<p>Hi, I am an International Student studying in the Indian System [ISC Board]. I have problems filling up the Common Application Secondary School Report [I know it is for Counselors, but I am just guiding them since they have no clue].</p>
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<li><p>How do I fill up the Current Year Courses part? We have a single examination at the end of the year [Standardised Examination all over India] so it is not a Semester system.</p></li>
<li><p>For GPA, do I just enter my percentage? And does it become weighted or unweighted? What about the rank? Weighted or unweighted?</p></li>
<li><p>For the question - "In comparison with other college preparatory students at your school, the applicant’s course selection is:" What do I enter? Its the same for all Science Stream students all over India.</p></li>
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<p>For the International SSR Supplement, they mentioned that I needed to submit my Lower Secondary Report. Does this include just my 10th Grade results or is 11th and 9th Grade included?</p>
<p>Am I on the right track in the first place?</p>
<p>Does the application deadline apply to the sending of transcripts and SSR as well? My school counselor is away and won't be back till Jan. Will they consider my circumstance?</p>
<p>God damn, it sucks to be an International :(</p>
<p>EDIT: Its "Help needed", sorry :)</p>
<p>Hi, i can perfectly understand.. I am from India too and my school principal had no clue as to wat he should do. for starters, common app help is a gr8 place. they reply to your queries immediately or real fast rather. regarding ur queries i will try to answer them as good as possible
-I know we have a single end year examination. u need to specify this in the international supplement. by semesters of trimesters, we can convert them into our quarterly and half yearly examinations.
-regarding GPA, again.. ur counselors report contains the question whether ur school uses GPA system. U can just enter no, if it doesnt follow it.
-though the course is same for science students everywhere, science is more demanding compared to streams like commerce, english, language etc. so u can mark that more demanding.
regarding the lower grade reports, try to submit an attested copy of ur 9th & 11th report card, and 10th mark sheet.
-if your school counselor is away u can ask ur school head/principal to fill up the SSR and associated documents.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply neethu16! However, regarding some of the points you put across:</p>
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<li><p>My school gives me only my final result of the year, though we do have semester examinations on non-board years.</p></li>
<li><p>Where is the option to enter no for GPA in the form? Can't find it.</p></li>
<li><p>Regarding the difficulty of the streams, it is very subjective isn't it. Some might say the commerce stream is tougher for them ; )</p></li>
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<p>I will take your suggestion and post it in the Common App Forum, wherever the hell it is...</p>
<p>Oh. there arent any mid year examinations eh? :-o not even mid terms, unit tests lik tat?
and sorry... i was talking about the forms online. my counselor told me that there is a provision called 'profile' where questions are asked regarding our school, its systems etc.
lol yeah :) the difficulty is very subjective. but think of it this way. we do study more subjects(in terms of variety) right :) science, maths, languages comapred to commerce students whose subjects r more specific. so we are fully justified :D
Support</a> Center follow this link for the common app help forum. in case your questions are not listed u can submit a ticket. they are very helpful :) u can even add it in ur query that deadlines are coming so reply early. :)</p>
<p>We do have Unit Tests and such but the transcripts that my school is sending consists only of the final result. Does your school do it differently?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch for the link!</p>
<p>hmm yeah... my school actually comes under the state board of education. we have loads of unit tests, mid terms, quarterly half yearly examinations.
reg ur school; the transcript neednt be the school's prescribed format. u can ask ur counselor/head to make it so that it includes ur scores from important mid-terms. that would be informative</p>
<p>no prob. ur welcome :)</p>
<p>I would like to know that if I choose to submit transcripts online, how do I do it? SHOULD the transcripts be in word document? Should the logo of school be there?</p>
<p>@alam_375
its a tricky thing actually :( i still havent been able to do it properly. let me tell u what i did. with my counselor, i scanned the transcripts. i created corresponding word files containing the scanned pictures. using a pdf converter, i converted word to pdf and then my counselor uploaded them. but let me tell you, the resolution and clarity is compromised badly</p>
<p>Should the letter head be there ,as the counselor is the official and she could send it anyway.</p>
<p>In the offline version, the teacher evaluation, can the first part be hand-filled and second part be typed on computer? Since, the first page requires signatures.</p>
<p>Is there a specific format for the transcript? I study in cbse curriculum. Also , the uploaded transcripts should be in one file?</p>