Started bachelor's abroad. Forum

[BillsFan9907]

I started my bachelor's degree in Australia but finished in the USA. Do I have to get a transcript from my first foreign school?

[théo]

You need to send it to LSAC. They will process it and convert your grades into the US gpa system.

[BillsFan9907]

You need to send it to LSAC. They will process it and convert your grades into the US gpa system.

Thank you

[iShotFirst]

I did it a year ago so I dont recall about options, etc, but just send it to LSAC. They will accept it.

My Masters is from Australia.

[LeDique]

Call LSAC and ask. HTH.

[EstboundNDwn]

I have a Masters Degree from a foreign country. My BA is from the US.

Do I send this transcript out individually to the schools? I am under the impression LSAC only takes transcripts for US MAs.

I recently had to deal with this. I e-mailed LSAC with the information, they generated a transcript request form, and I paid for the transcript to be sent to LSAC.

The whole process from requesting a transcript, LSAC receiving the transcript, processing, posting, and sending the transcript to schools took almost 6 weeks. This was obviously much longer than my UG transcripts.

On the bright side, out of the 9 schools I applied to only 1 requested my MA transcripts.

[BillsFan9907]

So are you saying it isn't automatically sent to the schools via LSAC?

[théo]

You need to send it to LSAC. They will process it and convert your grades into the US gpa system.

There is no option to send a non-US sponsored foreign masters transcript.

I believe there is. I just did this in the fall, and I printed a cover sheet from the LSAC website.

[EstboundNDwn]

On the bright side, out of the 9 schools I applied to only 1 requested my MA transcripts.

So are you saying it isn't automatically sent to the schools via LSAC?

It's sent via LSAC, it just takes forever. I originally didn't even include my MA transcripts, because I was in a hurry, and most schools didn't require them since it wasn't a US grad school. LSAC doesn't even process these transcripts under the usual graduate school section, they're processed as an international institution.

[BillsFan9907]

It's sent via LSAC, it just takes forever. I originally didn't even include my MA transcripts, because I was in a hurry, and most schools didn't require them since it wasn't a US grad school. LSAC doesn't even process these transcripts under the usual graduate school section, they're processed as an international institution.

Did they convert the grades to American style, or leave them as is.

[théo]

You need to send it to LSAC. They will process it and convert your grades into the US gpa system.

[BillsFan9907]

You printed a cover sheet and sent it in along with your transcript or you sent it to your institution to send along with your transcript?

Where can I find this cover sheet?

[EstboundNDwn]

It's sent via LSAC, it just takes forever. I originally didn't even include my MA transcripts, because I was in a hurry, and most schools didn't require them since it wasn't a US grad school. LSAC doesn't even process these transcripts under the usual graduate school section, they're processed as an international institution.

Did they convert the grades to American style, or leave them as is.

They left the grades as they were. I went to a British school, so they also included an additional sheet with a box that detailed the GPA equivalents; and since England also has different classes of degrees (first honors, 2:1, 2:2, etc.) they included a box detailing those US equivalents.