Official transcript special circumstances
If you are not able to submit official transcript(s) in a sealed envelope from your previous institution(s), you must submit a special circumstances request form along with a digital scan of your original document.
Please note that not all requests to use the special circumstances request form are granted.
High school transcripts
Read the form carefully to see if you qualify before assuming that you do not need to obtain official, sealed records. Be sure to submit your form and digital scan of your original document early, in case your request is not granted and you need to make arrangements to obtain official documents from your home country.
After you arrive in the U.S., you are required to bring the original document into our office for verification.
If you are already in the Monterey Bay area, you are required to bring your original transcript into our office when you apply and we will make a copy and verify it then.
We will only consider academic documents to be official that have been attested/certified by the school.
University transcripts
Please work directly with World Education Services (WES) if there are any special circumstances with your university level transcripts.