<p>My son is applying for an alumni scholarship, with the application going straight to the house of the person in charge of the local scholarship for an out of state university. It asks for a 6 semester transcript. Do we just send the transcript that was current as of the beginning of the past fall semester? What about any dating on the transcript?</p>
<p>Without knowing more:</p>
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<li><p>Six semesters would include the recently completed (I assume) Fall, 2010 semester and would not end at the Spring, 2010 semester.</p></li>
<li><p>RE: Dating. From your description, I assume that the scholarship committee (person) wants a school certified transcript, not your copy of the most recent six semester report card.</p></li>
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<p>Unless the student attends summer school, they are the same transcript. If the student completed junior year in spring 2010 and received a transcript on the last day of school with their report card, they would have 6 semesters of grades. If they got the transcript on the first day of school, fall 2010, it would be the same transcript.</p>
<p>However, I agree that the scholarship committee is most likely looking for a signed, sealed official transcript from the school.</p>
<p>I would send whatever transcript is available now–which more likely than not has fall semester grades on it. I think their point is that they want to see at the very least your grades from freshman through junior year. </p>
<p>As for whether it needs to be an official transcript–at our school, any teacher or administrator can print you out an unofficial transcript. It looks just like the official one, without the certifications. The official transcript must come from the registrar’s office, is signed, affixed with a seal and put in a sealed envelope. Official transcripts take more time to send out and cost a little money. </p>
<p>Many of the scholarships that the kids apply for will accept an unofficial one (the money adds up–some kids apply for 20-30 scholarships). You might want to check with the scholarship people to see if the transcript needs to be an official one.</p>