U.S. TRANSCRIPTS
Arrange for PTCAS to receive a separate official
transcript from every regionally accredited U.S. college
and university you attended. PTCAS will not verify
or forward your application until all official transcripts
and other required materials are received.
TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM
Submit the PTCAS Transcript Request Form to every
regionally accredited U.S. postsecondary institution
you have attended. This form will help PTCAS properly
match your official transcripts to your PTCAS application.
If your current name differs from the name listed
on your transcript, include both your current and
former name on the Transcript Request Form.
How to Obtain the Transcript Request Form
- Login to your PTCAS application and select the
Colleges and Universities folder.
- Click the print button to download and print a
customized PDF Transcript Request form for every
college and university you attended. You will need
the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the File
(Adobe ).
- Complete each Transcript Request form and mail
to the institutions you attended. EACH PTCAS
TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM IS UNIQUE. Your
name, PTCAS ID number, and the name of the college/university
attended will automatically appear on the barcoded
form. Verify you are sending the right form to your
college or university.
- Advise the Registrar’s Office to enclose the
PTCAS Transcript Request Form with your official
sealed transcript and mail it directly to PTCAS.
If the form is not included with your transcript,
PTCAS may have difficulty matching your transcript
to your application and your application may be
delayed in processing.
TRANSCRIPT RULES
- PTCAS will not accept student-issued
transcripts or transcripts sent by an applicant.
- Transfer credit(s) appearing on a transcript
can NOT be accepted in lieu of an original transcript
from the institution where the course work was taken.
Send transcripts for all postsecondary institutions
you have attended, regardless of whether course
credit transferred to another college or university
and appears on that transcript.
- Arrange for PTCAS to RECEIVE all of your
official transcripts by the application deadline
date set by your designated PT programs.
A PT program may not consider your application for
admission if PTCAS receives your transcripts late.
PTCAS does NOT enforce transcript deadlines and
will forward your verified application to your designated
PT programs even if your transcripts arrive late.
- Use a student issued transcript to properly complete
the College Courses section of your PTCAS application.
Do NOT use your course record/schedule or memory
to complete the College Courses section.
WARNING: Your online course record, course schedule,
and college catalog may differ from your transcript.
If there are discrepancies between your application
and official transcript, your application will be
undelivered and processing will be delayed.
- It is your responsibility to verify that PTCAS
received all of your official transcripts. To check
the status of your transcripts, log into your PTCAS
application, click on the Status menu option, and
select Transcripts.
U.S. Accreditation
The PTCAS GPAs only include courses completed at
U.S. institutions recognized by one or more of the
following accreditation agencies:
- Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges
(MSA)
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges
(NEASC)
- North Central Association of Schools and Colleges
(NCA)
- Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
(NWCCU)
- Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
(SACS)
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
- Association of Theological Schools in the United
States (ATS)
If you attended an institution that is not recognized
by one of these agencies, do NOT submit the transcript
to PTCAS. Contact your designated PT programs directly
to determine if you must arrange for transcripts from
non-accredited institutions to be sent directly to
the PT program.
FALL 2008 TRANSCRIPTS
If your fall term grades will not be available until
after you apply, you must arrange for your official
fall 2008 transcripts to be sent directly to PTCAS
as soon as they are available. You can update your
courses on-line during the PTCAS "Academic
Update" window. The Academic Update window
will open on December 15, 2008, following the completion
of the fall 2008 term, and close on February 1, 2009.
It is your responsibility to submit your fall transcripts,
add any new courses completed since you first submitted
your application to PTCAS, and to edit your in-progress
and planned courses. See “2008 FALL COURSES” section.
SPRING AND SUMMER 2009 TRANSCRIPTS
Arrange for your spring and summer term 2009 transcripts
to be sent directly to your designated PT institutions,
as required. Do not send to PTCAS.
U.S. MILITARY TRANSCRIPTS
Do NOT list any military courses completed or credits
received. Forward ALL transcripts that contain military
credits or are official military transcripts to your
designated PT programs. PT program policies vary.
Please contact the institutions directly if you have
any questions.
NO TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
PTCAS does not waive transcript requirements due
to an applicant's financial obligations to a college
or university. Applicants who are unable to obtain
an official transcript from a college or university
due to extenuating circumstances must submit a signed
letter of explanation on official letterhead from
the appropriate institution or state department of
education. PTCAS will evaluate transcript waiver requests
on a case-by-case basis.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS OFFERED PT ACCEPTANCE
If you are offered and accept an offer of admission
to a PT degree program, you may be required to submit
a second set of official transcripts from every college/university
you have attended directly to the PT program prior
to matriculation. PTCAS cannot forward transcripts
to a PT program to fulfill this institutional requirement.
STUDY ABROAD
If you participated in a “Study (Education) Abroad”
program under the auspices of a US institution and
the international course work appears on the U.S.
transcript as regular itemized credit, only list the
US institution on your PTCAS application. Do NOT list
the international (foreign) institution. Arrange for
only the US transcript to be sent to PTCAS. PTCAS
will process study-abroad course work in the same
manner as US coursework.
OVERSEAS U.S. INSTITUTIONS
PTCAS recognizes “overseas US institutions” that:
- are located outside US borders,
- are regionally accredited, and
- use English as the primary language of instruction
and documentation.
If you attended an overseas US institution listed
below, report it to PTCAS in the same manner as your
US institutions by sending an official transcript
to PTCAS and listing all coursework on your PTCAS
application. US institutions with campuses overseas
(such as the University of Maryland at Munich) are
also considered US colleges for which transcripts
are required and all course work must be listed. Please
note that this list of overseas institutions is not
all-inclusive. Contact PTCAS if you have questions.
• American College in Jerusalem (closed in 1976)
• American College in Switzerland
• American College of Thessaloniki
• American University in Beirut
• American University in Bulgaria
• American University in Cairo
• American University of Paris
• American University of Rome
• Franklin College Switzerland
• Richmond American University of London
• Huron University in London
• John Cabot University in Rome
• McDaniel College in Budapest
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