<p>Only you can understand and help me so please let me know if you have any clue on that !
Ok so I am applying to school in the US for fall 2013. I am currently a senior in France. I am home schooled for my last year. Some of the schools I am applying to ask for a translation and evaluation of my credentials to prove I have the equivalence of a US high school diploma. Fine, but I am not done with high school, and won't have any transcripts for my last year. However, since the curriculum is heavier here in Europe, than in the States, I already have all the credits needed in order to get a US high school diploma, though I am not done with school. How would the translating services handle this ? Will they evaluate my credentials and determine if I actually have the equivalence even though I am not done (but have all the credits). I need to send my apps soon so obviously I cant wait until I have the results of my leaving exams (early July) to get the evaluation, does this mean I have to pay again later on to confirm my evaluation ?
This is driving me crazy but it is so complicated. I am sure some of you had to get their credentials translated as well, so pleeeeease help me !</p>
<p>Translation service will translate your current transcript, and also list the courses you’re currently taking. </p>
<p>The college will figure this out. Americans also apply to colleges without finishing their last year, this is nothing new to admissions committees. When you’re admitted to a college/university, it is with the understanding that you will pass the remaining high school courses.</p>
<p>I understand that but since I am homeschooled this year, they have no way of knowing what I am doing as far as academics are concerned. I tried e-mailing the translation services but they take too long to respond. On the website they asked for a copy of the final exams results but I won’t be able to provide this before next summer; all I want to know is if my transcripts will be enough (given that I have all the credits) for them to state that I have the equivalence of a US high school diploma.</p>
Why don’t you call and ask? You can also ask the college(s) requesting an evaluation if - in their own experience - the evaluation companies accomodate foreign students who have not yet finished their secondary education.</p>
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A US high school diploma shows that a student has had 12 years of full-time education. Have you?</p>
<p>Actually barium, it IS possible to graduate early from high school, without completing all 12 years. It’s the credits that count, not the years. Many high achieving students have enough credits to graduate by the time they apply to college - months before actual graduation.</p>
<p>Also Freenchy, are you sure the translation company can do that? My understanding is that they only translate. It’s the college that evaluates the translation to verify you met all the requirements. </p>
<p>Also, don’t forget that some colleges will require MORE than what’s required to graduate in a specific state. For example, in many states it’s not necessary to have 4 years of math, English, science, etc. to graduate from high school. But that will be required for all the more selective colleges.</p>
<p>Which evaluation firm are you working with? There are several that translate and evaluate for course/degree equivalency. If you are having no luck with the firm that you are currently using, check the websites of the colleges you are interested in to find out if they accept evaluations from any others. Most colleges accept the results from [World</a> Education Services - International Education Intelligence](<a href=“http://www.wes.org%5DWorld”>http://www.wes.org) </p>
<p>I don’t know of a single college or university in the US that specifically requires that all applicants will have completed secondary school before enrolling. Colleges and universities will accept students who they believe are ready for college level work. It may not be necessary for you to graduate from secondary school at all.</p>
I know that. I was just concerned that the OP was counting “1 credit per course” in a school system where students take 12 courses per year (many for only 2 hours per week). If his school system follows a national curriculum - which most countries do - it would be extremely unlikely that he’d finish 12 years’ worth of credits in less than 12 years.</p>
<p>I am a girl ^^ What I was saying is, I don’t want to have my credentials evaluated once (and pay over $250) then have my final exams results re-evaluated when I’ll get them (early July) and pay again since I won’t have new transcripts (I mentioned earlier that I am home schooled this year). I believe that in order to be accepted to a US institution I have to have all the credits required; for example it is often 3 credits of Foreign Languages but in my high school career (in France) I have completed 12 different courses since the curriculum is so different. I have taken 4 languages classes in one year (the classes are not by semester and you don’t really get to choose what to want to study). So technically, I have more than all the credits required since a year of high school here covers between 9 and 11 classes opposed to 4 to 6 in the States. Do you know what I mean ?
Also I am using WES. I will e-mail the schools I am applying to directly but I just wanted to know if some international students had gone through the same problem.
Thank you :)</p>