Frequently Asked Questions

No. This is document preparation for your own homeschool records. Requirements vary by institution, so confirm each college's expectations for homeschooled applicants - some ask for additional materials such as outside testing or a graded writing sample.

Never. The descriptions restate only what you enter. If you did not list a text or an assessment method for a course, the description marks it for you to complete rather than inventing something plausible. A fabricated reading list on a college application puts your student's integrity at issue over something that was never necessary.

You do. You are the school of record and the counselor. Signature lines are rendered blank by design, and you should edit the letter until it sounds like you - it is your voice, not ours.

Four documents, in both DOCX and PDF: the transcript (with weighted and unweighted GPA and the scale printed on it), the course description document, your homeschool school profile, and a draft counselor recommendation letter. Free regenerations while you proof them.

Yes. Many families build the pack in the junior year and keep it current - it is much easier to write a course description the term you finish the course than three years later. The $49 annual update refreshes the transcript and descriptions with the new year's work.

No - and that is why families find it stressful. Admissions offices are not looking for a particular layout; they are looking for a record that lets them evaluate your student the same way they evaluate everyone else: courses by year, credits, a stated grading scale, GPA with its method shown, total credits and a graduation date, signed by you as counselor.

Unweighted on the scale you choose (4.0 by default), and weighted with honors-level courses carrying an additional point where you flag them. The method and scale are printed on the transcript so an admissions officer can follow the arithmetic rather than take it on faith.