Hs transcripts change

[Anonymous]

a tiny number of students who have applied rolling

You don't know this! Many students go out of state. Many students strategically apply to Rolling Admissions School (s) More Merit Aid. Better financial packages. The sooner you apply, the better. Much better. Applications opened in August.

[Anonymous]

You'd think FCPS would be happy to help students end up somewhere other than the few spots from their high school available at UVA, VT, etc. One less angry parent/family/student, storming the counselor's office with, "why can't my student get into ___ in Virginia! I pay my tax dollars to keep them in-state!!" I've never understood FCPS. They have forever made it difficult, being very lackadaisical about timelines, deadlines, when applying out of state, especially rolling.

[Anonymous]

Source? My child is applying this week. We have heard nothing about this.

[Anonymous]

Our high school is sending out transcripts as of today.

The transcripts sent before 9/23 will not show the AP courses as online. Anything sent after that date will have the online classes flagged. At least this year, kids that get their requests in early will slide under the radar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Source? My child is applying this week. We have heard nothing about this.

Just DCUM trolls complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Source? My child is applying this week. We have heard nothing about this.

DD’s school did a college thing last week and mentioned the revisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Source? My child is applying this week. We have heard nothing about this.

Source is my child's counselor when I asked a question about transcripts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'd think FCPS would be happy to help students end up somewhere other than the few spots from their high school available at UVA, VT, etc. One less angry parent/family/student, storming the counselor's office with, "why can't my student get into ___ in Virginia! I pay my tax dollars to keep them in-state!!" I've never understood FCPS. They have forever made it difficult, being very lackadaisical about timelines, deadlines, when applying out of state, especially rolling.

VCU is rolling and in state

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just received notice from my child's HS that they will not be sending any transcripts out to colleges until October due to FCPS doing a transcript overhaul.

This means that all students sending early applications to schools with rolling admissions will not receive a decision until after those transcripts are received, thus eliminating the advantage of applying early in the first place! I'm pretty annoyed about this.

What school is this?
Is your kid actually applying somewhere this early with rolling admissions or is this just some faux rage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just received notice from my child's HS that they will not be sending any transcripts out to colleges until October due to FCPS doing a transcript overhaul.

This means that all students sending early applications to schools with rolling admissions will not receive a decision until after those transcripts are received, thus eliminating the advantage of applying early in the first place! I'm pretty annoyed about this.

What school is this?
Is your kid actually applying somewhere this early with rolling admissions or is this just some faux rage?

I prefer not to name the school. Yes, my child is applying to four rolling admissions schools and the applications are complete. And I said I was annoyed, which does not equate to rage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume this is a Gatehouse issue and not a school issue?

What do those people do?

Find ways to screw up. Let’s see when do kids need to have transcripts sent? In the fall, so let’s make changes to the system then.

^this. How dumb is FCPS. Make the system changes in the spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just received notice from my child's HS that they will not be sending any transcripts out to colleges until October due to FCPS doing a transcript overhaul.

This means that all students sending early applications to schools with rolling admissions will not receive a decision until after those transcripts are received, thus eliminating the advantage of applying early in the first place! I'm pretty annoyed about this.

OP, this is not county-wide.

Langley is currently sending transcripts and they are under the old format. Parents were told last week over email that students will be allowed to send transcripts that don’t flag online classes until the third week of September. After that, all transcripts will only be able to be sent under the new format where online classes are given a separate section on the transcript.

I would think that there are a lot of Langley parents who are rushing the counselors to get the transcripts sent to their child’s college list before the deadline. It only makes sense to try to make sure colleges see your child in the best possible light.

[Anonymous]

So it is that all AP courses taken before the Sept date in 2025 will continue to show as just classes taken during a particular grade year but after Sept 2025 if take an AP outside of school it is listed by online vendor in a vendor diff section? Or is it after Sept 2025 ALL AP courses taken by online vendor- even if taken 2-3 years ago will show up on online vendor section?

Is the thought that online is less rigorous?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone asked Dean J in one of her Q&A if colleges even care?

[Anonymous]

All online AP courses will be flagged by my understanding.

There is a potential lawsuit here. Parents signed up for online AP courses thinking they were equivalent to inperson classes. Would FCPS really like to argue in a court of law that their online classes are inferior?