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       Show HN: High school transcript generator for homeschoolers
        
       Hi everyone,  Great Books Homeschool has just released this free
       tool for generating high school transcripts using the standard
       American unweighted GPA system. It's available to the public at no
       cost, and no account creation is required.  These are both
       resources that would have saved me time as a new homeschooling
       parent, and I hope they are helpful to others.  Comments and
       feedback are welcome!
        
       Author : jkurnia
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2023-07-23 17:26 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.greatbookshomeschool.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.greatbookshomeschool.com)
        
       | iambateman wrote:
       | This is cool! We are thinking about homeschooling and need all
       | the tools we can get.
       | 
       | As an aside, I finished high school homeschooled. A state
       | scholarship requires you to be in the top 10% of your class, so
       | the state added me to a cohort of 120 people I had never met,
       | decided I was 7th in that cohort, and gave me an extra $10k in
       | scholarship money.
       | 
       | So yea, "top 10%" metrics are dumb.
        
       | fbrchps wrote:
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       | SoftTalker wrote:
       | Good luck. Pretty much anyone who "requires" a high school
       | transcript as a prerequisite for anything will only accept them
       | from an accredited school, or maybe from at least a recognized
       | homeschool program.
       | 
       | If you're entirely homeschooling on your own, a transcript that
       | looks like you created it in Microsoft Word is not going to go
       | very far.
        
         | kej wrote:
         | Having been homeschooled for high school myself, there are
         | definitely people who won't accept anything that isn't
         | official, but there are also people who just need to check a
         | "received transcript" box on some form.
        
         | xnyan wrote:
         | Most institutions in the US will accept a homeschool
         | transcript. How much they will value that transcript is another
         | question.
        
         | biomcgary wrote:
         | I had no problem getting into college after homeschooling using
         | a Microsoft Word based transcript. I'm old enough that back
         | then standardized testing mattered more, so a good score on the
         | SAT or ACT meant that your transcripts were less critical as a
         | signal for future success.
         | 
         | OTOH, some places recognize homeschooling provides a unique
         | perspective on education. For example, I was invited to
         | interview at Yale's biology graduate program at least in part
         | due to my homeschooling background.
         | 
         | My guess is that low end institutions looking for
         | respectability are more sensitive to getting official
         | transcripts, where the high end is looking for more diversity
         | of background.
        
         | monocularvision wrote:
         | This is what the HSLDA is for.
         | 
         | Colleges have become increasingly comfortable with accepting
         | homeschool high school transcripts both because of their
         | increasing regularity but also because of the actions of the
         | HSLDA. One of the reasons we've been members for well over a
         | decade.
        
         | assimpleaspossi wrote:
         | Both of my sons were homeschooled from third grade on. One
         | graduated from the University of Missouri. The other from
         | Roosevelt in Chicago.
        
         | bufordtwain wrote:
         | My kids were homeschooled and had no problems getting into good
         | universities and community colleges with their homeschool
         | transcript.
        
         | hobobaggins wrote:
         | We just created a homeschool transcript in Libreoffice, since
         | it was required as part of the application process. Our
         | daughter was admitted to both universities applied to and
         | offered a "full ride" scholarship for one (which is the one she
         | accepted). She was also offered (and accepted) a part time role
         | in the CS dept at a different university.
         | 
         | Not sure what "a recognized homeschool program" is; we used a
         | mixture of materials.
         | 
         | When you start homeschooling, you will begin to meet other
         | parents who are also homeschooling, but it's still your journey
         | and not anyone else's; we've found that different tools work
         | for different kids, even within the same family. Choose the
         | tools that work best for your children and your style of
         | teaching.
        
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