<p>I have inherited, or if you look at it a certain way, hijacked this UserID from my ex-friend but still cousin,otempura.I’m completely clueless about the prep school admission process, my only source of info being story books ( Mallory Towers and what not) and totally inadequate time on the net.I am international and I have a couple (okay lil’ more than that) of questions.(I’m going with bullets and numbers here but only because I have a near OCD (in my opinion) with unstructured stuff)</p>
<p>i. The stats for your apps go on for miles and miles. Do you have to include the in the five lines of the candidate profile ( in the ten school admission form (?)) Do you have to include copies of certificates for the awards you mention? Can you list them in a separate piece of paper?</p>
<p>ii. The marking system of my school is very very different. We are not even graded. Do I have explain the marking system to the admissions committee? Should I convert my scores to grades and get them signed by the headmistress? How many report cards need I include?</p>
<p>iii.How far back do you have to go when you are mentioning awards?</p>
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<li><p>If your stats go on for miles and miles, chances are, you’re telling them more about your life story than about your important ECs. If they’re something like, “played on school volleyball team in grade 4”, get rid of it. If you still don’t have enough space, I’d just attach another piece of paper. Be careful, though… “The thicker the file, the thinner the applicant”. if they’re important ECs, include them. You know what they are, be honest</p></li>
<li><p>Ask your teachers for a grade distribution chart, or something similiar. Explain the situation to the BS with a note. Also, you don’t send report cards, you ask the school for a copy of your transcript (Grades since grade 6), and send them to your BS. NOT report cards.</p></li>
<li><p>If they’re major awards, like “Won national diving competition in grade 3”, include it. If it’s more like “Won school’s best math student award in grade 3”, leave it out.</p></li>
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<p>Generally report cards since middle school are good but this was hard for me so they only saw 2 terms… I just wanted to say Enid Blyton is awesome! I was trying to educate the other CCers on her books but nobodys heard of her.</p>
<p>Thanks.This is helping.
We don’t grades at all; just a medley of tests scored out of pretty much any round number you can think of then they are somewhat randomly added to make nice multiples of ten and then dumped in four piles in the report card. So it is good news that I won’t be needing them.
I don’t get what transcripts are. How do I get them ??
And what about copies of certificates? Do I need those?</p>
<p>Funny story: In our native language mostly masculine names end with hard consonants.
I was a big Enid Blyton fan for over a year before I finally realized she wasn’t a man when I was 8.
Reading Enid Blyton cheers up no matter what. I really like her too…</p>
<p>My daughters report cards are four pages long with each area broken down into smaller chunks. For example- Mathematics might have 15 sub-components in it. </p>
<p>So… instead of turning in this- I ask the school for a grade distribution chart or do I ask them to condense the area into one grade for ease of reporting?</p>
<p>You can ask the schools about their specific policies regarding transcripts/report cards, but they usually don’t accept report cards. I think you would ask your counselor or the office for a copy of your transcript. Otempura, a transcript is basically a record of all your grades, but condensed into one neat little sheet(s) of paper :).</p>
<p>I’m not sure who you would go to in order to request a grade distribution chart… I assumed that the teachers would send them along with their recommendations, but I could be (and probably am) wrong. Does anyone want to add anything to this…?</p>
<p>Anyways, if there’s further confusion, I’d email the school’s admission office about their policies. They’re there to help. Good luck!</p>
<p>whoa how do you have stats go on for miles? My stats went for an inch or two. Then “mmmm” and I drew an elephant to fill in the space.
lol jk! but I did have very few :D</p>
<p>I’ve read Enid Blyton books! im not from where her books are mostly set, but i buy the books when i go there. Mallory towers is good, as is another book which i cant remember the title of.</p>
