Anonymous wrote:What does the final mcps high school transcript show and look like ?
Does it show semester based grades ? Are double period AP classes grades listed by semester or does only the final grade show ?

Wish they could upload transcripts in ParentVue. I don't think any of this should be a surprise (They are pretty clear on how to MS grades are displayed and used in calculations, but it would be good to just see how it all looks together and confirm GPA and WGPA etc.)

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Anonymous wrote:What does the final mcps high school transcript show and look like ?
Does it show semester based grades ? Are double period AP classes grades listed by semester or does only the final grade show ?

Each semester class is listed one on each line, each with its own letter grade for 0.50 credits.

After the grade and the credit there is also a column indicating if a class is Honors (HON) or Advanced Level (ADV) or Certificate of Merit (CM), plus another column indicating a withdrawal (WD), plus a column for the name of the school.

Anonymous wrote:What does the final mcps high school transcript show and look like ?
Does it show semester based grades ? Are double period AP classes grades listed by semester or does only the final grade show ?

Each semester class is listed one on each line, each with its own letter grade for 0.50 credits.

What does the final mcps high school transcript show and look like ?
Does it show semester based grades ? Are double period AP classes grades listed by semester or does only the final grade show ?

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Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

The above is correct for transcripts. It very clearly shows Grade 6, 7, and 8 courses in their own sections, and it lists the MS school name as well as the academic year each grade corresponds with. Then, immediately below are the sections for Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12, using the same format, only there are many more lines in each section because every class is a HS class.

Okay, thanks. So the handful of HS-credit middle school grades are the very first thing the admissions officers see on the transcript? That's kind of nerve-wracking... feels like it would be hard for them to ignore Bs and Cs there even if they claim that middle school grades don't matter to them.

Most colleges recalculate GPAs themselves. Most do not consider any courses taken in MS and also do not consider things like PE, art or other non-academic electives. Most do not weight grades. Many have a different "score" for rigor where the difficulty of classes is taken into account.

Some admissions officers see the actual transcript, others have students report using STAR or something different where they pull the data they are interested in and have each student's file look more consistent. High volume schools do not have the time to comb through the files of kids from thousands of different high schools to find the information they are interested in, instead they use something to assimilate the information so that it's in the same place for each student being considered.

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Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

The above is correct for transcripts. It very clearly shows Grade 6, 7, and 8 courses in their own sections, and it lists the MS school name as well as the academic year each grade corresponds with. Then, immediately below are the sections for Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12, using the same format, only there are many more lines in each section because every class is a HS class.

Okay, thanks. So the handful of HS-credit middle school grades are the very first thing the admissions officers see on the transcript? That's kind of nerve-wracking... feels like it would be hard for them to ignore Bs and Cs there even if they claim that middle school grades don't matter to them.

Yes. For example, for my 8th grader, I was told Algebra 1 (grade 7), Geometry (grade 8) and Spanish 3A/B (grade 8) would show on his high school transcripts because they count towards HS graduation requirements for math and world language.

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Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

This is inaccurate for current MCPS transcripts.

Different poster here. No it’s not, it’s exactly correct. My child just got his official transcript on request about a week ago and that’s how it’s laid out. Note: the transcript is not the same as the SGGCR parents get in ParentVUE which is organized differently.

Very worried that DD has a C grade in first semester of AP chemistry. She is going to work on it and raise it to B or A. This class was hard.
Any stories of hope that your child went to a good school- not Ivy League -with a C grade in such a class 😫

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Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

The above is correct for transcripts. It very clearly shows Grade 6, 7, and 8 courses in their own sections, and it lists the MS school name as well as the academic year each grade corresponds with. Then, immediately below are the sections for Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12, using the same format, only there are many more lines in each section because every class is a HS class.

Okay, thanks. So the handful of HS-credit middle school grades are the very first thing the admissions officers see on the transcript? That's kind of nerve-wracking... feels like it would be hard for them to ignore Bs and Cs there even if they claim that middle school grades don't matter to them.

True, but visually the middle school sections are much smaller so it optically is differentiated a bit. Like just glancing at it I can tell it is not the high school section because far fewer classes are listed.

I know that may not feel like consolation, but think of it this way, if MS was hard but HS has solid grades it is a sign of an upward trend with AOs like.

+1. And the "Grade 6" text is in bold type, whereas the letter grades are not, so it's really very obvious they are middle school sections, which won't be their focus.

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Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

The above is correct for transcripts. It very clearly shows Grade 6, 7, and 8 courses in their own sections, and it lists the MS school name as well as the academic year each grade corresponds with. Then, immediately below are the sections for Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12, using the same format, only there are many more lines in each section because every class is a HS class.

Okay, thanks. So the handful of HS-credit middle school grades are the very first thing the admissions officers see on the transcript? That's kind of nerve-wracking... feels like it would be hard for them to ignore Bs and Cs there even if they claim that middle school grades don't matter to them.

True, but visually the middle school sections are much smaller so it optically is differentiated a bit. Like just glancing at it I can tell it is not the high school section because far fewer classes are listed.

I know that may not feel like consolation, but think of it this way, if MS was hard but HS has solid grades it is a sign of an upward trend with AOs like.

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Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

The above is correct for transcripts. It very clearly shows Grade 6, 7, and 8 courses in their own sections, and it lists the MS school name as well as the academic year each grade corresponds with. Then, immediately below are the sections for Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12, using the same format, only there are many more lines in each section because every class is a HS class.

Okay, thanks. So the handful of HS-credit middle school grades are the very first thing the admissions officers see on the transcript? That's kind of nerve-wracking... feels like it would be hard for them to ignore Bs and Cs there even if they claim that middle school grades don't matter to them.

Anonymous wrote:The transcript is broke down by grade 7, 8, 9, 10, etc). For grades 6-8 it only lists classes that are meeting a HS requirement. The layout of the middle school and high school grades is identical and in order of grade (eg if your first class you took for HS credit was in sixth grade, the sixth grade section is the first section listed on the transcript).

Everything is identical in appearance to the HS grades except the sections for MS grades are smaller because there are less relevant classes to list.

The above is correct for transcripts. It very clearly shows Grade 6, 7, and 8 courses in their own sections, and it lists the MS school name as well as the academic year each grade corresponds with. Then, immediately below are the sections for Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12, using the same format, only there are many more lines in each section because every class is a HS class.

Anonymous wrote:I may need to be corrected but I believe that any grades earned in MS do not count on the HS transcript. The credits count but the grades do not. My child got C's in middle school Spanish but the HS transcript shows a 4.0 GPA.

The grades do show up on the HS transcript if they meet a high school requirement. My understanding is they don’t factor into the GPA unless it helps the GPA, but I don’t know exactly how this works in practice.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of people here referring to the grade and graduation report in ParentVUE. This is not a transcript. The transcript is clearly broken down by grade and must be requested from the registrar.

Would you or someone else be willing to briefly flag any inaccurate statements above that are based on the ParentVUE report rather than what's on the transcript sent to colleges? It would be hugely appreciated.

I just noted comments where it seemed people were referring to the grade and graduation report instead of the transcript.

Anonymous wrote:You or your student can request an unofficial transcript from the school counselor.

I expect this is probably correct. The registrar does this formally but you can probably request a copy from your counselor.