Cabrillo College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Cabrillo requirements in detail

Admission: translated scans, no evaluation

Cabrillo's international admission requirements ask for transcripts from every high school and college you attended, plus a copy of any diploma or certificate not shown on the transcript.

Transcripts must be translated into English and may be sent as scanned copies, and an evaluation is not required for admission.

Bank statements must already be in English and dated within six months, and the file needs proof of $26,000 for a year of study (plus $4,000 per F-2 dependent).

If your high school diploma does not appear on the transcript, translate it as well, since Cabrillo asks for both. F-1 students already in the US send their US college transcripts electronically or in a sealed envelope (International student admission requirements).

Credit for college work abroad: the counselor packet

For credit, Cabrillo's foreign transcript information sheet asks you to give a counselor three things: official transcripts including an English translation, detailed course descriptions or the college catalog in English, and an official evaluation from any NACES member with course-by-course reports and semester unit equivalencies, delivered to Cabrillo in a sealed envelope.

The counselor, the International Student Office, Articulation and departments review the file and place a written evaluation of accepted courses in your counseling record.

The sheet suggests seeing a counselor before paying for an evaluation.

The evaluation is advisory for transfer: your university does its own, foreign transcripts do not count for Cal-GETC (except waiving the language requirement), IGETC or CSU GE, and the UC and CSU systems rarely admit students for a second bachelor's degree.

Where Cabrillo's pages differ

The admission requirements list official transcripts from all high schools and colleges, translated into English.

The international FAQ asks applicants not to send foreign college transcripts for credit, because Cabrillo cannot evaluate them, and to contact an evaluation service instead.

Read together: translated transcripts go with the application, and the credit evaluation comes from the agency.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school transcripts and diploma or leaving certificate
• College or university transcripts and degree certificates
• Course descriptions or college catalog pages, for credit
• Letter of support from a sponsor, if written in another language

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 Cabrillo

• Send the translated transcripts as scanned copies with the online application and the other documents, by email to the International Student Program (International student admission requirements).

• For credit, the NACES agency's sealed report, your translated transcripts and the English course descriptions go to a Cabrillo counselor (Foreign transcript information (linked from cabrillo.edu)).

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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