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ADEA AADSAS (Associated American Dental Schools Application Service): Translation Requirements for Foreign Transcripts
Accepted through the evaluation
ADEA AADSAS asks for a credential evaluation, and WES, one of the agencies it accepts, takes certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
- eVerbary translatesCertified, usually within 24 hours
- Credential evaluationBy WES or another agency ADEA AADSAS accepts
- ADEA AADSASThe agency sends its report
$24.95per page · usually 24 h for 1–3 pages
- ATA member #273062
- Preserves the original layout
- Signed certificate of accuracy, PDF
- See the price before you pay
See a sample translation →Real order format, fictitious data
Requirements checked on November 12, 2026 from ADEA AADSAS's public pages (sources).
ADEA AADSAS, the application for DDS and DMD programs, discards foreign transcripts, even translated ones, and accepts only electronic course-by-course evaluations from World Education Services (WES) or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), ordered from the application.
WES requires English translations by a professional translator and ECE accepts any word-for-word translation, so eVerbary's certified translation fits either agency.
We translate your records; the evaluation and the report sent to ADEA AADSAS are between you and the agency.
ADEA AADSAS at a glance
Does it accept eVerbary? Yes
ADEA AADSAS takes foreign coursework only as an electronic WES or ECE evaluation (foreign transcripts); WES requires translations "completed by a professional translator" (WES translation requirements), so a certified translation from eVerbary meets it. Policy checked on November 12, 2026.
- Translation
- Through WES or ECE; transcripts discarded
- eVerbary translation
- AcceptedBy the evaluation agencies it names
- Credential evaluation
- Electronic WES or ECE course-by-course only
- Price
- $24.95 per pageNo word cap, certification included
- Delivery
- 24 hoursStandard for one to three pages
- Grades
- As recordedNever converted to a US GPA
Checked on November 12, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on ADEA AADSAS's own page before you submit.
Sample translation: a Congolese secondary school transcript
This is what an order looks like when it is delivered, with a fictitious student. The PDF starts with the signed certification page, and the translation follows the original line for line: every abbreviation is explained, stamps, seals and signatures are noted in brackets, and the grid stays the same, so an admissions officer or a credential evaluator can match it without guessing.
What to notice
- Two school years in the same grid as the original: every subject, grading period, exam and total, so each grade can be read against its maximum.
- The French rating abbreviations are translated (TB becomes VG, Very good), and every abbreviation is explained in a translator's note at the foot of the same page, including one the original never defines.
- Dates are written the US way (the original's 02/07/2015 is February 7, 2015).
- The photo, seals and signatures are noted in brackets where they appear.
Worth knowing about ADEA AADSAS
Electronic only
WES or ECE reports sent electronically; no paper evaluations listed.
Ordered in the app
Academic Records page, Official Evaluations, WES or ECE button.
Transcripts discarded
Foreign transcripts sent to ADEA AADSAS, translated or not, are thrown away.
ADEA AADSAS requirements in detail
Foreign transcripts
Not accepted; those printed in English or translated into English are discarded (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Evaluation
Most ADEA AADSAS programs require a course-by-course US equivalency report from a US-based evaluation service, sent directly to ADEA AADSAS (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Agencies
Electronic foreign evaluations from WES or ECE only (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Translation for WES
English translations by a professional translator; translations by applicants are not accepted, and WES does not translate (WES: translation requirements for a WES credential evaluation).
Translation for ECE
Any complete, literal, word-for-word translation in the original's format, or ECE's $85 Translation Waiver instead (ECE: documentation requirements).
How to order
Enter Colleges Attended first, then on Academic Records click Order next to the foreign school, select Yes for an electronic evaluation and choose WES or ECE (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Timing
Evaluation services can take several weeks once they receive your transcripts; contact one as early as possible (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Choosing WES or ECE for dental school
ADEA AADSAS accepts both, electronically (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
With WES, a professional translation is required and is uploaded in your WES account (WES: translation requirements for a WES credential evaluation).
With ECE, you may send any word-for-word translation or buy the $85 Translation Waiver, under which ECE translates for its report but gives you no translation (ECE: documentation requirements).
If you will need your degree in English again, for a dental school's own file, a state dental board or immigration, a certified translation made once serves all of those uses. Check whether any of your programs prefers one agency before ordering.
Foreign-trained dentists and ADEA AADSAS
ADEA AADSAS is the first-year DDS/DMD application. Dentists trained abroad who are applying for advanced standing in a US program usually apply through ADEA CAAPID instead, which also takes WES or ECE reports but lets each program name its required vendor.
On either service, French-language transcripts from Canadian schools count as foreign, and Caribbean medical schools are foreign even with US offices (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Need a certified translation for ADEA AADSAS?
$24.95 per page with no word cap, certification included, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages. See the price before you pay.
Documents applicants usually translate
- University transcripts and mark sheets
- Bachelor's and other degree certificates
- Science prerequisite courses taken abroad (on the transcript)
- French-language transcripts from Quebec universities
- Course descriptions, if a program reviews prerequisites
What an eVerbary translation includes
- A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
- Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
- A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
- $24.95 per page with no word cap, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
- Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.
Submitting the translation to ADEA AADSAS
For WES, upload the certified translation as PDF or JPEG from your WES account; WES does not need translations in a sealed envelope (WES: translation requirements for a WES credential evaluation). For ECE, send it under ECE's documentation requirements (ECE: documentation requirements).
WES or ECE sends the completed evaluation to ADEA AADSAS electronically; then confirm in the application that you requested it (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service or an application service: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, we cannot send transcripts on behalf of the school that issued them, and we do not submit your application.
For ADEA AADSAS that means we translate your records; the WES or ECE order and the report sent to ADEA AADSAS are between you, the agency and ADEA.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.
Frequently asked questions
Does ADEA AADSAS accept foreign transcripts?
No. They are discarded, including translated ones (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Which evaluation services does ADEA AADSAS accept?
Electronic evaluations from WES or ECE only (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Can I translate my own transcript?
Not for WES, which does not accept translations by applicants (WES: translation requirements for a WES credential evaluation). ECE allows it for standard reports (ECE: documentation requirements).
Can a paper evaluation be mailed to ADEA AADSAS?
The help center lists only electronic WES or ECE evaluations (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
How early should I start?
ADEA AADSAS says to contact an evaluation service as early as possible; processing can take several weeks after the agency has your transcripts (ADEA AADSAS Applicant Help Center: foreign and French-Canadian transcripts).
Sources
ADEA AADSAS (Associated American Dental Schools Application Service)'s own pages, read on November 12, 2026.
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