Can I submit just my converted high school transcript for undergraduate admissions?

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<p>I'm an international student from India in senior year of my high school. I changed schools in the 11th grade (junior year) Both my schools just give report cards; no high school transcript. The scores are in percentage form. Should I get them converted to GPA format before submitting the transcript? It would be an advantage because the scores seem quite low though I was in the top 10% of my class. If I do, should I also submit the old percentage scores? </p>

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<p>No, colleges require an “Official Transcript” from each high school you attended, and a “high school profile” describing the school’s grading system. Speak with your guidance counselor, as I’m sure your high school had dealt with this issue in the past and knows what to do.</p>

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<p>My guidance counselor didn’t know how to handle the situation; not many students from my school apply for universities abroad. </p>

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<p>Then your guidance counselor will need to follow the Common Application directions: <a href=“https://appsupport.commonapp.org/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=62&hitOffset=103+64+60+57+15+7+2&docID=1774”>https://appsupport.commonapp.org/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=62&hitOffset=103+64+60+57+15+7+2&docID=1774&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh okay, thanks. So if I’m applying through the common app, I won’t need to send my high school report cards seperately? </p>

<p>EDIT- Okay, I figured out I still have to send the transcript, but is converting it to GPA out of the question? It would really help.</p>

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<p>Most colleges recognize that schools have different metric systems and they can convert it themselves if need to be. I wouldn’t convert it yourself if that is what you are asking.</p>

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<p>I just think that the scores are shown in a better light by the GPA system, so if it’s possible, I would prefer to submit converted scores instead of percentages. </p>

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<p>DO NOT submit converted scores, as each college has a different method of computing GPA’s.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks.</p>

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<p>Go to the India sub-forum inside the International Students Forum, and surely you can find someone who has had this same problem. Here is a direct link: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/india/”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/india/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You also can get in touch with the counselors at the closest office of EducationUSA: <a href=“https://www.educationusa.info/India”>https://www.educationusa.info/India&lt;/a&gt; Surely they have seen this problem before.</p>