<p>now u just made it awkward for anyone else to join this conversation</p>
<p>but you see thats what I do… </p>
<p>feel free to join people</p>
<p>hi aussies!</p>
<p>just wondering about school reports –> Transcripts.</p>
<p>is there a difference? Is a school report regarded as a transcript, or is the transcript the BOS certificate of Preliminary and HSC completed courses and units?</p>
<p>My school report is worrying because it doesn’t differentiate between 2 Unit courses and extensions as we have the same teacher teaching both the 2 Unit and the extension subjects. </p>
<p>ie. My English teacher gave me the one report for my English Adv,X1 and X2.</p>
<p>My Maths teacher gave me the one statment/grading for Maths 2U as well as 3U. </p>
<p>which kind of makes me look silly as it seems i only do 5 subjects when in fact i have alot of extensions (hence units).</p>
<p>I also have some questions about ‘official school transcripts’ too, hope some people can help me!</p>
<p>For my school, we give up 2 reports every half year. these reports consist of A4 pages, 1 for each subject, including marks/ranks/comments/ticks and things. Altogether it is like a 10 page booklet. So I’m wondering for the transcripts, are these what I send in? And how many do i send in since they’re very tedious and long - like if I send 4 booklets in (from yrs 11-12) are the universities going to go thru them!? And of corse you should include your official SC and prelim HSC and estimated UAI? And one more thing, how do i make thse documents ‘official’ since they’re mere photocopies? Like do I need to get the school to stmap it or something? Thanks everyone!! And goodluck for hsc reuslts for the recent graduates :)</p>
<p>hey guys sorry for late replies
well transcripts are pretty much your school reports
and ainior - our reports are like that too, most schools i believe are like that
but our school also had a summarised sheet of all the information that your report shows
kind of like a condensed version - so talk to your director/dean - someone that will have any idea about this dealio
so i had those (2 per year, half yearly and yearly,) and got them from 9-12. but for my year 12 report, my last yearly one i sent in as a whole booklet to show this is how its originally structured etc. </p>
<p>and when the hsc reports come i’ll be sending that in as my final report
and “official” bit - yeah the director of studies (not sure if thats what your school calls it. but the guy that deals with scheduling and reports) stamped the sheets for me</p>
<p>and theskylitup - yeah i did ext 1 maths and ext 2 maths as well
i just wrote them up seperately in my school forms and stuff
not sure if this answers your question</p>
<p>hope this clarified for you somewhat</p>
<p>Oh thanks that was really helpful. And you know for Maths ext 1 and 2 and Eng ext 1 and 2 - what does your teacher write about how ‘advanced/rigorous’ these courses are? There’s a question about it in the teacher evlauation common app form. Do you guys have any idea about the difficulty compared to APs and maths/eng in US? Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone whos getting their hsc reuslts tomorrow and those who are applying to other uni’s too ;)</p>
<p>your welcome - i only started my uni process middle of this year - 6 months ago so I had to learn pretty quickly lol</p>
<p>and about your question. I’m not really sure how it compares in america. I just got my maths teacher to write what the basic contents were (for maths she said we did algebra, geometry etc) and that for 4unit she explained that it was considered a first year uni course or something along those lines (i can’t remember the recommendation). </p>
<p>Just get your teacher to explain/discuss a bit about the subject if you’re not so sure before getting them to talk about how good you are.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>unless your applying to some small school that has never seen a student from australia the school should have a basic understanding of the school system. So you don’t really need to explain it. All the big schools especially HPYS have people specialising in other school systems, so they will understand what 4 unit maths is.</p>
<p>Thanks alot for clarifying things about the transcripts, and just one more question about the day of the SATs, its starting time is 7.45 am for intl testing centres too right? And I registered to do 2 SAT II subject test - I do them on the same day one after another rihgt? And do you get to choose which one you do first? Thanks!</p>
<p>I thought it was 7.30… it says on your ticket what time to report to the testing center… just report then!</p>
<p>With the subject tests you do them one after the other with like a ten min break inbetween and you can do them in any order that you please. You get a HUUUUGE thick booklet with ALL the subject tests in them… and then an answer sheet and you just choose whichever one you want to do… if i’m not mistaken you can change your mind on the day… say you register for maths IIC and decide you want to do Lit instead, I’m pretty sure you can do that. The only exception would be the Language exams with listening</p>
<p>yeah i did that
i changed from french (which i registered with) but did literacy instead on the day
lets see how that turned out for me :)</p>
<p>BUMP!!! Revive or not???</p>
<p>what is everyone doing for the next 9/10 months? until college starts?</p>
<p>Revive definitely 
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<p>Love to hear what colleges you guys are going to in sept, and your plan for the ‘mandatory’ gap year hehe. I’m applying in nov 09 - so I still have a fair bit to go :(</p>
<p>I have a question, if you didnt get into the EA/ED school you wanted and apply RD - do you have to tell your RD schools that you’re attending unis in AUS while you wait for their decisions? Do we need to be upfront about it - in case they group us as ‘transfers’ or soemthing? TIA!</p>
<p>nooope I dont think you need to tell them, just need to accept that if you aren’t applying as a transfer then any of the courses you do in aussieland don’t count for credit in the states.</p>
<p>im not so sure bout that beeish 
i saw it somewhere that if you do a semister at another uni you have to apply as a transfer not a regular decision or something along those lines. check it with your unis of choice</p>
<p>for next 7 months? finding a job</p>
<p>i still have 2 more application to go!</p>
<p>well if you don’t tell them that you went to uni you still count as a freshman… if you want those courses to count then you gotta apply as a transfer… cause if I was going to Uni here from march - august… then i wouldn’t have even started by the time applications were due so how could I possibly apply as a transfer???</p>
<p>I think that if we matriculate (and I read somewhere that they want us to - just in case), we will have to leave before we accept their offer.</p>
<p>I’m not sure otherwise, but I’m thinking of matriculating just for a month until I get the results from schools in the US.</p>
<p>I’ll problem email the universities close to the date to clarify the issue. But it’d suck if you have to leave all your new classes and friends right after you guys just bonded 
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<p>so what universities are you guys going to? and what do you think you’re gonna major in?</p>
<p>my suggestion: dont tell them…and have a great time at uni in aus…i guess its the reward we get for working hard during high school.</p>
<p>i had enrolled at melb uni coz i got a free ride (national undergrad scholarship or osmething)…and in fact they paid me extra to enroll. So i was taking 2nd year classes which were still easy…and thn when i found out abt my US college decisions, i just bailed on all my classes and only went to the uni bcoz i had a gym membership there, and obv to catch up with friends. </p>
<p>it was an amazing time. I failed each of my classes because, well i wasnt going to class at all, nor was i doing any assignments, and didnt even know abt the final exams. The only reason i know my results is because i got numerous letters asking abt my health, and if there was too much stress …basically trying to find out why i had failed all my classes.</p>
<p>Sorry, just brings back memories. My suggestion…work hard until you get your US results…and if you decide to go to the US…enjoy your time in aus…because the US is no australia</p>
<p>yeah, i believe if you drop out of the Australian uni by May 1st it’s not even a problem at all for freshman admission to the US. Yeh, so I’m personally going to start at UNSW and then drop out if I get admitted to a U.S. college.</p>