The college applications and admissions process can be pretty stressful. One of the stressors specific to the time we live in is the question of the challenges posed for admissions officers reading proficiency-based transcripts. Our most recent and excellent post by Michael Stefanowicz, admissions officer at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, helps our readers see how admissions officers actually interact with proficiency-based transcripts. I recently spoke with Hillary Bush,

(Michael Stefanowicz is the Assistant Director of Admission at Saint Michael's College and the President of the Consortium of Vermont Colleges.) As a college admissions officer in Vermont and president of our statewide admissions network, I’m asked a lot of questions about how colleges will react to standards-based grading as well as the Personalized Learning Plans that Vermont must roll out by the time next year’s freshmen start high school. Research shows that students know