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The college Admissions & Records Office must have your official transcripts on file in order to validate any approved course passalongs or substitutions submitted by the counselor. Official transcripts are only required if you will be using courses from other institutions to obtain an Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý degree or certificate. 

Contact the institution you attended, or the evaluation agency you used for international coursework, and request they send your transcripts directly to Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý's main Admissions & Records Office. Electronic transcripts should be sent to: @email . Do not have your transcripts sent to Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý International. 

A counselor can review coursework completed at other .

Bring the following to your counseling appointment:

• College transcript 
  • For review purposes, you may bring an unofficial copy
• Course descriptions from the college/university catalog 
  • Course descriptions are not needed for courses completed at California Community Colleges 
• Course syllabus 
  • Required for English composition and critical thinking courses completed at non-California community colleges.

You may be referred to a program department chair if the courses need to be evaluated for associate degree or certificate major requirements.

Students who have completed courses from an accredited university outside the United States may be able to apply the course credits toward an associate degree or certificate at Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý. This does not include Associate Degrees for Transfer (AD-Ts).

Before meeting with a counselor to review coursework, the student must have their academic records evaluated course by course (comprehensive evaluation) by a

International coursework will NOT satisfy general education (GE) requirements for: English Composition, Oral Communication and Critical Thinking, American Institutions (U.S. History), and university transfer GE requirements. The transferability of international courses will be determined by the transfer institution.

Bring the following to your counseling appointment:

• Your evaluated transcripts from a CTC approved agency
  • For review purposes, you may bring an unofficial copy 
• Course descriptions from the college/university catalog 

You may be referred to a program department chair if the courses need to be evaluated for associate degree or certificate major requirements.

International Baccalaureate (IB) exams may be used to meet Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý degree requirements.  View our college catalog to learn more. The section on IB exams is located under "Scholastic Policies." 

If you wish to review your exam scores with the ISS counselor, bring a copy of your scores to your counseling appointment. 

If your IB exams will be used to meet Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý degree requirements, you must request that your official scores be sent directly to the college Admissions & Records Office. 

Once you have been admitted to Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý International, you can schedule an appointment with a counselor for course evaluation. Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý counselors can only evaluate your transcripts or exam scores for Â鶹Æƽ⴫ý degrees and certificates. 

Schedule an appointment with the International Student Services Counselor:

ISS Virtual Assistance

Bring all necessary documents to your appointment otherwise you may need to reschedule. 

NOTE: If you are not an F-1 Visa international student, but you have international coursework you would like evaluated, contact the General Counseling Office.