College classes transcripts

I was just wondering how you send transcripts from college classes you have taken in high school to universities you are planning on applying. Do you order a high school and college transcript for each school you plan on applying to? If so, is this true even if they have a common application too (like the UCs)? And to clarify, you send all the transcripts together directly through mail to the university, correct?

In general, you don’t send. In the case of your HS, your GC sends as part of the Secondary School Report. For college courses that do not appear on your HS transcript, you request the transcript to be sent by the registrar directly to the schools applying.

As to when to send the transcripts, check with the requirements for the college. Most colleges require transcripts when you apply. Most UCs only require transcripts from accepted students.

I know nothing about California schools. When you do dual enrollment you do have to have your high school send your transcript (which they probably automatically do utilizing your school system of letting them know where your applying). For most of my daughter’s schools it was done through naviance but she had 2 that wanted transcripts mailed. They also required an updated transcript after 1st quarter for some and after first semester for all. At the end of the senior year the school you have accepted needs your final transcript by x date. At our school this was all done automatically through high school guidance and mostly naviance. When the high school put info on naviance for schools they included class rank and gpa etc.

One thing that @skieurope said that wasn’t quite accurate for us is that all 8 schools my daughter applied to wanted to see the college transcript from the college. It didn’t matter if the classes were part of the high school transcript as well. All the schools required an actual transcript from the college. My daughter had to pay for and request an official transcript to give the high school guidance counselor. It couldn’t be opened by my daughter and needed to be signed/sealed even though the guidance counselor was already aware of all her classes/grades. Again the high school guidance counselor was able to put in on naviance for most schools and send to the remaining schools. She did this right after school started her senior year for her senior transcript and after the first semester. For the final transcript from the college dd knew where she was going so had it directly sent to the college. Her college uses a transcript clearing house so the one directly to the college was sent by some official email straight to the other college registrar’s office.

Also since dd was taking all dual enrollment classes she didn’t have any 1st quarter grades. She had a college call to say they couldn’t process her application until the 1st quarter grades were official. After learning that dd was all dual enrollment I’m not sure what happened but she was officially accepted contingent on anticipated grades from the first semester as well as second semester.

Right. My daughter had to contact the college that offered the dual enrollment class, and have their transcript forwarded to her college.

That’a also how my own school does it.

UC’s do not require HS or College transcripts until you have been admitted and enrolled. You self-report your HS and college grades on the UC application.

From the UC Website:::
Admitted freshman applicants:

You must arrange to have an official, final high school transcript (showing your date of graduation) and any college/university official transcripts sent to the campus where you plan to enroll. Unless a campus requests it, do not send a sixth- or seventh-semester transcript.

@Mom2Girls2 Thanks for setting me straight.

I applied to colleges last fall after doing dual enrollment. I sent all the college transcripts directly to the colleges I applied through the college student portal (the one you use to sign up for classes, view final grades, etc. there should be an option to “order official transcript”). You can have the college transcripts sent directly to the other colleges through mail or pdf. It will probably cost about $5-$10 per college.

Also, I called every college to make sure they had the college transcripts I sent in my file because that’s not a document most high school students send and it was helpful to make sure they added it.

Your high school counselor should also send your high school transcript.

Thank you everyone for the input