<p>In the school forms section after assigning the teachers and the counselors I changed my mind and decided to send the recs by mail what do I do? and if I'm sending the school forms by mail how do I finish the application on common app I can't finish it unless the school forms section is filled</p>
<p>I would suggest you assign the teachers who you will be using but since you are mailing them they will not end up being sent to the schools on line. You will be able to finish and send your applications to the schools and the teachers names who are expected to send recs will be noted but “not completed” and “not uploaded”. </p>
<p>I take it you are mailing your teacher recs yourself (usually a student provides the stamped addressed envelope to the teacher for them to mail). Put a note into each rec that due to extenuating circumstances, the rec is being mailed instead of sent online.</p>
<p>You will still need to check with your schools to make sure they have gotten everything.</p>
<p>What I understand also could be done but given your circumstances I have no idea how you would get someone to go in to the common app and do is that teachers who are assigned on line can also have their status changed to an off-line provider. Then it is clear to everyone that the rec wiil be mailed. I think it will be okay to just mail them after you assign them.</p>
<p>Thank you lakemom that was really helpful !! Ok last question just to make sure my envelope that I’m sending should contain an international supplement, school report, recs right? And I the rest of the application can be sent on common app (Supplements,payments and app)</p>
<p>And your transcript. (don’t forget that)</p>
<p>I believe here in the US, the schools stamps the upper right with the school info that is supposed to indicate it is an official packet from the school. And our hs does put teacher recs in that big envelope normally, they are not mailed in separate envelopes like I described above. </p>
<p>Also, you might as well get your mid-year report envelopes ready for each school so they are ready to go. The final report will only go to the school you choose to go to. </p>
<p>Yes, the application, the supplement and fees all are done then online.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you lakemom 
I’m sorry if I am asking alot of quesions but I have two last questions first I know the courses I’m taking this year but I don’t know how to arrange them in the school courses table, it asks for
full year/first semester/ trimester. Second semester/trimester. Third trimester</p>
<p>Second question: how do I calculate the GPA? Thank you in advance I really appreciate it</p>
<p>Thank you lakemom I’m sorry if I am asking alot of quesions but I have two last questions first I know the courses I’m taking this year but I don’t know how to arrange them in the school courses table, it asks for
full year/first semester/ trimester. Second semester/trimester. Third trimester</p>
<p>Second question: how do I calculate the GPA? Thank you in advance I really appreciate it</p>
<p>It won’t matter so much how you arrange your classes on that form as long as they are all listed. Our HS is on the semester system so there are two columns but for classes that are all year, my son just left the other spaces blank next to the class and did not repeat it. You also list the number of credits eg 5 next to the class which also indicates that is it a year class. Our lab classes are 6 credits. 2.5 would be a semester class. </p>
<p>so just lay out your classes as you are taking them. </p>
<p>I’m surprised your school doesn’t calculate GPA for you, how do you know how you are doing?</p>
<p>GPA is a bit complicated. Weighted GPA uses the weighted grade so you get an extra point for the grade. Our school does GPA based on a 4.0 scale. So an A is 4, B is 3, C is 2 and D is 1. Weighted classes at our school get an extra point so a weighted “A” is a “5” not “4” a B is “4” not a “3” though our scale is still a 4.0 scale. Some schools use a different scale and in NY they use percents eg 92%. </p>
<p>GPA is number of units the class is multiplied by the grade scale your school uses. You add them all up and divide by the total number of credits. </p>
<p>So my son got an A in regular physics and in AP physics. Physics is 6 credits because of the lab and each are year long classes. For reg physics 4 x 6 =24 and AP physics is weighed 5 x 6 = 30.</p>
<p>So you add up all the GPAs x the credits then divide by the total number of credits. </p>
<p>So 24 +30 =54<br>
54/12 credits=4.5</p>
<p>You can calculate weighted or non weighted this way.</p>
<p>So If I’m taking the same classes for the whole year I put all of them in the first column and put the credit next to it and that’s it :)</p>
<p>For the GPA part, I got 3.9 in G10 and 3.5 in G11 but I don’t have G9 because I was studying under my national system So how do I calculate it?</p>
<p>Yes for number 1</p>
<p>And I guess then you have to somehow indicate your GPA is only for 2 years. So you don’t have grades for 9th?</p>
<p>Ok i’ll mention it in the additional information section so now I just put the gpa of the two years together and that’s it? If yes can you please help me G10 and G11 I had 7 subjects each with credit 1 and G10 i got 3.9 and G11 I got 3.5 what’s my gpa?</p>
<p>P.S we don’t have APs or Honors classes in Egypt</p>
<p>One would think you could just average the two which would be 3.7 but if you have had different # of credits for each year you cannot. </p>
<p>So if you had a different # then you have to do the math with all the classes and credits multiplied for two years then divided by all the credits for 2 years. Some where you will have to note that it is only based on 10th and 11th. </p>
<p>So if you do not have weighted classes, you put your GPA in the unweighted section and write it “4.0” as the scale if that is how your school bases their grades.</p>
<p>BTW, some colleges will recalculate your GPA their way depending. Some colleges drop the gym grade or only calculate GPAs based on solids so in the end, they will look at your course selection and grades and decide.</p>
<p>The other thing you might want to find out is here in the US, schools include a sort of data sheet that tells colleges how many AP classes, honors classes and whether they offer weighted grades to give colleges a profile of the type of program they have. Maybe someone can provide something like that at your school but if not don’t sweat it, colleges will know that your school is not like an american one.</p>
<p>Thank you, I really appreciate it. you were really helpful :D</p>