High School Transcripts

what is a transcript?

A transcript is an official record that details your complete academic history (all years) while in attendance at a college, university or any postsecondary institution. These records must be sent directly to us from the issuing institution and/or examining body in a sealed, school-issued envelope and must include the following:

Dates of enrollment, courses taken and marks, grades or ratings in each subject.
Institutional grading scale or other standard(s) of evaluation.
Recent signature and date by a school official and must include an original institutional seal. Accepted signatures include: the Registrar, Dean, Principal, Controller of Examinations, Ministry of Education, or another appropriate school official/office (varies by country).

some schools do not accept the following:

Documents certified by a notary public, translator or commissioner of oaths.
Photocopies or other duplications of a record such as notarized copies, faxed or scanned documents.

Documents by a university must be official in order to be considered. Any document considered “official” is in a stamped and sealed envelope from the post-secondary institution. Any other forms of the documents will not be accepted.

requesting and submitting high school transcripts to cuny

graduates from nyc public schools

If you’ve entered your OSIS number on the application, CUNY will retrieve an electronic copy of your high school record.

If you did not enter your OSIS number, please contact our Help Desk for Students. If you are currently attending a NYC Charter School, please request an official transcript to be sent to transcripts@cuny.edu by your guidance counselor.

graduates from other high schools

Request an official transcript from your high school to be sent to transcripts@cuny.edu. Your school can email us an official transcript or if your school uses Naviance, you can request your transcript by adding “The City University of New York (CUNY)” to your list of schools to which you’ve applied.

If you are currently attending or have graduated from a Missionary or other American private school, your school must meet CUNY standards for school accreditation. If your high school does not meet accreditation standards, you will be required to take the High School Equivalency test. See the High School Equivalency section below.

graduates from a foreign school (outside the u.s.)

If you are currently attending or have graduated from a United States-administered American, International, or Department of Defense school, you can request an official transcript from your high school to be sent to transcripts@cuny.edu.

If you are sending a transcript through SCOIR, send it only to one CUNY College, and all the other ones the student applied to, will have access to that transcript.

All transcripts and associated documents must be translated. Please review the CUNY Translation Guidelines for more information.

requesting and submitting high school transcripts to SUNY

Requesting and submitting a transcript varies between SUNY schools, so the process of requesting a transcript requires that the students visits the SUNY school's website to find the relevant information.

requesting and submitting high school transcripts to private schools

Requesting and submitting a transcript varies between private schools, so the process of requesting a transcript requires that the students visits the SUNY school's website to find the relevant information.