Admission

I have completed one or more years of college

Transcripts

High school and college transcripts must be official. A transcript is official if it bears the authorizing signature and the official seal of the issuing institution and is sent directly by the school or college to the Office of Admissions. Or, it can be sealed in a school or college envelope and mailed or delivered to Admissions by you. But if you open the envelope, the transcript is no longer official.

Records from schools abroad must be originals, official, and in the native language, accompanied by English translations. If you attended school outside the U.S., contact Admissions to find out what credentials you need to submit to complete your application file.

The Office of Admissions will keep for one calendar year any transcripts or other credentials it receives.

High School Transcripts

This document is required of all transfer applicants for the purpose of verifying completion of core subject requirements.

• Applicants are responsible for contacting the last high school attended to request a transcript. In most cases, it’s as simple as writing a letter to the high school and including all pertinent information (e.g., name changes, dates of attendance, etc.), and the name and address where the transcript should be sent.
• A high school transcript should be a final transcript, showing all course work completed, beginning with grade 9 and continuing through grade 12 or the highest grade completed.
• Preferably, mathematics and foreign language courses completed in the eighth grade should be recorded on the high school transcript, but this is not required.

Why Do I Have to Submit a High School Transcript? Transfer applicants often make the assumption that they do not need to submit a high school transcript in support of their application for admission. Although the high school transcript is occasionally unnecessary, all applicants should plan to submit one to ensure that their application file is complete and, therefore, eligible to be reviewed for admission. Applicants are sometimes concerned that poor high school grades will adversely affect their chances of gaining admission. But an applicant who has earned 40 or more transferable quarter credits at an accredited college can be assured that this is not the case. For these applicants, the grades earned in the college course work will supersede the high school GPA. The high school record is required only to confirm that all core subject requirements have been satisfied. Completion of an academic associate degree alone does not imply that core subject requirements have been met. Even students earning an academic associate degree often need to submit their high school transcripts to verify one or more of the core subject requirements that have not otherwise been satisfied through college course work, such as math or foreign language.

College Transcripts

It is your responsibility to contact each institution to request that transcripts be sent to Admissions by the appropriate closing date.

Request one official transcripts from each collegiate institution you have ever attended regardless of whether you received college credit from that institution.

Failure to disclose and submit transcripts from all colleges attended, even if no credit was earned, may result in denial of admission or dismissal from the University.

College transcript(s) must show all coursework attempted to date with no more than one semester, or two quarters, of coursework in progress. Applicants seeking admission for autumn quarter need to submit transcripts showing work completed at least through the previous autumn quarter or semester.