<p>Just to be clear...</p>
<p>I'm international.
Gash, I'm not sure if I understood things correctly.</p>
<p>What "Secondary school" refers to? To the last school before university?</p>
<p>Secondary school report should be completed by evaluator from high school?</p>
<p>"high school transcript" - I've sent a transcript with final grades from my the last but one year in high school.
Now, in midyear report, I should write my midyear grades from final year in my school, right?</p>
<p>So what does it mean:
"Please use the space below to update us on the grades you've received thus far during the current academic school year. For all enrolling students, we will compare the grades on your Midyear Report with your school's official final grade report to ensure completeness and accuracy."
How are they going to check "accuracy" without any official report. Obviously, my grades have changed since previous school year.</p>
<p>Yes, secondary school refers to high school.
[Secondary</a> school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_school]Secondary”>Secondary school - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Secondary school report is meant to be completed by your councilor which is usually the class teacher, your mentor at school, school principal or someone with duties similar to those.</p>
<p>The transcript was supposed to be sent by your councilor along with secondary school report. Generally, it contains the courses taken and their marks between 9th and 11th grade(as 12th grade marks aren’t available around this time of your for most applicants).</p>
<p>You should update both your grades and write about changes happend since the app was submitted(ie: you may have joined a competition).
[About</a> the Midyear Report | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/about_the_midyear_report]About”>About the Midyear Report | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>There is an “official report”. As you have quoted, it says “we will compare the grades on your Midyear Report with your school’s official final grade report to ensure completeness and accuracy.”.</p>
<p>However as a general rule, your words are considered to be true. They don’t challenge your honesty. I can think of two options when someone’s grades fluctuate too much, in example when you get the highest possible mark in Math at 11th grade, but almost fail in 12th grade:
- They were forged.
- The student is unstable/unreliable. Someone with too much fluctuation in grades at high school can easily drop out of MIT, I don’t think thats something they want.</p>
<p>Argh, thanks for the answer.
So I’ve got a problem.</p>
<p>To be honest, nobody in my school, teachers or even a principal, knows too much about applying foreign universities. So they just gave me what I’ve asked for.
And I understood grades transcript as my latest certificate. (11th grade).</p>
<p>Grades from my first year in high school hadn’t been sent.</p>
<p>What should I do? Should I fax it now?</p>
<p>IMHO… Yup. And the faster the better. I would attach the cover sheet, though I’m not sure it’s the correct way to do it…</p>
<p>Actually, I even sent my last year of middle school grades because I’d already asked my principal to attach them, before MIT Admission Office replied to my E-mail that they’re not needed…</p>
<p>I don’t think many schools actually know such stuff. My principal doesn’t even know English; I’ve been wondering if they actually try to contant princpals/teachers from non-English speaking countries - that would be funny xD lol</p>
<p>One more question.</p>
<p>I’ve sent my final grades and attached official translation.</p>
<p>Now, I’m going to fax my grades from first year in school. Do you think it is necessary to get an official translation or can I translate it myself?
I want to send it today, but there is no enough time to get official translation.</p>
<p>I got all my translations done by my English teacher and I believe that that’s okay for MIT.
Maybe you can translate it and then give it to your English teacher, he can check if there aren’t any mistakes and sign it? Especially when you already know how the translated thing is supposed to look like.
One day probably isn’t going to make a helluva difference, but I believe it’s better if you don’t translate the thing yourself and send it like that. But that’s just my opinion, ofc.</p>
<p>I’ve written to Admission office and they replied that I can translate it myself, but “they would appreciate if a teacher/adult also sign it”.</p>
<p>Gash…In my country, tomorrow is a national holiday. No school… My sister is quite advanced in english but she’s probably not a impartial person…
Anyway, I’m glad they agreed for sending this certificate after the deadline.</p>