In a crazy dilemma...

<p>Okay! I'm going to try an articulate myself as much as possible. I just graduated from high school and I'm currently going to a sixth-form. Where I'm doing fast track A-levels. The Common-App asks for high school grades, which counselor do I go to? my high school counselor who knows a lot about me or this new one who knows little if anything about me. Here's the dilemma, My High School didn't offer A-level courses, and the counselor would obviously leave that and the rigor part blank. But this new one offers but I just got here and he knows nothing about me. How are they suppose to know I'm doing A-levels if I go to the former? They say the most recent three years on the Common-App, am I suppose to use my 11th grade, 12th grade( which is 2/3 complete because of my final exams) and my A-levels year as transcript? They are different schools which one do I put? Please I hope you guys understand my question and please answer ASAP. Thanks in advance!!!</p>

<p>The Secondary School Report is normally completed by your current school. However, you should report your grades from the past 3 years, including grades earned at other schools. For your letters of recommendation from teachers, you are welcome to ask teachers from your previous school who know you better.</p>

<p>Wouldn’t that be convoluted having various schools on my app. Like The G and C writes my rec and my current school is a different school. And past three years, I don’t understand, including my current year?!</p>

<p>Plenty applicants went to multiple schools, send what they request.</p>

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Unless you get other instructions, the standard seems to be the last 4 years of high school (grades 9-12 in many countries). If you are still in school, that means grades from the past 3 years plus whatever grades you have received this year, if any.</p>

<p>Colleges recommend at least 3 years, so that’s what I’m giving them three!</p>

<p>If colleges want “at least 3 years,” make sure to give them 3 full years. That means 3 years before the current year (for which you probably don’t have all of your grades by the time applications are due).</p>

<p>Huh??? So what’s the purpose of the midyear, final report etc which we are to submit to the colleges as soon as we are through with them? Isn’t it for our final year? Which I assume is the third year? I don’t run an American system.</p>

<p>Huh??? So what’s the purpose of the midyear, final report etc which we are to submit to the colleges as soon as we are through with them? Isn’t it for our final year? Which I assume is the third year? I don’t run an American system.</p>

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American high school runs for 4 years, grades 9-12. That’s why colleges generally ask for 4 years of grades: at least 3 years of grades with the initial application and updates via midyear and final school reports. (Which may not arrive in time to be considered in the admission decision!) </p>

<p>If you got other instructions, please follow the instructions you got. Since you didn’t name the college(s) you are interested in, we can only give you generic advice.</p>

<p>if you’re in the UK, they normally want your grades from years 10-13 (equivalent to the US 4 years of high school, as Barium points out above). That is from the start of your GCSEs to end of A-levels. Obviously you haven’t actually finished your A-levels yet, so they only ask for 3 years. In your specific case, it looks like you are only in year 12 (lower sixth), planning to compete A-levels in 1 year (is this really a good idea? You will likely get better grades over 2 years) and go to college a year early (check that US schools will admit you as an under 18. Some UK unis will not, unless you live at home and are accompanied by parents to class). In this case you will have to submit grades going back to year 9, as the US Common App wants 3 years of past grades.</p>

<p>@cupcake so long as you are determined, it doesn’t import the time you can make a good A-level result in a year, probably even the same as you’d do in two. And I think I got it now at least three years but in my advising center people submit with just 3 years and their schools don’t ask them for extras. In my country 9th grade is considered junior school, high school starts from the 10th. So I’m giving my 10th, 11th, 12th and my current year.</p>