I’ll let @MYOS1634 explain in more detail…but your ability to work and pay for college will be limited here as an international student. IOW, you won’t be able to fund your college costs with work study. Plus, you aren’t even eligible for Federal Work Study because you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
The scale needs to make sense in US terms, which is different from Nigerian terms. The weight or meaning of the words changes even if the words are the same.
For instance, “very good” in France means you got Academic Honours that fewer than 10% achieve in the entire country. But in the US it means you’re not excellent, not outstanding, not among the top few in your year and not among the top few the teacher has encountered in their career. Same words… But not the same meaning at all!
If your grading scale has them, F9= US F, D8= US D, D7= US C, C6= US C+, etc.
In other words, a C4 is not a US C. (A US C is… not good.)
Colleges will see you have a lot of A1-B3, which is what they want to see.
Btw colleges will need to see your official certificate results both from junior school (Basic Education?) and the Senior School certificate (WASSC?). A photocopy that is stamped by an official at the school as being a true and verified copy and/or uploaded with your transcript is sufficient. (DO NOT send the one official copy sent to you.)
So, there were 130 in the STEM stream (ie., science group, or, in US parlance when a group of students are together for a common curriculum within a larger school, a " STEM academy"), 200 in Arts, and 100 in Commerce? Is that in 10th or 12th grade?
Work study is the right to work a certain number of hours every week on campus so you can handle your miscellaneous purchases yourself (toothpaste, new socks, a pizza…) typically it means you need to find a job somewhere on campus and the department or service (cafeteria, library, housing …) knows the college pays you every other week for the number of hours you have effectively worked. Most internationals get $2,500-3,500 per year, which equals about 8-10 hours a week, paid minimum wage. All colleges that provide financial aid will expect you to work.
@MYOS1634 wouldn’t that just colleges that have their own work study funds…and not federal work study? Isn’t this an international student? If so, not eligible for federal work study…and not all colleges have their own work study funds.
AFAIK all colleges that provide need based financial aid to international students include a work study award. It seems normal for students who receive so much aid to work a little, win win for the college - and they can’t work off campus unlike US students (who currently can make much more working at Starbucks than in the college cafeteria).
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As noted, usually work study monies are enough for personal expenses and things like books. Most students can not work enough hours to fully fund their college education using work study monies.
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Yes, that’s why I gave examples - new socks, toothpaste, a pizza… miscellaneous expenses.
(The college pays less well than most off campus jobs.)
The $2,500-3,500 are still part of their package but they have to earn the money week after week, instead of getting it as a scholarship.
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The number of students were almost exact from Grade 10 to grade 12. Only few than 10 less each year. And yes, when I applied last year, I uploaded my Junior WASSCE and Senior WASSCE results.
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Your school profile can list the number of students in each stream (or academy, as you wish to call them) and highlight it’s a low attrition school, meaning either it is supportive and tries to lead all admitted students through the Senior WASSCE, or that its entrance is selective, ie., all Junior 3/9th graders can’t automatically assume they’ll get to continue in 10th at your school and most who start in 10th are supposed to be able to keep up.
My school is selective. It’s a government school with little to no school fees for students so hundreds of students apply each year but most are cut off by the exams. Not out of the school but to another stream. For example, after the junior WAEC, students who resume for grade 10 and want to be in the science stream take an exam. Those who do not pass are given an option to leave the school or venture into the arts or commerce. Reason why the arts has almost 300 students. I was the highest scorer in this exam.
I don’t know if I could ask some questions privately in the chat. I still need help on this part of the application.
This information needs to appear in the school profile. (All of it).
Yes you can use DMs to ask questions you don’t want public.
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