<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am really worried at this moment! Please help me with any information you know.</p>
<p>First of all I'm a international student, I want to apply to Harvard college this fall.
The problem is I'm giving my A'levels and finished my AS level this May (1st year). My A'levels will be finished on May 2015! But wait! There is a reason for that, January exam sessions has been closed! Or else my exam would've been finished in January 2015. Therefore I have to apply for to Harvard college with my AS grades and with my predicted A2 grades. Somewhere along in the Harvard FAQ page i read about students who applies with incomplete A'levels are in extremely disadvantage stage! So does that mean I will be too in disadvantage stage? Its not that I am doing this purposefully, it just didn't happened accordingly to my plan. Can you please answer my question. Will this put my college application in to any difficulties? </p>
<p>Also I emailed Harvard about this and they replied me with irrelevant stuffs. </p>
<p>Thanks! </p>
<p>Your government’s decision to scrap the January A-levels sittings will not impact your application.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply! </p>
<p>The examination board scraped the January sitting not the government. Hope it turns out the way you say! </p>
<p>Most applicants with A-levels actually apply with only predicted A2 grades, as they do their exams in June, and so do IB students, so no worries- you are not at an disadvantage at all. It is those who only complete the AS component, i.e. 12 years of secondary, as is the case in the US, that the FAQ mentions are at a tremendous disadvantage.</p>
<p>@steinway thank you! </p>
<p>I’m so relief at this moment. Hey, do you think a GPA of 3.68 really bad? My O’level GPA is 3.68. </p>
<p>Got a C on english :(( </p>
<p>Harvard will require a high school transcript for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. Unlike other countries, there is very little weightt placed on the final grades in a board exam in American universities. Your predicted scores are only important in terms of how your school expects your performance to be in terms of your overall academic record at the school.</p>
<p>@CrypticDestiny29 How did you even calculate O-levels into GPA? Don’t convert your O-levels into GPA; they have their own standards according to which they will convert your grades. And, mind you, a B at a CIE-administered exam, though it is O-level/IGCSE, could indeed be said to have the same weight as an A from a typical US High School, and this is something which the admissions committee will bear in mind, while at the same time putting your grades in context of your school. </p>
<p>Thank you @texaspg and @steinway for your replies 
I have been really busy for past few weeks and couldn’t post on this thread.
I will keep in mind what you guys said.</p>
<p>@texaspg that’s assuming the student isn’t applying after a gap year. If he/she is, then final examination results are of tremendous importance.</p>