<p>Hey sora2712
Oh you are? Cool! When did you move to aussie? Well, you are staying away from CC, which is a good idea lol. Thanks about the chance post lol.
I recommend the Official SAT Practise Tests from Collegeboard (there are two.) They are official and are really good indicators of what your real score will look like.</p>
<p>okay, obviously my ban failed. but i came back on facebook to post all my graduation pics. so i deem it a legitimate excuse. so why not cc. lol.
ANYHOW.
victorkangnz, i came to australia when i was… one and a half? lol. but im fluent in korean, i can read and write and all that shiz.
and with the practice tests: barrons is good too, but it kills your ego. the bluebook is the bible, its the right level, i think. and the kaplan maths book is really good for straight SAT question revision, for those of you that arent used to the simple multiple choice Qs.
im telling you, first try i got 690/800, second time i got 770/800 in the maths section. =]</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m looking at the common app and the secondary school report and the mid year and final report looks the same to me - so what’s the difference - is it okay if the counsellor fills in the same information and write same evaluation…? And since in Aus we’ve graduated already, do we bother with mid-year report? And I’m planning to put the same marks down for the final report and secondary school report - is that okay? </p>
<p>Hope people cna clarify!! Hate all these paperwork :(</p>
<p>DOn’t need to do mid year report, only final. At least I think thats what I did last year… best thing to do is email/call the admissions depts of the schools you are applying to and ask</p>
<p>yup, if you’ve finished school i.e. graduated with the ceremony and all, you just send in your final report… but i think the midyear report gets counted in the transcript, so meh… not sure about that, though.</p>
<p>i should be studying for anc. hsc tmrw, but meh. just came back from officeworks to print out my mycenaean notes and photocopy my reports for application transcript -
re-iterating above question:
for our high school transcript, we just photocopy our year 9~12 reports, right?
but do we include our halfyearly reports in here/ or just our yearly reports…
because i think there’d be too much paperwork in my app if i include halfyearly reports in my transcript as well…
and do we include our school cert results as well?</p>
<p>I sent in everything… I sent in my half yearly reports my yearly reports and my school certificicate results AND I got them signed and stamped by my careers advisor to make them look “official” for the official transcript, you can also get them signed by a JP or if you want to spend the money a notary at the consulate</p>
<p>holymolycows. im gonna be sending in a THICK wad of report paper. ahwell.
midyear reports included it is then. sigh. is this what US schools do for their high school ‘transcripts’ too?
my transcript alone includes:
yearly and half yearly reports from year 9~12 inclusive.
my school cert results.
my work experience letter of recommendation thing
and my hsc results when i get them in december, and my atar.
- teacher references and counselor reference. SO MUCH PAPERWORK. AND im applying online. lol.
hey, btw, can anyone tell me how important the writing section of the SAT is?
i was perusing the harvard site just out of interest, and they dont list the middle range of SAT score for the writing… or maybe i missed it.</p>
<p>some colleges don’t look at writing at all cuz they think its stupid.
so maybe harvard is the same
my school was too</p>
<p>Moebius,</p>
<p>i strongly suggest you finish high school and then go to college. Not saying you aren’t smart enough, but chances are, at MIT, you might not be. It is difficult itself to keep up with hard classes, courses and ECs let alone wanting to do many different things college life offers.
and to answer some of your other questions. Yes, you will be compared to all other Australian applicants, as well as other applicants from the Oceania region (such as NZ). Cumulatively they take between 0-2 Aus and NZ. In the last 4 years, MIT has only accepted 1 student from aus each year.
I ll be happy to answer other questions u might have. email me: <a href="mailto:sidsaraswat@gmail.com">sidsaraswat@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>this thread is dying, so i have another question to make it alive again:
you know on the commonapp, how we’re internationals and dont have a SSN?
what do we do if we need aid and tick the aid box, but dont have a SSN?
because a little box comes up that says you need to put down a SSN to apply for aid.
anybody know?</p>
<p>arent u supposed to fill out the financial aid form on collegeboard for internationals?</p>
<p>yeah, the form things fine, but on the actual commonapp, we have to declare whether we’re gonna apply for aid or not, only when you do, they say you need to put a SSN down.</p>
<p>Heya aussies!</p>
<p>For those with HSC/VCE results out - hope you were happy!</p>
<p>for anyone who already applied last year - did you include a school profile?
if you did, did your school already have one or did you have to make it yourself and get it approved by counselor/principal etc.?</p>
<p>@sora2712: I didn’t apply last year, but I’m an Aussie that applied this year and was recently admitted to Yale under SCEA. I didn’t have any school profile; my counselor just wrote some stuff explaining the scoring system used with the ATAR.</p>
<p>Our school has had quite a few people go to the Ivy league for rowing/squash/football (kicker), but none before as a non-recruited applicant like me! I guess the admissions officers had a reasonable idea of my school, but if you’re the first to apply from yours then it might be advisable to just get your counselor to write some stuff describing your school in the context of NSW education (just copy it from website/school promotional material whatever).</p>
<p>I really doubt it’s an important part of the counselor materials…also I didn’t have a social security number, but I didn’t get FA so I dunno what to do about that sorry…</p>
<p>If there are any other aussies lurking around with questions about the US system, I’d be more than happy to answer any of them. Best of luck to all Aussies and more importantly, GO BULLDOGS!!</p>
<p>OMG YOU GOT INTO YALE!! CONGRATS!!!
ARRRRRRRRRRGH.
lol. okay. youre gonna be inundated with my future questions as they come, beware.
but dont worry, you can ignore them if you like, LOL. =]
yeah, i was just thinking of mocking one up from school website info and explaining our school etc., i saw some ‘how to make a school profile’ things… i’ll get my counselor to okay it and email it back to me, i guess… thank you and
CONGRATULATIONS again.</p>
<p>Hope you guys all went well with your ATARs. 48 people got 99.95 this year. Impressive.</p>
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Haha - dw, I’m in such a good mood right now coz of Yale, that I’ll try to answer whatever you throw at me…fire away!</p>
<p>EternalEphemeral - your school wouldn’t happen to be Grammar would it? :D</p>