<p>Do colleges look primarily at your IGCSE grades or your marking period grades? My marking period grades were very poor (though they were some of, if not the highest in the class, but that isn't on my transcript), but my IGCSE grades were great. Right now I am at an American high school in Pennsylvania, and they insist on sending my normal transcript instead of my IGCSEs, and told me to just attach my IGCSE with it. But from what I've seen, most applicants just send IGCSEs, so will colleges ignore my marking period grades?</p>
<p>Also, if I went to an African school for the first half of high school before switching to an American school, how would I be looked at? As an international or relatively unique student, or would they not care?</p>
<p>They mostly look at IGCSE’s (some British-patterned schools won’t even release intermediate marking sheets).
To apply to a US college, you’d need: IGCSE results + US high school transcripts (each term, since it works differently there). Explain that the IGCSE’s stand as your transcripts.
Are you on a F1 visa right now or are you a citizen who attended schools abroad?
Will you need financial aid?</p>
<p>I am a US student whoa attended school abroad.</p>
<p>I will need financial aid.</p>
<p>I thought about just sending my IGCSEs, but my current school insists on sending my grades, and it seems my old school may just fax my transcript too with my IGCSEs.</p>
<p>Well then, nothing to do.
As a citizen, though, you’ll get the benefits of being considered both “international” for diversity and “citizen” for financial aid, the best of both worlds. </p>
<p>I did my IGCSEs too. My school said they’ll be putting my Mid Year and End of Year exam results (Year 10/11) onto my transcript as American universities require internal results (can’t be only external i.e. final IGCSE results). This shows school whether you’re grades are constant as many students neglect internal exams and only study properly for their IGCSE/IB/A Level final exams. </p>
<p>Therefore, you do need to send in your internal results - what results your school puts on their transcript is up to them, though. </p>
<p>You need IGCSE+GCE AS+GCE AL predicted. That’s what I did. For some schools you can send these in in lieu of transcript, so screw the school grades if you can afford it!</p>