CONQUERING CAS: Transcripts

Yes, transcripts.

This process is surprisingly a little bit complicated.

In regards to timing for your application, transcripts can definitely hold the process up because you have to wait for transcripts to arrive from different institutions.

You have to wait for them to be matched by the CAS and then verified.

And so it's really important that every student orders them correctly.

And so this podcast is our attempt to try and help with that.

So I think one of the biggest mistakes is when an applicant does not realize that you have to send transcripts for every single institution that you have ever attended or received academic credit from.

Yes, this includes that random high school slash community college course you took where you received dual credit.

This can also include a random summer class that you took at a community college or online.

And even if those classes were transferred to your main institution where you're getting your bachelor's degree from, the CAS is still going to need the original institution's transcript.

So it's wise to map out your academic history and make sure that you are ordering transcripts from every institution.

Because if they go to verify it and they see an institution that they don't have a transcript for, they will notify you and that can delay your verification.

So under the academic history quadrant, when you're in your application, you will list all of the institutions that you've ever attended.

And again, remember, don't forget that one random class that you took in high school or during the summer.

That will still need to be listed as its own institution.

After you do that, you can go to the left-hand side, and there's a button, and it's called Academic Records.

And you should see all the institutions listed there, and then each one of them will have an order button next to it.

So then when you hit order, it will ask you if that institution does electronic transcripts.

And you can find that out usually through your institution's registrar's website.

It should say on there how they'll send it.

Typically, it's going to be a service called Parchment or National Clearinghouse.

Those are the two most common ones that do electronic delivery.

And if that's true, you'll say yes, and then you'll choose one.

And then it will generate a code for you to copy and instructions about how to order through there.

And you want to make sure you include that code with your order because that's how they will match the transcript with your application.