Hi everyone-
My sibling is a high school senior applying to college and just submitted his official transcript to the college that he’s applying early action to. We just realized that our parents’ names appearing on his transcript are different from their legal names (only their first names); they have used their preferred English nicknames for as long as they can remember, so we absentmindedly passed them as they appear in his high school’s system. Should we call the college and let them know? He isn’t qualified for financial aid, so we’re thinking it should be fine, but we’re just worried that if he’s accepted and if the college enrollment process requires their legal names, they might rescind his acceptance based on “false” information. Any insight, please?
Thanks a lot!
Nothing to worry about. It’s more important your sibling have his info correct.
@Erin’s Dad Thank you so much for your quick response! Yes, his information is completely correct as they named him so when he was born–no need for an alternative name at all. My parents are immigrants, so they’ve used their preferred first names for decades, which caused our oversight. We were mainly worried that we wouldn’t have a valid, “legal” document to prove their use of preferred names even though their last names are the same. I hope this won’t pose any trouble! Thank you for your reassurance.
I do not understand how Nick names are on transcripts when you list provide identification when you register children for school
@sybbie719 High school records are transferred from their corresponding K-8 schools, and my parents used their nicknames when they registered my brother into the district when he started kindergarten. They of course provided IDs and all that and their legal names were in their system alongside their nicknames, but the nicknames were mistakenly chosen to be represented on the transcript, which makes sense… at least in my hometown! They all knew my parents’ nicknames (and the legal first names were always in the parentheses), and they were more known by their last names (e.g. Mr./Mrs. Smith), so they never had trouble with that.