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Reading your transcript can seem challenging at first, but it's all about understanding the vocabulary and being detail-oriented. Your school counselor should NOT be the only person who can say what credits you've earned, what your GPA is, how many AP courses you've taken, etc. This is your work and your academic record, so let's make sure you know how to read it!
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CDHS Sample Transcript (1).pdftranscript terms
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Mark: The numerical grade you earned in a course. Can also simply be called a "grade".
Weight: This refers to how many credits the course that you completed is worth or how many credits you attempted to earn by completing the course.
Credit: This refers to how many credits you actually earned after completing a course.
Grading Scale: This section allows you to identify how many "grade points" a course grade earns. For example, a course grade of 98 earns 4 grade points on our CCPS grading scale.
Cumulative GPA: This uses all of the completed courses on your transcript to calculate the average grade point you've earned as a high school student. Your Cumulative GPA can fluctuate each time a course is added to your transcript because that new course has earned grade points that will impact the calculated average. Your Cumulative GPA is often considered colleges, universities, programs, and employers as an indicator of your academic strength.
Term GPA: This uses all of the completed courses in a single Term on your transcript to calculate the average grade point you earned during that Term only.
Honors: This means the course listed was an Honors-level course.
AP: This means the course listed was an Advanced Placement course.
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