<p>i'm in the 11th grade.
in my school
it is from grade 8 to grade 12.
if i am applying to a state school,
would the grade 8 marks be on my transcript?
because i know in the states, freshman is from grade 9.
if i apply to a states school, would universities just view my grades from 9 to 12?</p>
<p>thanks so much</p>
<p>yes, they would just look at your grades from 9 to 12. Actually 9 to 11 initially and then the first half of grade 12 when you report them.</p>
<p>are you at a secondary school in quebec, and thats why your grades are from 8-12?? because if so, universities will end up looking much more at your cegep records than your secondary school transcripts, with the exception of secondary 4 and 5...although this is just speculation, if you're not in qc, then i don't really know, but i would assume theyd look at the transcript you send them, which would most likely include grade 8 if its coming from your school.</p>
<p>I don't think the OP is from quebec because high school is grades 7-11 over there.</p>
<p>^ And then you have CEGEP. Hmm. I wonder how kids who want to go to US universities/colleges do that (do they go to high school and then US college or high school, CEGEP, and then US college?)</p>
<p>^ My understanding is that they can do 1 year of CEGEP and then apply for universities outside of Quebec. They may enter 2nd year university, or get advanced standing from their CEGEP coursework. If they stay in Quebec, university is only 3 years long (as opposed to 4 elsewhere)</p>
<p>I'm not a Quebec resident though, so I'm not 100% clear on the policies.</p>
<p>For the question on Quebec students, I am one, so I think I can answer that. Here, as a lot of people seem to know, high school (or secondary school) is 7-11th year and CEGEP is 12-13th year. So, if one would like to be admitted in an US university, they could do one year of CEGEP and apply during this year. That's in theory. In practise, I was told by a lot of students and even admissions officers that not every college in the USA required a high school diploma. I know that the more "elite" colleges, like Harvard or MIT, don't.</p>
<p>As for me, I want to apply to an US college when I'll be in Secondary 5, so I won't have to go to CEGEP. In fact, I asked an admissions officer about the policy at their school and he said that I should be able to do that without any problems and that I should just make sure to be ready for the coursework.</p>
<p>To CDN_dancer- Actually, the fact that university in Quebec is 3 years-long is misleading. You aren't gaining any year by graduating from a Quebec university. You just enter a different system than the American one, but with the same outcome.</p>
<p>I think most kids who want to do 4 years of college do a year of CEGEP for the equivalent of grade 12. Then they go on to college or university outside of Quebec. Or if they finish the 2-year CEGEP, they would typically get one year of credits either in a Canadian university outside Quebec or an American one and then do three years there. To attend university in Quebec, students have to finish a 2-year CEGEP (some do more), then do 3 years of university and graduate.</p>