<p>So I was waitlisted at one of the schools I applied to and they want grades,,so I have been trying to give the forms for my transcipt to my counsler but she doesn't want to send them again, can I just send my report card I received 1 week ago?</p>
<p>It’s your counselor’s responsibility to send your current grades, and I doubt your waitlist school will be able to accept a report card sent by you. You shouldn’t have to negotiate with your counselor to get him/her to do his/her job…</p>
<p>Have one of your parents call to request it. I doubt the guidance counselor will say no to them. Shouldn’t have to take parental involvement but it should get the matter addressed ASAP.</p>
<p>Go over her head to the principal. I would immediately fax your report card to the school with a letter explaining a “difficulty” with the official transcripts and the assurance that they are indeed coming from the school. I agree with Tom that it is crazy that she “doesn’t want to send them.”</p>
<p>Not if they don’t want to lose the student. The day before the BS deadlines my husband finally took time off from work and sat in the Counselor’s office with pre-addressed Fedex envelopes and said he wasn’t leaving until the work was finished.</p>
<p>The poster needs to have his parents intervene and walk in with an envelope that can be sealed at the school and then mail it themselves to make sure it’s done if that comes to it. OR - they need to insist the school mail one copy and fax another.</p>
<p>Many a good candidate has been sabotaged by a teacher or school that wants to keep the student at home. In our case, the district needed as many advanced students as possible testing for the state exam. Sad, huh?</p>
<p>Do NOT send them your report card. I’m sure there has been more than one unscrupulous parent in the past that has changed a B to an A from that report card sent by a parent. Anyways, if I were you, I would go with Exie’s idea. I think this is beyond you and should be dealt with by your parents. (I kinda went through a similar process during the admissions process.) Good luck!</p>
<p>Wow, Exie, did they really try to sabotage you for state exams? That is really, really, sad.</p>
<p>I was assuming that the school would eventually follow through with sending the official grades and it would be easy enough to compare. What a stupid thing to do, (change a grade!) It’s just so easy to verify; thus, so easy to blow it.</p>
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<p>Yes - and still happening to their friends. The result of districts needing to make aggressive AYP goals under No Child Left Behind Act. The kids who are qualified for boarding schools often are the small subset of kids propping up the scores for the district. My daughter made me promise not to abandon her friends so I’m seeing the same sabotage here first hand and coaching parents.</p>
<p>I’ve heard from College Confidential students and parents whose teachers or schools were dragging their feet about sending paperwork, or said they sent it but the BS’s never received it.</p>
<p>So now I advocate that when resistance is suspected, provide pre-paid envelopes that include delivery confirmation stickers, (or Fedex but that is more expensive). Keep a record of the numbers then track the letters online.</p>
<p>It’s a worst case scenario, but the key is making sure the parents know they want those letters in the mail. And if it doesn’t happen - escalate it up the chain until there is compliance.</p>
<p>Yes, Exie is right. We had resistance from our current private school. Paperwork was missing to complete S first choice school app. I had to drive to advisors house in a snow storm to hand deliver a rec. However, we did send report cards and sports update on our own. If a BS smells foul play, they can always double check that info w/ students current school. It’s hard for me to imagine a parent falsely fixing a report card.</p>
<p>Really? Throughout the admissions process, we made sure that the counselor sent the current grades, transcript, and rec. But if you say you can send it on your own, then I suppose so! </p>
<p>@Exie and Muf123-that is absolutely horrible about what your school district is doing. I know that for one school that did not get my info required by my counselor, my parents tried repeatedly, but eventually, the school dealt with the counselor.</p>
<p>is it any wonder we take our kids out of these school districts?!</p>