As a high school student or parent, you must be active and aware of everything that is going on regarding college preparation in schools.  That includes knowing and regularly reviewing transcripts.  The best analogy is to view your transcript like a credit report that must be regularly reviewed for accuracy as the story below illustrates:

The Las Vegas Sun (4/30/09, Richmond) reported that the Clark County School District "is investigating irregularities in the academic records of 32 Western High School seniors to determine whether they were given credit for classes they didn't take." District officials are "trying to determine whether the problems are the result of human error, incompetence, or fraud." In the investigation, "academic records of Western's freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are also being scrutinized." Superintendent Walt Ruffles said that the 32 seniors whose records are in question "were unaware they lacked the requisite academic credits until the investigation was launched." The Las Vegas Sun notes, "About 25 of the students are making up missing classes through the district's individualized study program and might graduate with their classmates in June."

Students are now scrambling in the last month of school to make up required classes and are in danger of not graduating with their class and potentially having to put off college.  Do not let this tragedy had to you or your son/daughter.  Be sure to review transcripts after each semester and be aware of both the high school graduation requirements as well as the college entrance requirements.

This is one of the many services within the coaching of the Race to College Success program.  Consider it transcript protection similar to credit report protection.  For more information regarding the variety of products and services available go to www.racetocollegesuccess.com.

Janelle Jalbert

May 2009

Janelle Jalbert is the founder of Edusistance, a company assisting in education and business.  Currently, Janelle is heading the “Race to College Success” program to assist students with a variety of college issues including: college preparation, college admissions, general education concerns such as SAT, ACT, and other test prep, college options, college majors, financial aid, scholarships, career planning, portfolio and resume development, essay writing, and such.  Visit www.racetocollegesuccess.com for details.  You can also follow Janelle and Race to College Success on Twitter (RacetoCollege) Facebook (RacetoCollegeSuccess), and MySpace (Race to College Success).