High school Transcripts
A crucial component of college acceptance is the high school transcript and supplemental documentation.
A strong high school transcript has the following attributes:
Student information
One to two-page summary of high school courses
Cumulative and grade-level GPA
Total Credits Earned
Additionally, it could be beneficial to include the following attachments:
Course Descriptions
Bibliography of Text Resources, or Book List
Activities Resume detailing a student’s extra-curricular activities (such as employment, athletics, awards, community service, etc.)
Download a sample transcript, course description list, book list, and activities resume below.
How to Calculate GPA
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Honors Courses
An honors level course is typically taught at the high school level with a more rigorous component added on. Most honors courses will typically include a large research project, additional readings and evaluation of those readings, or accelerated work above and beyond the typical textbook approach. In other words, more rigorous work - not just additional work.
It is important to note that just because a course is more difficult for your student does not automatically make it an honors course. The coursework must go above and beyond the typical high school course. At PEP, the Humanities Core classes are considered to be honors-level courses.