School Report - Does the college need a physical copy?

International Students
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<p>I am an international student from Mexico, and I need to know if I have to mail the University a physical copy of my school report? My counselor has uploaded my school report through the Common App, but I gather that schools need me to mail them an official copy in English? My high school charges $50 dollars for an english school report, which I would then have to mail internationally resulting in $30 dollars per envelope, so do I really have to pay $80 for each school? Or can I just xerox one school report multiple times and send the copy to universities? </p>

<p>I have applied to Berkeley and they say that they will only need me to send them a physical school report until after they have accepted me to make sure that I didn’t lie in my application, which seems logical. Are other universities like this? </p>

<p>Also, must the schools receive the physical copies by the application deadline? If so then I must mail them out today, because the deadline for 3 of my universities is Jan 1. </p>

<p>I’m applying to Columbia, NYU, and Boston University. Also to the U of Minnesota and ASU, but they don’t have a deadline so I don’t have to worry about those now. </p>

<p>Thanks!
Marco.</p>

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<p>I am assuming you need financial aid? Berkeley and NYU wont give you financial aid. You may want to save some dollars by applying to schools that do give out international funds.</p>

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<p>No, I do not need financial aid. I just don’t want to spend $80 extra on each of my applications. </p>

<p>Anyways I just purchased one of the official school reports. My counselor scanned them and will send the pdf through the CommonApp. Hope this is enough.</p>

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<p>Yes indeed, it is enough. It only needs to be official and uploaded by your counselor.</p>