Ok.... as you may have already known.... My main plans have me very interested in going to study to Spain. Well thinking that since I am already 3 yrs away from being 18, I should start to worry my bit about what proceedings and paperwork I need to do and what universities should I go to I set myself to search on the web.
Well, in classical style of Spaniards (and a mania we hispanic americans have inherited from them
) there is a LOT of paperwork and ceremony to it.
:
Well, first of all I checked the requirements for foreign students.... the first thing it says, is that I need to bring the credit transcriptions from my previous non university studies (High School) to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Madrid to have them convalidated with the Spaniard High School requirements (you have to prove them you meet with all the knowledge and preparation of somebody who graduated from High School in Spain). In any subject where they may have doubts they may put you to a test before they convalidate it. (I will most probably have to face a Spanish one as the curriculum I have gone through is an American one in English) But those are very easy tests... not much to worry.
Now, doubt no. 1: Since I am in an American distance school based in the states.... all the records and papers are in English. Unless they are kind enough to accept them like that, I will have to find myself a certified lincensed translator who can translate that to Spanish. (Where on earth can I find out if they will accept it in English?).
Doubt no. 2: One of the requirements is that those documents are legalized via diplomatic channels. At first I had no idea what this meant, so I asked my mom who studied in the Autonoma de Madrid and she told me its the same she had to do: Bring those High School papers to the Department of State of Puerto Rico so they place a pompous seal to it certifying its for real.
Now, the big problem about it is that since the school is not based in Puerto Rico (It's in North Dakota of all places), yet I am in Puerto Rico... so where do I go to for that? North Dakota or Puerto Rico? Or do I go to the Federal government in Washington? They see Puerto Rico as a separate country for all effects (even though it legally ain't) so they will definitely accept a certification from the PR government as a national certification, but if they want it from North Dakota they may ask for it coming from the National US government.
I think I may end up having to make several phone calls to Madrid.... but has anyone got any knowledge about this... or about where should I inquire about this?
At the same time I don't know if I am worrying too early for this... but I would rather not be running at last minute.
Well, in classical style of Spaniards (and a mania we hispanic americans have inherited from them
Well, first of all I checked the requirements for foreign students.... the first thing it says, is that I need to bring the credit transcriptions from my previous non university studies (High School) to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Madrid to have them convalidated with the Spaniard High School requirements (you have to prove them you meet with all the knowledge and preparation of somebody who graduated from High School in Spain). In any subject where they may have doubts they may put you to a test before they convalidate it. (I will most probably have to face a Spanish one as the curriculum I have gone through is an American one in English) But those are very easy tests... not much to worry.
Now, doubt no. 1: Since I am in an American distance school based in the states.... all the records and papers are in English. Unless they are kind enough to accept them like that, I will have to find myself a certified lincensed translator who can translate that to Spanish. (Where on earth can I find out if they will accept it in English?).
Doubt no. 2: One of the requirements is that those documents are legalized via diplomatic channels. At first I had no idea what this meant, so I asked my mom who studied in the Autonoma de Madrid and she told me its the same she had to do: Bring those High School papers to the Department of State of Puerto Rico so they place a pompous seal to it certifying its for real.
Now, the big problem about it is that since the school is not based in Puerto Rico (It's in North Dakota of all places), yet I am in Puerto Rico... so where do I go to for that? North Dakota or Puerto Rico? Or do I go to the Federal government in Washington? They see Puerto Rico as a separate country for all effects (even though it legally ain't) so they will definitely accept a certification from the PR government as a national certification, but if they want it from North Dakota they may ask for it coming from the National US government.
I think I may end up having to make several phone calls to Madrid.... but has anyone got any knowledge about this... or about where should I inquire about this?
At the same time I don't know if I am worrying too early for this... but I would rather not be running at last minute.
