<p>1) I added my counselor to fill out my CommonApp school forms today, and when I checked on that status, it said that she had opted to complete it by paper/mail and that she was an offline provider. Would it be okay for me to print out the forms, mail them to her, and ask that she mail them back to me instead of mailing them to each institution? Mainly because I'm not 100% completely certain that I'll be even applying to all of the colleges that I have listed, and I am not too fond of having her sending forms to places that I'm not applying to. Would colleges accept the original form that she fills out being copied and submitted by me or do they need them sent directly from her?</p>
<p>2) My counselor also e-mailed me saying that they didn't have the Rankings for my Senior year yet, but that they did have the Rankings for 11th grade. Would she just need to leave that question blank, or enter the Ranking for 11th? If she did leave it blank and once she did know what the Rankings were, would I call the Admissions Office and update them about that?</p>
<p>3) I've taken a few Dual Credit courses at a community college and I have the transcript, so do I make copies of the transcript and mail it to colleges or do they need it mailed from the community college itself? </p>
<p>4) Since I would be submitting part of my application online and through mail, would that make my application complicated for the Admissions Office to view it as a whole?</p>
<p>Please help me on what to do about this! Sorry if some of these questions are obvious or been asked before. Completely new to the whole process.</p>
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<li><p>These forms need to be mailed by your GC to the schools so they are official. Our HS put some type of special stamp on the envelopes so you are not supposed to be the one mailing them. Finalize your list and give it to your counselor. No harm in schools getting them if you don’t apply. Schools must get extra paperwork from students who don’t end up applying all the time.</p></li>
<li><p>Again, this is supposed to come from the GC. Your GPA is from the 11th grade so that ranking represents you and your class.</p></li>
<li><p>Contact the colleges about how to send your transcripts to the schools. Transcripts are official documents that need to come from the school.</p></li>
<li><p>No, kids have some online and some on paper all the time. It is good if your common ap ID number is on the mailed paperwork but unless there is another Sr with your name from your HS, you can be identified.</p></li>
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<p>Our high school (a private, independent school) told us they would send in my D’s college credit transcript with her official high school transcript. Not that her high school accepts the credits (they don’t), but they would take care of it so all the transcripts were in one bundle. We had to get an official transcript from the college sent to the high school guidance office for them to do this. Your high school may not do this (since they are an offline provider, I am guessing they may not). Just saying that some will.</p>
<p>I do not think you need to print the forms for your GC, nor should you have them go through you. There is plenty of “abandoned paperwork” at the end of the admissions cycle from students who never complete their applications. Heck, every once in a while there is a story about someone out here who gets accepted when they didn’t send in the rest of the app. 
I would not worry about that at all, just have your GC send to all colleges you MIGHT apply to, then worry about getting your portion of the apps done and submitted on time.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the information! I really appreciate it all! Helped make the application process easier since I understand it more now! :)</p>