Foreign Transcript Evaluation Information 1.17.1

Students who have completed college or university level courses outside of the United States and are requesting credit at Cabrillo College, must submit the following documents to a Cabrillo College Counselor. It is the responsibility of the student to provide all required documentation.

1. Official Transcripts - including English translation.
2. Detailed Course Descriptions or College Catalog - in English.
3. Official Transcript Evaluation - Transcript evaluations must be completed by one of the following Credential Evaluation Services. Reports must include Course-by-Course Reports with semester unit equivalencies:

Your documents will be reviewed by the International Student Office, your counselor, Office of Articulation and/or campus Division/Departments. A written evaluation of the courses accepted for AA/AS and/or Certificate of Proficiency will be placed in your counseling file.

Foreign Transcript Evaluation for Transfer

Students planning to transfer should follow the evaluation instruction above. Please keep in mind that the evaluation is advisory only. Your transferring university will do an evaluation when you apply for admission and determine which classes will be accepted. Also, please keep in mind the following information:

• Foreign transcripts cannot be used towards IGETC General Education certification (other than waiving the foreign language requirement).
• Foreign transcripts cannot be used towards CSU General Education certification.
• Foreign transcripts may be used to satisfy university specific requirements. However, this is done on a cas-be0case basis at the discretion of the transferring university. Some universities are not able to evaluate your records prior to receiving an application for admission.

Additional Information

• The UC system rarely accepts students for a second Bachelor's Degree (BA) and encourages students who have the equivalent of a US Bachelor's degree to apply for graduate studies. To be considered for a 2^nd BA, students must be studying a different subject area than the first degree.
• Many of the CSU schools do accept second BA applicants; however, students will have to take all or most of the General Education courses, depending on the school.
• In general, English courses taken outside the United States cannot be used towards college credit.
• College Source Online is a good resource when researching foreign universities.

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