Homeschool-to-college strategy.
The guidance layer above your gradebook.

No. prevvu is built specifically for fully independent homeschoolers — you're the school authority. prevvu gives you the professional tools to document and present your student's record the same way an accredited school would, without needing an outside institution to back it.

prevvu covers elementary through high school graduation, plus dual credit and early college students. Elementary and middle school records are tracked separately from the formal high school transcript, so your 9th-grade GPA starts clean.

prevvu is built for High School and Dual Credit subscriptions at launch. High School is $45/year; Dual Credit is $95/year (software access). You can start with either plan and upgrade later — you only pay the prorated difference. A live demo environment is on the roadmap.

More frequently than you might think! A course plan isn't a "set it and forget it" document — it's a living record. Here are the four moments across each school year that really matter:

prevvu is built around this rhythm — your record stays current between adjustments, transcripts regenerate in seconds when a campus visit pops up, and the Academic Records lock turns each year's snapshot into a verifiable, immutable record schools can trust.

No. A prevvu transcript is a professionally formatted, parent-issued academic document — exactly what colleges expect from independent homeschools. You export it as a PDF and submit it directly through the college's portal, Common App, or by mail. No notarization required.

Export your finalized transcript as a PDF and upload it directly to any college admissions portal or email it to admissions — most colleges accept PDF transcripts from independent homeschools. For Common App schools, prevvu's Common App Package prepares your School Profile and Counselor Letter drafts so everything is ready to attach in one submission.

Status as of May 2026: we're actively exploring Parchment network membership — stay tuned! In the meantime, prevvu exports a Parchment-grade PDF with embedded PESC v1.5 transcript XML that colleges, registrars, and admissions portals accept directly.

Most states use the Carnegie unit system: one full-year course = 1 credit; one semester course = ½ credit, assuming ~120 hours of coursework. prevvu uses Carnegie units by default. If your state or recipient institution uses a different scale, you can adjust credit values per course manually. When in doubt, Carnegie units are universally understood and the safest default.

It depends on the path. General plans typically land between 20–22 credits; college prep runs 24–28; rigorous college prep can reach 26–30. prevvu tracks progress toward your target automatically.

prevvu handles this automatically — dual credit courses are tagged with their source institution and display correctly on the transcript. The standard approach is to add an asterisk next to the course title and identify the college in the notes section. prevvu does this for you.

Yes. Courses like Algebra I or a foreign language completed in middle school can appear on the high school transcript. Add them to your 9th grade year in prevvu and note in the course description that they were completed prior to 9th grade. Keep supporting documentation — a grade report or dated curriculum records — in case a college requests verification.

Yes — include all high school coursework in one place. For courses from an accredited school, note the institution and its accrediting body in the transcript comments. Plan to submit both transcripts together during college applications.

Honors courses add 0.5 points; AP courses add 1 point to the standard GPA. prevvu calculates both weighted and unweighted GPA automatically once you label the course. Note: officially designating a course as "AP" requires the syllabus to be reviewed by the College Board's AP Central Department.

The choice is yours — the standard A–F scale is most common. Whatever you choose, set it consistently and prevvu applies it across all GPA calculations. prevvu automatically displays both weighted and unweighted GPA on your transcript when your plan includes weighted courses (Honors, AP, DE, IB, CLEP). If no weighted courses are present, only the unweighted GPA is shown.

Completely optional — prevvu works exactly the same whether you ever touch this feature or not. It's there for families who want a verifiable chain of custody on their student's record.

When you choose to lock a semester as "official," prevvu creates a tamper-proof, date-stamped snapshot. Any college, scholarship committee, or employer can verify that record using a student-controlled 6-character access code — no umbrella school required. Each semester locks independently, so one locked semester doesn't affect any other.

If you prefer to keep full flexibility over your student's records — which is entirely your right as the school authority — simply don't use it. Nothing else changes.

You can unlock any semester, make the correction, and re-lock. The audit trail records the unlock — so verifiers see the full history, including when changes were made. Re-locking resets the chain of custody date for that semester, which is visible to anyone viewing the record.

Yes — transcripts can be requested years or even decades after graduation, for graduate school, employment, professional licensing, military service, and more. Whether you use the Official Academic Record feature or not, we recommend keeping a printed backup and exporting an electronic copy of your student's data periodically.

No tool can instantly tell you — most registrars don't publish transfer acceptance data publicly, by design. prevvu's gap analysis shows where your credits should land based on course codes. For a documented answer, our Plan Review has a real person contact the registrar on your behalf and deliver the result in writing — so you know before your student enrolls, not after.

Our team contacts your target institution's registrar professionally, asks the right questions, and delivers a written report documenting what will transfer, under what conditions, and any restrictions. You get an answer without making the uncomfortable call yourself. Includes one registrar contact plus a follow-up if needed. If the registrar won't answer after follow-up, you receive a 50% refund.

We aim to deliver your written report within one week of your Plan Review request. Registrar response times vary — if a follow-up is needed, that window may extend slightly, and we'll keep you updated.

$35 one-time. Our system scans your student's actual transcript and generates 3 personalized drafts each of your School Profile and Counselor Letter — the two documents most homeschool families have never heard of until six weeks before a Common App deadline. Pick the draft that fits, customize it, paste it into Common App. Fully self-service — no consultations, no wait times, no extra fees. Less than the cost of a month of your streaming bundle — but unlike streaming, this one helps your kid get into college.

Yes, at any time. Cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing cycle — you keep full access until then. Your data is always exportable, and we recommend downloading a backup before canceling.