<p>Okay I am a international student, and I'm going to apply to US colleges.</p>
<p>I have done my O'levels and currently doing my A'levels, the problem is I don't have a guidance councilor, how can put my Official Examination certificates online. So what will I do? How will I submit my certificates online?
Can my mom be my councilor? Since I have original certificates with me I can scan and put them right?</p>
<p>2nd question: There won't be any official certificates for my A'levels AS results (1st year), will that be a problem? If I self report my grades? </p>
<p>Please help me! Common app going to be released in 1st August and I don't want to be late starting it since I want to apply for ED. </p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>
<p>I can’t answer your question, but I suggest you contact the universites you are applying to. All of them will have a section for international students on their websites. I am sure they will outline application procedures. You can email them directly with questions too. Why don’t you have a counselor? Does your school not provide them? You should ask for one, if they have them. If you are in the UK, what about UCAS? Don’t they have infor about applying overseas? </p>
<p>@lindagaf I am sorry for replying late. I have tried to contact with the universities but have not received any email till now (I guess they are on vacations). I’m not in a school, I just go to prep classes. There isn’t any information on the colleges website about my particular situation. IVY league schools are not that helpful, they do not answer my questions properly and I understand they receives thousands of emails everyday so it is hard for them to reply every email in details. Thats the reason I asked help from the CC. I appreciate your help. Thank you. And btw I’m not from UK. </p>
<p>If you or anyone else can help me, please give me some advice. </p>
<p>If you can’t get any help from this site, I suggest you immediately send some actual letters via mail to,the admissions offices of each school you are interested in. Explain your situation, and where you live. They may be able to put you in touch with local people who can help you. I say immediately because college starts very soon, and also because if you plan on applying this fall, you need to know what the procedure is. I am pretty sure most universities do’have advice for home-schooled applicants, and you might get suggestions from that section of a College website.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. It’s hard to tell if I am home school student or not, because I’ve done the course work that kids in schools do. And gave the same examination and passed with good grades. I also got a certificate for my GCSE (O’ levels) British Examination, which the US colleges/universities knows about. So thats the thing I’m confused about, I’ve got the transcript for my 10th grade so anyone can put it on the common app right?</p>
<p>There are many types of homeschooling, and you do fall into that category. You can create your own transcript using courses you actually took and completed. The main thing is to arrange it in and easy-to-understand format. For ideas, you can google homeschool transcripts.</p>
<p>And, yes, your mother can be your guidance counselor. Your transcript will be uploaded through her recommender’s account as well as an additional supplement describing your high school education a little more completely.</p>
<p>I don’t know the level of school you will be applying to, but a good guideline is to clearly show how you have leveraged your talents and opportunities.</p>
<p>@neogeezer what you said actually makes sense. Anyway, do you think being a international home schooled student going to be a disadvantage at IVY leagues or any other US colleges? </p>
<p>Being home schooled is neither a disadvantage nor an advantage. If you want to get in a top school, you need to show a rigorous transcript, a high GPA, high test scores, demonstrated leadership, extracurriculars you are passionate about, strong references, and strong essays, just like all the other applicants will have to. You’re not going to get a pass nor will you be judged more harshly because you’re home schooled. Give them objective, verifiable evidence that you are worthy. It’s not easy to do all that, but a lot of applicants are vying for a few slots, so that’s what you need to do.</p>
<p>@neogeezer thank you, your really helpful. </p>