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Homeschool transcript template

In most homeschools the parent is the school, so the transcript you write is your teen’s high-school record for colleges, scholarships and employers. Here’s what it needs, how to figure GPA, and a blank template to print and fill in.

What goes on a homeschool transcript

• Student: full legal name, date of birth, and the expected or actual graduation date.
• School: your homeschool’s name, the administrator (usually a parent), address and contact.
• Courses by year: each course under the grade it was taken (9th–12th), with its credits and final grade. Mark Honors, AP and dual-enrollment courses.
• Courses taken elsewhere: co-op, community college or online courses belong on it too, with a note saying where.
• Credits and GPA: credits per year and in total, and the cumulative GPA, unweighted and weighted.
• Grading scale: how letters map to points, so a reader can check the math.
• Test scores and activities (optional): SAT, ACT or AP scores, and the clubs, awards, service and jobs that round out the record.
• Signature: the administrator’s signature and date, certifying the record is true.

How to calculate GPA

Give each final grade its points on the 4.0 scale (A 4.0, B 3.0, C 2.0, D 1.0, F 0; a plus adds 0.3 and a minus takes away 0.3, with A+ kept at 4.0). Multiply by the course’s credits, add them up, and divide by the total credits. For the weighted GPA, add 0.5 for Honors and 1.0 for AP, IB and dual-enrollment courses before you multiply.

Unweighted: (4.0 + 3.3 + 3.0 + 0.5 × 4.0) ÷ 3.5 credits = 12.3 ÷ 3.5 = 3.51. Weighted: (4.0 + 3.3 + 3.5 + 2.0) ÷ 3.5 = 12.8 ÷ 3.5 = 3.66. A course graded Pass earns its credit but stays out of the GPA.

How many credits is a course?

One credit is usually a year-long course, about 120 to 180 hours of work; a semester course is half a credit. Many families plan on about 24 credits across four years, but check what your state and the colleges your teen is considering expect.

Course descriptions

Many colleges ask for a short description of each course alongside the transcript: what it covered, the main texts or curriculum, how it was graded, and the hours. A paragraph per course is plenty.

Or let the app build it as you go

Mark a subject “on the high-school transcript” in Homeschool Planner & Records and it lands on the transcript with its credits, grade and hours, year after year.

• Weighted and unweighted GPA, worked out for you
• Courses taken at a co-op or college, test scores and activities
• Course descriptions, printed to go with the transcript
• No account: your records stay on your phone

Get the free app

• Homeschool attendance logTwelve months on one page, with monthly tallies toward 180 days
• Homeschool hours logA weekly sheet for hours by subject, with core and at-home totals