{"product_id":"college-admissions-packet","title":"College Admissions Packet: Transcript + Course Descriptions + School Profile + Unconventional Course Credits (Digital Download)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything a homeschool family sends a college, in one download: the transcript, the course descriptions, the school profile, and a way to give real credit for the year your kid spent building the house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA high school transcript from a homeschool carries no reputation with it. The admissions reader has three documents to judge it by, and most families send one. This packet is all three, plus the guide nobody else sells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT'S INSIDE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Premium Transcript spreadsheet.\u003c\/strong\u003e Excel and Google Sheets. Enter courses, credits, and grades; it computes weighted and unweighted GPA, tracks credits by subject, checks NCAA core-course eligibility, and prints a clean one-page transcript. Includes the setup guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Course Description Kit.\u003c\/strong\u003e The workbook with 49 ready-to-edit descriptions, the School Profile template with a nationwide legal-basis guide and completed sample, and the Parent's Guide. (Sold separately at $24.99.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrediting Unconventional Courses.\u003c\/strong\u003e New, and only here. Your student spent a year raising goats, running sound at church, rebuilding a truck, or wiring the family's house. That's learning. This 18-page guide turns it into credit a college will respect: the three tests a course has to pass, how to name it so a registrar recognizes it, the hours worksheet, four ways to grade without tests, when real-life work can count as core and when it can't, and 20 fully written example descriptions from Residential Construction Technology to Aviation Ground School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive fillable PDFs.\u003c\/strong\u003e School profile, course blocks, reading list, hours worksheet, planning sheet. Type and save.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHO IT'S FOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamilies with a homeschooled 9th to 12th grader applying to four-year colleges, scholarships, or the NCAA, especially if any of their best learning happened outside a textbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHO SHOULD SKIP IT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you already own the Course Description Kit and the Premium Transcript, you only need the Crediting Unconventional Courses guide. Message us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFORMAT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWord (.docx), Excel (.xlsx) with a Google Sheets copy link, and fillable PDFs. Instant download. Nothing ships. Personal use only. October 2026 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by a former special education teacher and school principal who now runs a used curriculum bookstore and homeschools his own kids. I've read the transcripts that get a second look and the ones that don't. This is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Homeschool","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54775335584028,"sku":"080924-12768","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/6369\/9746\/files\/college-admissions-packet-no-footer.png?v=1793632553","url":"https:\/\/store.firsthomeschool.com\/products\/college-admissions-packet","provider":"First Homeschool","version":"1.0","type":"link"}