Fordham University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Fordham requirements in detail

GSAS: certified translation, encouraged evaluation

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences asks for transcripts from post-secondary institutions in English or with a certified English translation.

For transcripts from outside the US, Canada, Australia, Ireland and the UK it strongly encourages a course-by-course credential evaluation, and for the PhD programs in Psychology the evaluation is required and cannot be waived (GSAS international students).

GSAS offers a discounted, expedited evaluation from The Evaluation Company through its own request form, and also names WES and ECE, but any NACES member will do.

The evaluation is uploaded to the application with the original transcript and usually takes two to four weeks.

A waiver may be considered for a four-year bachelor's transcript written in English, with every course, credit and grade and a grading key; that route is closed if your transcript is not in English.

The agencies set their own translation rules.

The Evaluation Company accepts outside translators only if they are certified by the American Translators Association; WES accepts a professional translation and refuses applicant translations; ECE accepts a word-for-word translation, even the applicant's own, and sells a translation waiver.

Gabelli and three-year degrees

The Gabelli School of Business requires an official transcript evaluation from applicants whose undergraduate or graduate degree comes from a non-US university, with exceptions for Canada, Australia, Ireland, the UK and certain partner schools; it accepts WES, ECE or any NACES member (Gabelli international students).

At GSAS, a three-year bachelor's degree from a Bologna Process member institution makes you eligible to apply; from anywhere else, you need a course-by-course evaluation from a NACES or AICE member (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: international students).

Undergraduate: transcripts from the school, translations on request

Fordham's undergraduate international page asks for three full years of courses and grades plus the current year, sent through the Common Application or by email by the school or counselor; transcripts sent by students are not accepted.

It does not set a translation rule, but says admissions may request additional credentials or translations through the applicant portal checklist (international first-year).

Transfer applicants may upload unofficial university transcripts themselves at application. Coursework completed at an international university must be evaluated by WES or another NACES member to be considered for transfer credit (international transfer).

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts and degree certificates (graduate)
• Records for the course-by-course evaluation
• Bank statements and other AFCOE financial documents
• Secondary school transcripts, if admissions asks for a translation

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 Fordham

• GSAS applicants upload transcripts with their certified translations, and any evaluation together with the original transcript, to the online application; after accepting an offer, financial documents for the AFCOE go in with certified translations (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: international students).

• Undergraduate transcripts reach Fordham from the school through the Common Application or by email; translations requested later appear on your applicant portal checklist (Undergraduate admission: international students).

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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