Transcript Of Records - A Consolidated Record Of Your Bachelor's Degree
The Transcript of Records is a consolidated list of all the courses and grades of your Bachelor’s degree. Your bachelor’s institute, on request, provides the Transcript of Records or TOR. This is one of the essential documents while applying for any master’s course. In the US, it may also be referred to as a ‘Cumulative Record File’ (CRF), ‘Permanent Record’, or simply ‘Record’.
Transcript of Records - A Consolidated Record of Your Bachelor's degree
The Transcript of Records is a consolidated list of all the courses and grades of your Bachelor’s degree. Your bachelor’s institute, on request, provides the Transcript of Records or TOR. This is one of the essential documents while applying for any master’s course. In the US, it may also be referred to as a ‘Cumulative Record File’ (CRF), ‘Permanent Record’, or simply ‘Record’.
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- Your Transcript of Records (TOR) is different from a grade card.
- Contact your bachelor’s university/institute and request them to prepare the transcripts for you.
- Order as many Transcript of Records as the number of universities that you are planning to apply to.
- The institute may charge you a certain fee for your Transcript of Records depending on the number of transcripts you have ordered.
- A general transcript in the USA has the signature of the school/university official on the school/university letterhead and has an official seal.
- The transcripts must have your full name, your institution/university’s full name and the field in which you pursued your bachelor’s degree the Board of Education.
- Apart from this, the transcripts must mainly have information on all courses taken, all grades received, all honours achieved by the student (not necessary always).
- The Transcript of Records must indicate the overall grade. Ideally, it should also mention the credit system and the grading system.
- If your transcripts do not have the credit system, ask for your University to provide an official document stating the credit system for the subjects you took and the grading system used for the examinations.
- Usually, you will be sending your Transcript of Records along with your application. However, for a few universities, you may be asked to upload the scanned copy of the transcript.
- There may also be cases where your bachelor’s university/ institute might have to post the transcripts themselves in a sealed envelope. that You can communicate with your Bachelor’s Institute/University for the same.
- Universities may not accept the notarized copies of transcripts. It is always recommended to send the original transcript .
