<p>I wanted to know whether the 12th mrks i got in Karnataka PUC Board can be not given coz i got less marks due to health reasons. I want to send the A levels results in which i got 3.9 GPA. I am applying to all the need nlind schools. I hv also obtained AICE diploma {distinction} . SATs --»» 2400 and 2400 both I and II (subject) <em>cool rite</em> But sad thing is NO ECs whatsoever. A bit poor background (middle class).</p>
<p>Pl advice :)</p>
<p>Regds,
Krishna Harish.</p>
<p>Many people applying this year seem to have this question. The answer is the same everytime: not sending a marksheet is not a substitute for low marks. When the college sees your school profile, it will know that you have withheld information. Withholding information, within itself, it legally wrong because you sign a contract on the common app, with a school, to do so otherwise.</p>
<p>In short, no. You have to send both - the board and A levels. The most you can do is explain in the additional information section, the discrepancy in your performance and to go a step further, maybe upload a dated prescription note from the doctor.</p>
<p>You can definitely substitute your high school diploma with A Levels. You just need to have 3 A Level courses and 1 As level. Note that this is the minimum requirement for most good universities. More is always better!</p>
<p>Conflicting opinions. I am sure offwhiteppt will stick to their opinion just as strongly as I will. So your best bet is to email the admissions offices of five or six colleges and get a consensus. That should help you the most.</p>
<p>Just to make this a majority, I agree with Tizil7. You cannot withhold your 12th marks. Since you got 2400 in SAT I am sure you can read so hopefully you didn’t sign the common app contract without skimming through its important aspects. The A levels is an optional test (like IB and AP, but is of british version) but your boards is not. Here, we send our midyear grades and final grades over through transcript. Now our final test grades become cumulative with our semester scores. In India, your board grades are essentially your class grades, so you cannot withhold these. Your application will be considered incomplete and dishonest if colleges see no marks for your 12th year.</p>
<p>Very helpful advice indeed! Thnx @Tizil7, @offwhiteppt and @liveulife :)</p>
<p>Yeah u r rite Tizil7 i will send both. Anyway just b4 tht i will email admission offices of thr respective institutions. As for the A levels i hv taken Math, Phy, Chem, Econ and English.</p>
<p>Anyway thnx and hv a gud day :)</p>
<p>Regds,
Krishna Harish.</p>
<p>Do i stand a chance in MIT, Yale, Dartmouth, Princeton and Amherst?? I mean applying rational or am I fantasizing?! Adv much appreciated ;)</p>
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<li>Krishna Harish.</li>
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<p>With No EC at HYP?
Not a chance.</p>
<p>There are some circumstances in life that keep people from spending time on ECs and if your reason is fair enough, then in these cases getting into the top colleges you’ve mentioned can become possible.
For example, I recently read an article about a girl who lived on the streets and despite these hardships she was the topper of her province. Reading under a faint light bulb, under her blue plastic tent, she moored her life towards a better future. These stories are compelling and I have a lot of respect for such bright kids. In these cases, any admissions person would not take much time to realize that these harsh realities leave no room for an already disadvantaged child to devote her time to aimless activities that could prevent her from surviving.
Another example I would share is of a similar girl brought up in a disadvantaged family. Basically, she focused on her studies mainly and was admitted to Harvard.
Therefore, if you have a topic that can address the absence of your involvement in the place where you were brought up, then keep faith.
Otherwise, I’d had to read up your teacher recommendations and everything else that contribute to your human personality, rather than intellectual capacity as demonstrated by your scores.</p>