<p>Hi i am an italian student. Since we haven't any school counselor in our scholastic system, who can i indicate on the common application? My math teacher is also vice headmaster of the school, so might i indicate her?</p>
<p>I’m in the same case, in France we don’t have counselor too, there are maybe for those who are in trouble (a sort of psychologist). But I don’t know if you will have an answer here because a few months ago I asked this same question and nobody had answered me. I’m not criticizing CC but I think that it sound weird for them not to have a counselor.
BTW You’re right we gotta make clear this doubt because according to the “Decision thread”, the officers give a lot of attention in these letters.
Can you substitute the counselor’s letter by your math teacher’s one? I don’t know
let me aware if you’ve any information.</p>
<p>Happy new year</p>
<p>Talk to administrators at your school. Anyone with leadership responsibilities who is willing to do this for you will be acceptable.</p>
<p>This is something you guys need to find out and tell us, not the other way around. Most CCers have no experience with such an issue. In my opinion, the registrar, Vice Principal, head of the department, Principal or math teacher, anyone of of them would qualify if there is not a counselor. By the way, a counselor usually helps make sure students are picking courses that will let them finish school on time by meeting graduation requirements. They are not psychologists, therapists or friends that help one deal with personal issues. lol.</p>
<p>Also, you may want to check the international threads. A lot of students from UK, India and Pakistan come to the USA for undergrad studies, who can answer these questions. You are welcome to post on them too.</p>
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<p>France, Italia… all these countries aren’t underdeveloped countries. As a result, the scholastic system often wants to keep his students. For instance in my school it seems that there’s just in France where you can study and nowhere else. Teachers don’t even know that it’s possible to study abroad (my english teacher told us a few months ago that we had just to send our school report to the universities (as you know it’s not like that the things work)) To sum up we often (I’d even say always) have to seek information by ourselves.</p>
<p>Peraziman: I know it sounds weird but the tanslation of counselor is “conseiller”, In france when you need one it’s either because you’re in trouble (family etc.) or you have a very bad school report which often mean that you gotta be send to the handicraft section (I’m generalizing otherwise it would take an hour). and if you go to meet him by your own this man will give you just information about the french scholastic system. But you’re right and I’m gon see what I can find with your thread</p>
<p>Sorry for misspelling (if there are)</p>
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<li><p>There’s exactly the same double meaning for “counsel” in English as there is for “conseiller” in French. Most U.S. schools have counselors. In some schools the same people handle normal advising (helping pick courses and colleges), discipline, and helping students with academic or family problems. In other schools, those functions may be split among different counselors.</p></li>
<li><p>This is something for which it makes sense to call or e-mail the Admissions Office at Harvard and ask them. The admissions staff that handles international applicants deals with this issue every single day, and will have a definite answer. I would hurry up – there isn’t much time left. You should have been paying attention to this months ago.</p></li>
<li><p>If you look at the counselor form included in the Common Application, there are three broad types of information colleges are looking for. </p></li>
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<p>First, they want basic information about your school. They can’t evaluate your school record unless they understand the context. It will take some work to pull together this information if no one has done it already, especially since the form assumes certain structures that French schools may not have. (Because many, many U.S. students need this form filled out for their college applications, most U.S. schools of any size have a fact sheet that they keep updated on a regular basis, and the counselor just attaches it. But putting one together for the first time is a project.)</p>
<p>Second, they want to know if the applicant has had disciplinary issues, and what they were.</p>
<p>Third, they want to know how the applicant compares with other students at the school, not just in terms of class rank, but also in terms of how challenging his course choices have been, and all sorts of other personal qualities.</p>
<p>They also want to be certain they are getting the official school record, or “transcript” from the school itself.</p>
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<li><p>The form explicitly says that if there is no counselor any school administrator can fill it out.</p></li>
<li><p>Chances are at this point you are going to be late with this form. Don’t worry about that too much. If you can get an administrator at your school to complete it and submit it with your official record within a few weeks, you probably won’t be penalized at all. If it’s more than a few weeks, though, that could be a problem.</p></li>
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<p>Thank you, BTW I’m not applying this year, I’m a Junior (his equivalent of course) but I’m still wondering how a man or wan could write a letter which represent me without knowing me at all. I mean these school administrators, you never see them unless you’re always late and when you meet them at best you exchange just few words. Moreover they tend to delegate this work to their secretaries.</p>
<p>You’re right I will send an e-mail but when I send an e-mail, am I required to send a formal letter with date, title and so on…
My question may sound silly and I’m sorry for that but I don’t how behaving in this kind of context. Is it more formal than in France? (I’d say that’s stupid because we can use more than 20 “polite” expression in 30 sec but nevermind)
Example:
Mrs.</p>
<p>what I’ve to say…
shall I put my name?
Would it be enough?</p>
<p>If math teacher writes also the teacher reference, it is going to be fine? She knows me as well as an alumn as a very active student in her school</p>