Questions tagged [transcript-of-records]
The transcript is a permanent record of a student's academic history at a particular institution. It includes an inventory of the courses taken and grades earned throughout a course. It often includes details such as GPA, name of degree program, minor course of study, major disciplinary actions (e.g. suspension or expulsion), or honors earned.
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Transcript of records is full of grammatical/spelling/formatting mistakes and the issuer gets angry when I inform them
Institution in a non-English-speaking country.
I do not speak the native language of that country.
I studied entirely in English language and all of my educational documents are originally issued/...
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Why don't universities reveal the extra time they give to students with disabilities when taking exams?
Many (most?) universities have a system of allowances for students with particular medical conditions/learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia and others. The most common allowance is ...
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Why transcripts instead of degree certificates?
I've been offered a few adjunct teaching positions recently, and the colleges have said that degree certificates don't count in verifying my credentials and that only academic transcripts are ...
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Can one really 'lose' old bad grades and get a fresh start?
15 years ago I was young and dumb, now I'm not as young. No way around it, I did poor in college. My grades were abysmal and were part of a period of my life that has long since passed. I'm now at a ...
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What can I do when my transcripts have mistakes?
My transcripts contain a mistake on the grade I took for a course. I applied before two months to change me the grade but the process is slow. Until now nothing has changed and I need to apply for ...
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Why would a tenure-track job posting ask for an undergraduate transcript?
Recently I came across a job posting for a (mathematics) tenure-track position that asks for both graduate and undergraduate transcripts to be submitted. While this is the first time I've had anyone ...
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What is H18 (Canada)?
I'm currently doing university level continuing education in Quebec, Canada. As part of my degree, I want to do some courses from another university online. I've talked to my chairperson, and he ...
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How do some Ws on transcripts affect PhD admissions in mathematics?
I am a senior who is graduating in December with a Bachelor's Degree in Pure math. I would really love to apply to the PhD program. However, I have been really depressed because even though I have a ...
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Redoing my bachelor’s degree for general specialisation and better GPA [closed]
I completed my Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree, in Computing Information Systems (IS) and in Information Technology (IT), respectively, at a university in Australia four years ago. Both degrees ...
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Is there a better measure of undergraduate academic performance than GPA?
An answer to a recent question about the importance of looking at a student's whole transcript got me thinking. Is there some other way of summing up a student's academic performance, other than the ...
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Getting sealed transcripts from a German university
I have a degree from a university in Germany, which I'm now trying to get evaluated by an institution in another country. This institution requires that the transcripts be sent directly from the ...
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Former professor wants an update to write a recommendation letter, should I include a bad grade?
I studied physics and computer science as an undergrad, got a master's in computer science, and now am applying for a second master's in engineering physics. So, I have emailed one of my old physics ...
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Why do universities take weeks to produce an official transcript?
I didn't graduate from a university, so this question is more on behalf of friends of mine who have had the experience of waiting for seemingly ridiculous(in my opinion) periods of time for an ...
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Do I have to submit my high school transcript if "transcripts for all current and previous post-secondary study" are required?
I want to apply for a PhD in Canada. The webpage of the university says that I have to submit "transcripts for all current and previous post-secondary study". Does that include high school ...
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My transcript has the wrong course names. How to fix this in PhD applications?
I took courses named A, B, and C during my master. They are all strongly related to the field I want to apply in, and I got top grades in them.
Due to administrative reasons, my transcript shows ...
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