Your Junior High School year-3 records or BECE results — sometimes requested by US universities to bridge the 3-year-vs-4-year high-school gap.
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Your former JHS or WAEC
Your final-year Junior High School records, or your Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results — the standardised exam at the end of JHS3.
The Ghanaian system is JHS (3 years) + SHS (3 years) — 6 years total of post-primary education. The US system is Middle School (2-3 years) + High School (4 years) — typically 7. Some US universities, missing your "9th grade", will email asking for JHS3 records to complete the picture.
For JHS3 transcripts: visit your former JHS administration. Same process as your SHS transcript — written request, fee, 1-3 weeks.
For BECE results: visit ghana.waecdirect.org with your BECE card details. Or request a certified copy from WAEC.
Scan both at high resolution. Either is usually accepted — submit whichever the requesting university asks for.
About 1 in 20 US schools will request this, in our experience — usually smaller liberal arts colleges with strict 4-year-high-school requirements.
Your West African Senior School Certificate Examination results — accepted by US universities in place of A-Levels or IB.
Your complete academic record from all 3 years of SHS — grades, subjects, and term-by-term performance, on official school letterhead.
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