Barnard College just requested my official mark sheet of Grade 10th ICSE exams. Does that have any special significance?
The international supplement to the secondary school report explicitly asks for ICSE results to be attached. I am guessing that they were not included in the school report submitted by your counselor, and Barnard is letting you know that your application is incomplete.
If your counselor did not attach your ICSE results to the initial school report, you may want to send them to all colleges you have applied to, not just Barnard. (There’s an “optional report” in the counselor section of the Common App specifically made to allow counselors to upload additional documents after the initial submission.)
Uh oh that’s not good. We thought that since they were already present in the school transcript no need sending the official mark sheet. However, I’ll just get to that, thank you!
It’s possible that they didn’t notice the ICSE results on your transcript, or that they prefer something “more official-looking.” Don’t read too much into it. Application are reviewed for their completeness before they get reviewed for their merit.