<p>Need some help with the common app international supplement please...</p>
<p>I read in the help-file that the counselors fill up this supplement together with the other school reports, but my counselor says that she didn't come across this. My school forms page mentions the school/midyear/final reports, but not this supplement.</p>
<p>I asked my counselor about this and she said that she checked and our school is not an international school, hence the supplement is not necessary (which confused me as I thought the int'l supplement was for non-US system schools). I'm from a Singapore local school doing IB. Is the supplement required for such schools? And if it is, how do I get it to display online for my counselor?</p>
<p>Sorry for posting again but I’d also like to confirm that as a US (dual) citizen studying in Singapore, I don’t need to submit the financial aid form for international students? Thanks alot.</p>
Your counselor may have a ticked a box earlier (when registering her school account on the common app site) saying that your school is not an international school. Just find that option and change it to international school if necessary. I would contact the various admissions offices directly to see what your school would be considered as, and whether or not the international supplement is consequently necessary.
Also, if you can’t get the form online, you can send it via post…</p>
<p>I would ask one or two colleges to be sure, but I suspect that you may not need the International Supplement at all. The International Supplement is specifically meant for high schools following non-US curriculums. You say your school is offering the IB. Since the IB is offered by so many US schools as well, your school might be considered “US-style”.</p>
<p>to what b@r!um wrote: i think it depends on other things too. if your school is in any way different from high schools in Us (which is likely) in terms of grading system or policy, curriculum, or mentality (my school for example, does not give As as easily as in US, plus in my country only ppl who are very good, academically, get to go to the school i went to) you should let them know about it. i think it will, in the worst case, not hurt you, and if i am not very wrong, it will actually boost your chances to give them every information that will let them know more about your school. so just fill it out, it contains only 2 pages or sth… not that much work ^^
good luck</p>
<p>None of those information would appear on the International Supplement. The selectivity of the school and the grade distribution go into the school report/counselor recommendation. </p>
<p>And the IB curriculum is standardized, no need to explain that.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where you’re applying, but I think you should fill it out. It serves no purpose, is extremely dumb, and they don’t really need it, but you should still send it. At least that’s what the Brown admission office said. You’re sending predicted grades, right?</p>
<p>Guys, re-read the OPs question. The question is not, “Should my counselor spend 5 minutes completing the International Supplement?” The question is, “Do I need to go harass 5 different people so that my school is reclassified in the online Common App system as an International School so that my counselor has the option to complete the International Supplement?”</p>
<p>If it was a matter of completing or not completing two silly pages, I would say “it doesn’t hurt to do it.” But that’s NOT the situation the OP is in. I doubt getting access to the International Supplement is worth going through the trouble the OP would have to go through, especially because he is doing the IB and not some foreign high school diploma.</p>
