process of creating a large amount of high school transcripts in-house. So today, I’m thrilled to announce a solution: Transcript Maker now offers school plans! Here are [...]
Hey, folks. Matt here. We’ve got plenty of exciting new features coming to Transcript Maker in 2017. I’d like to share one of them with you today: Credit summary. Here's what I love about this feature: You can summarize the total amount of credit hours earned across all subjects. You can compare credit hours earned [...]
Back in the day, the 4.0 grade point average—straight A’s—meant you were at the top of the academic heap. It had summa cum laude written all over it, and colleges readily admitted students with straight A’s because it meant they had demonstrated mastery over every subject in the curriculum. But then, over time, high schools [...]