There were actually 2 separate gradebooks we were accessing. The first was called MakingTheGrade and it was used by teachers to compute semester scores. Another

There were actually 2 separate gradebooks we were accessing. The first was called MakingTheGrade and it was used by teachers to compute semester scores. Another program that was used by counselors and admins could access digital transcripts. To access those we needed to get the hashes from a counselor’s computer which is where the infamous flash drive originated. I never modified any of my semester or transcript grades but people who i worked with (like a counselors TA) changed theirs. I also changed transcripts for a few friends who were seniors and they actually were able to get a notorized copy of the fake transcripts before everything was uncovered and got into ucsd on appeal with the forged documents. However in case of disaster, most schools keep at least 1 years hard copy usually in some shipping container or trailer. We even considered setting fire to the hard copies but it turns out they just get replaced by the forge ones if you can get away with it long enough