Academic Transcripts and Transcript Certificates: What Are They?

An official document with comparable value to other credential documents is the academic transcript. such as report cards, grade sheets, certification declarations, etc. The required transcript of records contained information about the student's bio, their institution, their courses, their grades, their performance, etc.

1. What are Academic Transcripts & Transcript Certificate?



What is an Academic Transcript?
The academic transcript is an official instrument or document that has similar values to other
credential documents. Like Grade cards, mark sheets, Declaration of educational certification,
etc. The necessary transcript of record included student bio-data, Institutional information,
courses, grades, performance, etc.
An academic Transcript is an official document that records the performance of the student.
But despite this, there are requirements according to the country’s law and regulations of
their need for an Academic transcript. Let’s understand what an academic transcript is in
India.

2. What is a Degree Transcript?
The transcript of the Degree is legitimate proof of completing a course. Which is official
documentation required while one requires to study for a Master. The official transcript seal
is marked on the transcript or degree to make it authentic. In India, there is no basic
difference between the Degree Transcript and Degree. Both are used as proof of completion
of a course whether it’s a graduate or master’s.

What is an Academic Transcript in India?
There are various names of academic transcripts in India. The list of similar documents like
transcript mentioned below:
1. Mark List
2. Report Card
3. Diploma Supplement
4. Grade Card
5. Transcript of Records (ToR)
6. Cumulative Record Transcript
7. Academic Transcript of Academic session
8. Mark sheets
Well, the academic transcript in India is similar to the other various credential certificates in
India. This could be the mark list which contains the mark of the mandatory subjects and
Report cards which are academic results during preschool.

What Does an Academic Transcript Contain?
An overview of the academic transcript format usually included the Name of the Academic
University, Accreditation, name of the student, parents, Date of birth, Year of graduation,
Roll number of the student, Name of the Degree, Duration of the Course taken, and List of
Courses.
Other than this Marks/ grades obtained in all courses, and the total aggregate of the marks
obtained. These are some factors which are included in the academic record or academic
transcript format. Well, this followed in the academic transcript in India.

3. What is a Transcript of Records (TOR)?
The Transcript of Records contains three following factors. First, Courses are taken by the
student. Second, a number of credits or grades have been given. Third, The number of
examinations passed in a particular course or subject.
The additional information contains the grades and the duration of the courses taken. Thus,
this is called the Transcript of Records or TOR. The student always asks a basic question.
Why does one need a TOR? Let discuss;

Why is a Transcript of Records Necessary?
The Transcript of Records plays an important role during the admission process in any
university. Thus, it contains the basic information and bio-data of the student and academic
performance. There are some points to consider while examining the Academic Transcript of
Records, Those are as follows;
a. Legitimation: The transcript of records provides a genuine validation of the student’s
academic performance records. Whether regarding the courses or grades of the courses.
b. Uni-Grading Scale: Every country has its own grading system. On the basis of that, each
individual is evaluated. Although, the Transcript of Records confirms the legitimacy of the
grades and provides flexibility to measure in terms of the respective country grading system.
c. Measure and conversion: The Transcript of Records is used to measure the grading of
scores obtained by the student according to the country’s own grading system. In short, the
TOR helps to convert the numbers and grades to the respective country’s grading systems to
complete the process of admission.
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Academic Transcript Format (ATF)
In this section, get to know the content included in an actual academic transcript. This is only
an academic transcript sample, to give an idea. What is an ATF? And what does it include?
Let’s discuss the various sections included in the Academic Transcript Format, Those are as
follows:

4. • The header of the Academic Transcript contains information about the University or
institution. The Academic Transcript could be in the size of a Letter, or Legal format. The
header included the name, affiliation, address, contact information, and logo.
• After the header, the title of the document is the Academic Transcript and the name of the
program is undertaken by the student. The student bio-data includes the name, ID number,
Certificate number, Faculty, Major, and Level of study.
• After the title section, the detail of the subjects per semester with code and grades. This
depends on the university to represent the courses according to the semesters. The only
similarity is that the information is shown in a tabular form.
• The end of the section included the thesis title, grade blueprint, abbreviations, and detail of
necessary signatures in the Academic transcript.

