Your transcript is your high school career on paper

Understanding Your Transcript: Knowing Where You Stand Important to Know Colleges will first look at your overall GPA – so study hard to raise your grades! Colleges will next look at the rigor/difficulty of your classes – so challenge yourself! Colleges will lastly look for patterns/improvements – so continue to get better! You are more than a transcript – get involved in extracurricular activities so that colleges can see your involvement on campus, your leadership, your team work, dependability, etc. Failures are NOT replaced when you do recovery work, they still remain on your transcript, so make sure you do all the right things to never get one in the first place! ALL classes are averaged in with your GPA. Freshman and Sophomore years are SOOOOOOO important in establishing your GPA because the more grades you earn the less percentage they have in averaging in to the overall grade – which means it gets harder to raise your overall GPA as you go through high school…so don’t expect some last year miracle…do the work EARLY and OFTEN!!!!!

What is on your transcript? Courses you have taken Grades you made in each course Tests you have taken (EOCT, GHSGT) Graduation data when you graduate Current Grade-point-average Current class rank

What is not on your transcript? SAT scores Community Service Activities Honors and Awards GPA on a 4.0 scale

What do you need to check for? Make sure ALL courses you have taken are listed Make sure the grades listed are correct Make sure you have a credit for each course passed

Why is a transcript important? Colleges use it to determine if you will be admitted Employers may use it to determine if you will be hired The military may use it to determine if you can be enlisted Your grades need to be as high as possible because it may be the only way you have of getting your foot in the door