going to college?

[malmark 0]

hello i have a question about attending college in the us, when i applied in the local university everything as fine until they asked me for my high school transcripts. having lived in ireland all my life up until last august i had attended our equivalent of high school, secondary school, and i gave them my junior and leaving certificates. but the admissions people said they were looking for transcripts for every school year and i tried telling them that in ireland we only have the junior and leaving certificate exams in school, anyone who is from england and hasrecently moved to the us may hav experience of this also when they want to go to college, does anyone know if my unior and leaving cert is all they need or am i missing something? the admissions people in the college said they checked their admissions book for ireland and it says they need 'transcripts from my school'. the only reason im asking is this is a nationally known college that im having trouble with and one would think that they know what they are talking about, or maybe im just stupid!

hello i have a question about attending college in the us, when i applied in the local university everything as fine until they asked me for my high school transcripts. having lived in ireland all my life up until last august i had attended our equivalent of high school, secondary school, and i gave them my junior and leaving certificates. but the admissions people said they were looking for transcripts for every school year and i tried telling them that in ireland we only have the junior and leaving certificate exams in school, anyone who is from england and hasrecently moved to the us may hav experience of this also when they want to go to college, does anyone know if my unior and leaving cert is all they need or am i missing something? the admissions people in the college said they checked their admissions book for ireland and it says they need 'transcripts from my school'. the only reason im asking is this is a nationally known college that im having trouble with and one would think that they know what they are talking about, or maybe im just stupid!

they also said they were expecting my 'transcripts' in a sealed package from my school but im pretty sure my school keeps no such records.

[Garfield fan 0]

I don't really have any experiences with college here, but I will soon. If you don't have yearly transcripts, maybe you can ask your high school officials to write a letter explaining the situation then submit it to the college. The thing about "sealed" package that they requested is they want your school to send the transcripts in a sealed envelope directly to them, but if there is no such records, then ask your school to explain that also.

[ChristinaM 0]

I had the same issue when I applied to college. I actually wrote a cover letter explaining what my A-Levels and GCSEs were equivalent to and that I would be happy to come in and discuss it with them further. When I went in I also took a synopsis of what I had studied at A-Level so they could see exactly what they were dealing with. If you can get a syllabus, that might help to show the level you're at.

Good luck!