<p>A couple of the colleges I applied to requested fall semester grades. I am unfamiliar with the process of sending them. Next to 7th semester grades it states ‘status initiated’. I will contact my counselor etc. but everyone is on break including the colleges. Does the status initiated mean that the school has requested them directly from the school? Is this something I have to initiate similar to sending out SAT scores? I believe my school charges a fee of 18$ to send out final transcripts to the school which you’re accepted and plan to attend, would this be the same process? And more specifically since this is a cal state would sending to one campus be received by all (the sat scores worked this way) because otherwise I can’t afford to send them to each college and will have to narrow it down to two choices.</p>
<p>Can anyone help me with this?</p>
<p>Hi Sweetie,
I know school is out right now, do you have your fall grades yet? I hope you did well! Even though school is closed, I suspect some office staff will be there by late next week. I’d call or stop by and see if anyone can confirm that your grades have been sent or get that process going. $18 seems high to me, at my son’s Cal public high school it was $5 for a certified transcript. They would send it directly to the college or give it to S sealed with the school’s stamp over the flap to show it had not been tampered with for him to forward on in a second envelope.<br>
I noticed you put Merced in your list–since you are top 8% in Cal, you are ELC (Eligible in the local context) and are GUARANTEED at a UC and Merced is the default if you don’t get in anywhere “higher.” Have you researched that?<br>
FWIW, I agree that you have a very interesting story and I think you will do wonderfully wherever you end up!</p>
<p>Hello!
Yes I received my fall grades I did pretty well ended with a 4.116 for that semester and an overall 4.2 (3.98 10-12). I will check with the schools late next week to check on the status of the transcripts thanks for your advice! As far as ELC status I did receive a letter which notified me of my elegability. Thank you so much for responding I was really stressed about this.</p>
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This is not the same process. When you apply through common app, once you submit your application to a college, your school will be notified of request for transcript for that college. I don’t believe you’ll need to do anything, especially if your school uses Naviance, because everything would be submitted electronically. You can check with your GC when you return to school. Your supporting documents (LORs, transcript) do not need to be submitted by the application deadline, most colleges will give your high school some leeway.</p>