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The Indian Thread #22 AKA Class of 2018 admissions
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I would use the scale on your report to show GPA. So if you have 90% shown as average on your report (transcript), you would use 90 out of 100 as your scale. Don't try to convert.
The school report also asks for rank. I think you should talk to your counselor and see what they will say so you can say the samething. If you put something down and the school says something else, it won't look good.
@texaspg- my counselor does not know anything about anything. So, asking him is futile. That is why I need your help.
I think you are missing an important piece here. Your counselor/school has to give you a letter. So whoever will be doing this will need to tell you what they might put down for rank and GPA and you will need to educate them to make sure your app and the school letter are in sync. If the letter and app don't agree when you leave it blank, it will not be a good thing.
I think the Principal can help you with this. To ease it out for them, download a "school profile" template and fill in as much as you can and request the rest to be filled by the school.
You can get some help from this link regarding the details,
Creating Your School Profile
Sample High School Profile
@anialways- can you elaborate on the school profile thing. Is the school supposed to fill this? Is it necessary, or just a helpful tool? And if necessary, then how should I do that.
Thanks both of you.
While the school profile is a generalised document, the transcript helps to define you from among your batchmates/classmates/. It will help to put your grades and numbers into a perspective. So if your report card shows your percentage or marks, they have to be in context of number of students in that class, average/highest/median score, your class rank, number of years in that subject. That would provide a reference point and so the adcoms person reading it is immediately able to assess you.
The school profile on the other hand would broadly define the subjects offered, grading parametres, how old the school is, the curriculum that it follows, size, location..and so on so forth.
Here is a link to one of the Indian School's profile,
http://www.modernschool.net/pdfs/School-Profile.pdf
While your school need not be so elaborate, it could take some idea on how to go about. And I also think this is only a one time exercise. The students who apply after you would benefit from it as well.
Transcript-why it is important, can be found here, You could also goole sample transcript for refence purposes.
What is a High School Transcript and Why is it Important?