<p>In my school we don't have a guidance counselor so my principal is filling in her place but problem is she doesn't know anything and I have to provide a step by step instruction
here's what I'm facing</p>
<p>I have to get the transcripts for grades 9 till 12 but after I get them I don't know what to do with them and where to upload them on common app</p>
<p>Are you international? In the US, the school has to send the transcripts themselves. If they are hardcopy, they have to be officially sent from the school in a sealed envelop with the school seal/stamp/ or logo. The colleges don’t want the applicant touching the official transcript. You yourself cannot upload them on the common app. If you are acting as an assistant to the principal and are trying to help him/her upload them, then that just seems wrong. You are better off printing out the hardcopy Counselor form, let your principal fill out the counselor info (GPA, rank, stuff about you, stuff about your school profile) and then the principal can also send in the transcript as well.</p>
<p>I’m having the exact same issue…</p>
<p>can I just send the transcripts & recommendations by mail(paper) but send the application by internet,or do I have to choose between paper or online?</p>
<p>You can fill out and send the application online, & have paper transcripts & recommendations mailed by your school.</p>
<p>What I mean is are the Reports (school report, midyear…) related to the transcripts? Does my counselor (or principal) upload the transcripts there?</p>
<p>The deadline is close and I need to clear this out of my mind</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>yes, those are what the transcripts consist of.</p>
<p>Does my counselor upload just grade 12 or all grades? If just grade 12 how do I send them grade 9 to 11?</p>
<p>counselors include all grades … in addition, if you have 1st quarter grades, they may include those as well.</p>
<p>I don’t have a counselor so my principal is filling in her place and she doesn’t know the procedures I told her commonapp will send her an email but she doesn’t know what to do so my question is how do counselors send the transcripts? i just need to know the procedures and what are the reports (school report, optional…etc) that are send to her by common app?</p>
<p>Sorry that’s my last question !! I’m just panicing because deadlines are close and it’s really annoying how she doesn’t understand anything</p>
<p>What kind of school do you go to where you don’t have a counselor and the principal who is filling in also doesn’t understand how the common app works?</p>
<p>A not very technology savvy school in Egypt !!</p>
<p>Ah, so you are international, which is why your teacher or principal may not be familiar with the common app. Here is what you can do to help:</p>
<p>1) Go to the commonapp.org site and then click on the tap at the top called “Download Forms”: <a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/DownloadForms.aspx[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/DownloadForms.aspx</a></p>
<p>2) Fill out your information on each of these pdfs online, then print them out:</p>
<pre><code> A. Teachers
Teacher Evaluation (1 for each teacher that will write a recommendation)
B. Counselor (Your principal)
i. School Report Only
ii. Optional Report Only (Used to send grades prior to mid-year,
not all schools need this one)
iii. Midyear Report Only: (used after mid-year grades are available)
iv. Final Report Only: (once you graduate)
v. International School Supplement to the School Report Only
</code></pre>
<p>3) Give your teacher(s)the teacher evaluation form along with an envelop with enough postage to get to the U.S. easily. This can be mailed separately from the other counselor forms.</p>
<p>4) Give your principal the counselor evaluation forms (i, iii, v). He/she should fill these out best he can. He should also print out your full transcript from grade 9 until now. The transcript should made official in some way (principal signature, school stamp or seal). Put all the information from step 2B (forms i, iii, and v) and your transcript into a large envelop and send that to the college(s) you need to apply. There are a lot of forms, so you may want to help organize the forms and make sure they all get filled in, copied, and sent.</p>
<p>5) Once you are accepted to a school and you choose one, you can mail your final transcript (iv) to that college to complete your acceptance.</p>
<p>Sorry, I didn’t understand you were international … this may not be exactly correct, as I am U.S. Look on other parts of College Confidential to see what other international students did to make sure I didn’t leave something off.</p>
<p>i am going through a similar situation. However, i have a counselor who submitted all the info online. Just wondering, the transcript in the commonapp IS official, right? Like colleges ask for an official transcript, but the one in the commonapp is official so no paper mail or anything? sooo confusing</p>
<p>@SnowflakeVT This large envelope (all transcripts and international supplement) you say is there a way to send it online? And these school forms they don’t have to be submitted before the deadline right?</p>
<p>And thank you that was really helpful I just need to know if there’s an alternate way to do all this online :D</p>
<p>Some schools want these forms postmarked by the deadline, others may let them trickle in a few days later, if you can, mail them by the deadline if not sooner. And yes, there is a way to do all of this online if your school supports it. Transcripts can still be sent hardcopy, but all the school forms can be done online if you have a teacher or counselor email. Good luck … let us know how you make out with colleges.</p>
<p>@SnowflakeVT so all I have to do now is get an envelope put a stamp and an official seal and the address on it and put inside it a School Form and the recommendation letters (doesn’t have to be in the same envelope) and the international school supplement that is as of now, when the scores are out for Semester 1 (quarter 1 and 2) I send them a mid year form and If I got accepted I send them a final school report when I graduate right?</p>
<p>and prior to mid year I send the optional report and thank you I will let you know</p>