<p>What is the procedure of getting a transcript made from a school and how are they sent to colleges? Is there are a specific format for transcripts? Do we need to snail mail the transcripts to colleges or does the counsellor/principal uploads them? Ideally, when should I send the transcripts to colleges?</p>
<p>I am the first one in my school to apply for American Universities, so I also need to know the clerical process that goes into making a transcript. Also, which grades are to be included. I am presently in my 12th grade.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know smack about the application process either- but I know that there is a Common Application for every college/university which also includes your high school grades and extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>The grades to be included are from classes 9/10/11 and midterm grades of class 12 at the time of application.</p>
<p>The transcript is a one page document with grades of all four classes on it. It would also show your class rank and / or the number students in your grade in your school so as to reflect your percentile or your performance in context of the rest of your class. This would help the person looking at your transcript evaluate your Academic record in one go, whether you have been consistent all along, or improved over the four years at High School, have challenged yourself in your choice of subjects, struggled and overcome in some area, while highlighting your strengths.</p>
<p>@Anialways, I changed my school after 10th grade, I suppose I would require 2 documents, as I would be requiring the school authorities to stamp the respective docs. </p>
<p>Apart from that, do we need to then scan the documents to send to colleges, or am I required to snail mail them?</p>
<p>You can visit the following links for help
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<p>Template for transcript
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<p>If you have changed schools the current school will attest your old school reports because you were gives admission based on those records.</p>
<p>The documents can be sent through snail mail. The whole set of paperwork ie. The LORs, the Transcrippt etc all should be sent in one single packet. Avoid duplication, keep it simple. Please remember the colleges are overloaded with applications and like to reduce the workload. And in case they find something amiss they will ask it to be resent. The applications can be tracked online on colleges websites. So the list of required documents also get ticked off as they get in to the system.</p>
<p>Some of the stuff can be uploaded by your school. You need to provide your School’s email as well as your counsellor/ Principal’s email Id on CommonApp.</p>
<p>Also, in my records for 9th and 10th CBSE gives grades for every subject and a final GPA, whereas for 11th and 12th CBSE have a marks/percentage system. I am supposed to submit as it is right? Grades for 9th,10th and Percentage for 11th and 12th. Right?</p>
<p>As for the docs sent by snail mail, they should be in school envelope, sealed and sent right?</p>
<p>When we’re applying to colleges,do we have to send the paper mail packet alongside the online application we submit or do we send it when we’ve been accepted?</p>
<p>Also,how do I add LOR from teachers on my common app?</p>
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<p>You do not covert your GPA. Send it the way it is.</p>
<p>The snail mail is sent in sealed school envelope.</p>
<p>There is a deadline for each of the documents depending on the colleges. And LORs by teachers can go in snail mail as well as uploaded. I think CommonApp guides you. Also you can check with each college that you are applying to.</p>
<p>Hey is it necessary that school should send the transcript via snail mail?</p>
<p>I am not from a feeder school and my school really doesnt help much :(</p>
<p>Yes the school needs to send transcript along with other documents via snail mail.</p>
<p>No, it is not necessary to send transcripts and other documents by snail mail (unless the college EXPLICITLY says so)! My counselor sent scans of all my transcripts and documents via the commonapp to all the schools I applied to, and none of them requested additional hard copies.</p>
<p>As for sending LORs via commonapp: There is a section on the commonapp where you have to specify who your recommenders are, and enter their email ids. Then your teachers will get an email from commonapp with a link that takes them to the page where they can upload their LORs. It’s a very easy process.
I would advise you to avoid snail mail as much as possible! It’s expensive and takes time. Most of the documents can be sent electronically.</p>
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<p>The facts that I shared are what I know. My D attended an IBDP program in Mumbai. As far as I know, over 80 percent of her classmates, chose to go out of the country to study. I do not know about the feeder school part but the school uses technology for everyday studies from laptop being a requirement to uploading assignments online, and the assignments goint thorough Turn it in for ‘plaigiarism’ detection and so on and so forth. And with all this in place, I know for a fact that, a really thick envelope was sent by snail mail. </p>
<p>It contained all kinds of documents and each student had a pre scheduled appoinment window with the college counselor, to tick off the checklist and the envelope with addresses of each college the students were applying to, sealed in front of the student, entry made in the register, with details/reciept of courier company for tracking as well as future follow up.</p>
<p>And like I stated earlier the commonapp does guide you in the whole process and any doubts and queries can be addressed directly to the college one is applying to. So I do not see any reason for any confusion or contradiction. Yes you can have your version of facts to share. Go ahead.</p>