Transcripts
Official Transcripts vs Unofficial Transcripts
For admission for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs we will need official transcripts. We ask for this because there is no other way to confirm the validity of your grades.
So, what’s the difference?
Official Transcripts-sent directly from YOUR PREVIOUS SCHOOL to our university. Not “touched” by you.
Unofficial Transcripts-sent by YOU to our university
Transcript Evaluations
Sometimes your admissions counselor will ask you for a transcript evaluation. This can be for several reasons:
- Scholarship eligibility
- Transferring Credits
- Determining Official GPA
Graduate Students
You are required to submit a transcript evaluation. You will need one that evaluates your transcript for:
US degree equivalency and GPA
Undergrad Students
If you are interested in getting an academic scholarship you will need a transcript evaluation for US degree equivalency and GPA. If you are not interested in being eligible we do not require the evaluation.
Transfer Students
It is very rare that we accept international transfer credits – especially at the graduate level. However if you are interested in seeing if your classes would transfer you would also need to ask the evaluators to do a course-by-course evaluation.
There are lots of different transcript evaluation services. Our university accepts transcripts from any service approved by NACES. Some options include:
Translations-
If your transcript is in another language you are required to submit both the official transcript and its English translation. If the institution you attend/attended does not provide an English translation with the official transcript, you must obtain a certified English translation before submitting your application.
Following these steps will ensure the validity of your transcript:
Secure an official transcript from your institution in a sealed envelope.
Submit your unopened official transcript to the translator.
Ask the translator to prepare an official English translation.
Ask the translator to provide you with one sealed envelope containing both your original transcript and its English translation. The back of the envelope must contain the translator’s signature to reflect the unaltered, true contents.
Mail the unopened envelope to:
Northwest University
RE: Admissions
5520 108th AVE NE
Kirkland, WA 98033