Academic Transcript Types and Needed According to the Courses
Academic Transcripts are of two types. One is Official Transcripts and the other is unofficial
Transcripts.
• The Official Transcripts are the detailed record of academic performance reports. It included
the basic details of the student’s academic achievements. These transcripts are either mailed
or issued officially.
• Unofficial transcripts are transcripts which on a provisional basis cannot be used to seek
admission without official transcripts. After a period the validity of the transcripts expired
before getting any official transcripts.
Need for the transcript according to the courses:
The official transcript needs according to the degree courses. Well, a student is starting to
acquire a transcript before even getting admission to a university. The academic transcript of
the high school curriculum is the first academic transcript acquired by the student. Which is
required to submit at the time of university entrance admission.
After completing an undergraduate degree, the student receives another transcript which is a
university academic transcript. It is required for the Master’s courses. For P.hd. both the
master’s and graduate academic transcripts are required as also the academic transcript of
high school curriculum.

5. How To Get an Academic Transcripts Certificate (ATC)?
In this section get to know. How to earn an ATC? The transcript is an important part of the
admission process and used for life long. This is used as a credential value or accreditation as
long as the individual lives.
9. One needs to complete a course or degree to get a transcript from the university. The
transcript is issued from the respective institution or university. Other than the university no
other institution is authorized to issue a transcript.
10. After the completion of the degree or course required to pass the exams. After the result, a
provisional certificate is issued and mark sheets are given which are the official academic
transcript of India.
11. After 3-4 months approx. the official academic transcript degree is issued by the university.
The Academic transcript and the academic transcript of high school curriculum are getting
official when the board of the respective educational curriculum has marked it with a seal,
stamp, and signature.

How to Send an Official Academic Transcript to Universities?
In this article, one can understand the most head-smashing work of sending the transcripts to
the universities properly. Although many students think that this is easy work, sending the
transcripts to the university is quite a dignified and impressive process of work. Like emailing
a C.V. to a recruiter. One should know the proper way to send a transcript to a university.
Sending transcripts required expertise. And every country has its own requirements and
document verification procedure, here list top 3 of the best countries “do’s “for sending the
academic transcript, given below:

Send an Official Transcript to US Universities
There are three ways to send the official transcript to US universities; those are Common
Application or Coalition Application, & Parchment or University of California System.
1. Coalition Application
This is a portal which enrolls more than 800 universities across the country of the USA. And
a native or international student can use this application to get quick access to the various

6. universities. The academic transcript can be sent directly through these portals. The
international student has the facility to send the academic transcript online.
2. Parchment
This requires the student to use minimal effort to send an academic transcript to a university.
One needs to place the order and tell them to send the transcript to the desired university.
When a university receives the transcript they will notify the individual and upload it into the
server for the colleges.
3. University of California
The University of California has its own system to get and send transcripts to the
universities. It has its own platform or portal to get the transcript and other documents like
LOR, SOP, Resume, etc.

Send an Official Transcript to UK Universities
The majority of the UK universities use the UCAS system. The system is similar to the
coalition portal. UCAS let us use and apply to multiple universities at the same time. The
database is centralized for holding the necessary documents. It uses the qualification system
to evaluate the student’s academic transcript.

Send an Official Transcript to Canadian Universities
There is a system WES which is used by Canadian universities. Which is governed by
provinces. The system is a little old-fashioned and uses straightforward lengthy methods.
International students might need to send the official academic transcript online or through
posting mail. Then the institution will be considered according to the province’s rules and
regulations. The World Education Services is the full form of WES.

Document Required Sending Along With Academic Transcript
The application for admission not only asks for the academic transcript but also several other
documents to complete the admission process. Here is the checklist for the necessary
documents given below:
The checklist for necessary documents with academic transcripts

7. • Completed application form and application fee
• Transcript of records
• Backlog certificate
• English language proficiency test scores
• Entrance test scores such as SAT/ ACT/ GRE/ GMAT
• Statement of Purpose
• Letters of Recommendation
• CV
• Personal essay
• Copy of passport
• Financial documents

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