<p>Highschool system in my country is so drastically different than on the US.
Here's how it goes here,
1) 9th grade isn't even considered high school.
2) The entire grading system is based on national-level high-stake testing you take at the end of your senior year. We have grades for previous years but,
3) The official transcripts are issued by the ministry of education, not the high school, and are based solely on your senior year highstake exams.
4) Nor the school or the ministry would mail it, I have to do it myself.</p>
<p>I've almost finished everything else in the application process to all the colleges I'm applying to, but I'm seriously worried my transcripts won't be accepted :(</p>
<p>Was anyone else in a similar situation? Were your transcripts rejected?</p>
Most universities are familiar with different types of educational systems in other countries. Odds are, they’ve had other candidates applying from your country. However, if you’re worried about your application, simply email the schools you’re interested in with your concerns.
Yeah, I’m in the same boat. I only had my O Levels and A Levels (local ones, not the British ones). My school didn’t even have records of my school grades because they’re that unimportant. I’m kinda worried because no-one took school exams seriously (there’s no pressure to maintain a GPA), and my A level results look mediocre if you assume the letter grades are equivalent to other education systems.
Btw @wbasbc what country are you specifically from. Im from fiji and i think we have the same education system. Here we have 13 years of school from (primary and secondary) we learn english in all years of school. We dont have SATs or ACT and only 2 IB schools in the whole country.