Thursday, October 22, 2009

Re: Transfer Grades

We also attach other schools' transcripts to our own. Trying to convert
would be comparing apples to oranges and, as Derrel Fincher pointed out,
right on the edge of ethical and possibly legal standards. We would only
ever cite GPA at OUR school, and our Profile makes this clear.

I think that attaching copies of previous/summer/other transcripts to the
school's own official, sealed transcript could be summed up as "best
practice" in the independent school college counseling world.

Including and converting is just not a good idea, I think.

Hope this helps--Peter Gow

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Peter Gow
Director of College Counseling and Special Programs
Beaver Country Day School
791 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
www.bcdschool.org
617-738-2755 (O)
617-738-2747 (F)
petergow3 (Skype)

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