Son was officially registered at a local high school after completing middle school. However, as the high school year began, we moved and he had to register at another high school in another school district. When we went to the Middle School for his transcripts, they told us he was officially a student of the local high school, so we would have to officially apply for a high school to high school transfer and pick up his transcripts from the local high school. The transcripts were needed because son had taken high school Algebra I, advanced english, communication courses and foreign language courses in middle school that could transfer to the high school. Therefore, I applied for a transfer at the local high school picked up the transcripts and took them to the new school. So, in the interest of full disclosure, should son list both high schools or just one on the college application? Does he have to send transcripts from both high schools too? Thanks.
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So, in the interest of full disclosure, should son list both high schools or just one on the college application? Does he have to send transcripts from both high schools too? Thanks.
If his current high school has integrated the information from the previous school (Algebra, foreign language) into its transcript, I would say it's fine just to send/list the transcript from the current school. If not, it's potentially worthwhile to send the other school's transcript as well.
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If I were to take a college course Junior year, at a very well known school(Think Stanford, Brown, Cornell), could I put that on my resume?
Yes, of course. Any college course or self-studied course you've completed, no matter from where, can and should be listed in your application.
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Do supplemental recommendations have to be on official school letterhead?
I don't believe so, although the supplemental document cover sheet will probably have more information.
EDIT: After reading the blogs, I see that supplemental recommendations have to be on official letterhead of some kind -- school letterhead, if they're from teachers, or company/university letterhead, if they're from mentors you know in other areas of your life.
Last edited by molliebatmit; 09-08-2012 at 10:04 AM.
Hey, I just wanted to let everyone know that the online application is now available via the MyMIT portion of MIT's web site. Good luck to all of the class of 2013 who will apply.
If his current high school has integrated the information from the previous school (Algebra, foreign language) into its transcript, I would say it's fine just to send/list the transcript from the current school. If not, it's potentially worthwhile to send the other school's transcript as well.
Does this still apply if the course was taken at a local college? If I took a course at a local college and it was integrated into my high school transcript, do you still need my college transcript?
Also, do I have to send any documentation to prove I am taking a course at a local college right now if that course doesn't show up on either transcript?
Does this still apply if the course was taken at a local college? If I took a course at a local college and it was integrated into my high school transcript, do you still need my college transcript?
It's my understanding that you don't need to send an additional transcript if the course is integrated into your high school transcript, but IANA MIT admissions officer, so when in doubt, the best course of action is to call the admissions office.
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Also, do I have to send any documentation to prove I am taking a course at a local college right now if that course doesn't show up on either transcript?
Nope, no documentation necessary.
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Would it be unadvisable to send in two addition letters of recommendation (one from my principal and one from a scientist I've been working with)?
You can send as many supplemental letters as you feel will help your application. Sending multiple letters in and of itself is not a problem, but if they don't show different sides of you from what's already accessible in your application, they won't be helpful. In general, your application should be concise as possible, while showing as many sides of you as possible.
Three (or possibly five, depending on how you look at them) questions:
a)i) Can I put my IGCSE scores in place of O-Levels on the application, since the IGs are essentially international versions of the O-Levels?
a)ii) If yes to a-i, can I put my percentage uniform marks instead of my grades? [since I managed a few 100%s (in Physics, Chemistry and Biology and two other subjects), and that will look more impressive than just A*s]
b)i) Is the admissions office familiar with the 2-year IB curriculum, specifically the way it is different from the US system in that units of material (e.g. calculus) are not self-contained but rather taught and tested as part of a single subject (e.g. maths hl), and that the assessments in each term test the content of each previous term in addition to the current one, with the primary goal being the board exams at the end of two years?
b)ii) If yes to b-i, would the admissions office then recognize that the latest term score is most indicative of ability, and also the eventual final exam (and thus IB diploma) score, even if the first two terms (out of four) are relatively poor after stellar IG results.
c) Does the admissions office also take official IB predicted grades into account?
Where would it be best to make comments on the self reported course load section? Specifically, I want to differentiate between two classes that sound similar but are very different and have comments to make on independent studies. Thanks
Is the admissions office familiar with the 2-year IB curriculum?
Yes, absolutely. The admissions office is, to a first approximation, familiar with all standard curricula taught throughout the world -- with 20,000 students who apply each year, they've pretty much seen it all.
This is really the only question of yours I can answer -- the admissions office is familiar with these sorts of issues, but I myself am not. Hopefully if Chris happens along, he can provide more insight.
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Where would it be best to make comments on the self reported course load section? Specifically, I want to differentiate between two classes that sound similar but are very different and have comments to make on independent studies.
Information like this is usually placed in the section that asks for "anything else you'd like to tell us" or something similar.
I've been trying to create a MyMIT account for a few weeks now and the system seems to not be working. Every time I click on the button that submits my information and creates my account, I get sent to a page that says "500 Internal Server Error Servlet error: An exception occurred. The current application deployment descriptors do not allow for including it in this response. Please consult the application log.." I've tried on four different computers. Is there an issue with the system?
