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<li><p>A teacher who knows me very well, recently uploaded her letter of recommendation on Commonapp. But she told me yesterday that she had not mentioned her contact number as she is very busy ( school in mornings and afternoons, and private tuitions in evenings). Will this be a problem ( or will the college contact her directly through her e-mail id if they require any clarifications)</p></li>
<li><p>Since 11th marks are not considered for CBSE 12th Boards ( and no people drop out of our school after 11th and 12th), our school does not issue any report card for 11th standard. They just show us our answer papers after the exams, during the Parent Teachers’ Meeting. This is currently not a problem, since a transcript has been prepared for US admissions process.
If I get in, will my inability to produce a 11th std report card hinder me? ( I read in a few posts,about the need to send all the report cards through snail mail after admissions have been confirmed )</p></li>
<li><p>Will an AIR in the top 5 in NTSE boost my chances?
( I am sure admissions officers know about the NTSE, but where does it figure on the pecking order ( if I may call it that) ? )</p></li>
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<p>1) Does the common app require your teacher to submit her/her contact info? This is a really minor issue and I doubt it’ll affect you in any way. You can always have your teachers send her contact info to universities via email.</p>
<p>2)“This is currently not a problem, since a transcript has been…” Hmm, so you do have a transcript for colleges in the US don’t you? Also, as far as I know, only the UC’s require you to send in all your transcripts after being admitted. Other colleges need them while applying. The fact that your school “prepares” transcripts for US admissions has a very sketchy connotation to it.</p>
<p>3)Yes, it will improve your chances. There is no “pecking order” as adcoms will look at your app as a whole. They don’t allot any particular exam or achievement a certain number of points while admitting students.</p>
<p>Oops! Wrong Choice of words. 
The school does maintain a record of all the marks in a database. The issue is that, it just doesn’t issue a report card ( I mean, the typical one given in most schools at the end of the year).
There is a transcript, but I was wondering if actual report cards had to be sent after admissions.
The transcript contains marks extracted from the database,and has been uploaded by my counselor. </p>
<p>Thanks for the reply :)</p>