I attended a university in a foreign country 3 years ago and decided to drop out to move to America with my family. I don’t know that I need to have the transcript (or academic record) back then since all the courses are not transferable to American universities. After moving to the US, I went to a community college and fulfilled all the requirements to transfer to a UC (my gpa is 3.96). I am also in the TAG program with UCI. However, the application said I had to include all the school that I attended, including foreign university, so I did. But my foreign university do not certify my academic record since I dropped out from the school and did not complete the degree. My family tried to explain the situation to them but they are just too arrogant and do not listen. What should I do now if I get admitted and do not have the transcript?
You need to ask your counselors at the CCC. If UCI wants your records, they will want the records.
Who did your family try to explain the situation to, the US school or the foreign one? Have you talked to the advisers at the school you’re currently attending?
You need to get them one. If most won’t be transferable, it won’t affect anything, and if some are transferable, I’m sure admissions won’t give it much weight.
Even though you dropped out a transcript still exists because you enrolled in courses. I don’t think any advisor is being arrogant. You listed a school and by law they want the transcript. You should be addressing with the UC how to handle this. They’re experts at these sorts of things.
I am not sure who was being “arrogant” but if it is the foreign school, I’d talk to the UC about it. They can definitely help you with this. Which country was your previous school in?
@austinmsauri The foreign one. I asked my relatives in my home country to get the transcript for me, but the foreign school doesn’t want to certify my academic record. I talked to many counselors at my community college and they said I need to get the transcript and should be able to get it.
@HeyItsNick My previous school was in Vietnam. I studied a different major back then, so I’m sure they are not transferable.
At this point, your only option is to contact UCI directly and explain the entire situation to them. It is not a matter if the courses transfer or not - in fact, I would not even bring that up with UCI - it is simply that the school in Vietnam refuses to give the transcript. Your community college counselors would be little help in this situation as they low interaction with international schools in comparison to the UCs themselves.
All transcripts are required. No matter how old or what country they are from. You will need to get a specific waiver from the university that you are applying to. That is the only place that can waive this. If you do get a waiver, be sure to have that information in writing ao you can save that letter forever.
When my husband needed his foreign transcript, he had to communicate with that university directly himself. A friend of his was able to go to the university to give the transcript office a pre-paid and pre-addressed DHL envelope so that the transcript could be sent for evaluation by WES. Part of your problem might be that the request came from your relatives and not from you. Find out if your relatives need to have a formal power of attorney to do this job, or if you need to have your request notarized. There might be some step of the process that you have accidentally missed.
Right, YOU need to contact the former college. And provide any confirmation that they request, to prove you’re you. A phone call can clarify what they want.
I think you all are expecting too much from a foreign university based on your perceptions of how Western universities work.
There is a chance that the former college will refuse to give the transcript however ethically wrong we find that to be.
Regardless, OP, your only option is to contact UCI directly and explain the situation. Let us know what they say, it may help others.