Boise State University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Boise State requirements in detail

Undergraduates: admitted on unofficial copies, then the originals

Boise State lets international first-year and transfer applicants be reviewed on unofficial transcripts, uploaded with the application or emailed afterwards, as long as each is in English or accompanied by a certified, word-for-word English translation (first-year admission).

If admitted that way, you send official transcripts at the start of your first semester and cannot register for the second semester until they arrive.

Official transcripts must come sealed by the issuing institution with its stamp across the seal, or through an approved electronic service; email, fax and uploads are not official.

Attested copies are accepted only if the university's registrar or examination office attests them; attestations by professors, affiliated colleges or notaries are refused (transfer admission).

Whenever you send a certified translation, the official original-language transcript goes with it.

Graduate applicants: official documents first

For graduate admission, International Admissions forwards your file to the department only once it has official transcripts or marksheets from every post-secondary institution and proof of each degree (graduate admission).

Documents not in English need a certified, literal English translation together with the original. Many programs add their own requirements, such as GRE scores or letters.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school transcripts or marksheets
• University transcripts or marksheets
• Degree certificates (proof of degree)
• Grading scale or legend

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 exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload.
• $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, 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.

Uploading the translation to Boise State

• Undergraduates upload unofficial transcripts and translations with the application or email them to International Admissions; official documents go by mail or an approved electronic service (Boise State: international first-year admission). eVerbary can email the translation directly to International Admissions on request, or mail it in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with the office's address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for Boise State.

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and upload it with the copy of the original wherever the institution asks for it.

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