Los Rios Community College District (American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake, Sacramento City): Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Los Rios requirements in detail

One district, four document lists

Los Rios publishes the steps and deadlines once, but says the application documents and instructions are specific to each college (district steps).

All four start their list with the same line: every non-English document must be translated into English.

American River College is the only one that says who translates, a certified translator, and it also wants the bank letter itself in English and dated within three months.

Folsom Lake College applies the rule to the tuberculosis test certificate, which it asks for translated to English.

The academic item differs slightly. American River and Folsom Lake accept a copy of the high school diploma or a high school transcript showing graduation, plus copies of college transcripts.

Cosumnes River asks for the official high school diploma or transcripts and an official college transcript accompanied by translated copies, and Sacramento City College uses the same "translated copies" wording for college records.

A certified translation of the high school diploma that shows the graduation date covers the high school item at all four.

Sacramento City and foreign college transcripts

Sacramento City College's F-1 list goes further than the others: overseas college transcripts must be evaluated by a member of NACES or AICE (Sacramento City College: international student instructions).

If you studied at a college or university outside the US and apply to SCC, translate the transcript first and send it to the agency with the original; the agency's report then goes into your SCC packet.

Evaluation agencies set their own translation rules; see translation for credential evaluation.

Credit for coursework from abroad

For every Los Rios student, resident or F-1, foreign college coursework counts only after a course-by-course evaluation from a current NACES or AICE member.

Los Rios asks you to request that the report show whether units are semester or quarter units and whether each course is lower division, upper division or graduate level, and it gives no credit for high school, remedial or post-baccalaureate work (Los Rios: submit transcripts and test scores).

The report is kept as an official transcript and is not returned. Official outside transcripts are not needed for admission itself.

American River says it does not evaluate foreign transcripts itself and accepts evaluations from specific agencies named in its welcome packet.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school diploma or a transcript showing graduation
• College or university transcripts
• Bank letter or statement, if not issued in English
• Tuberculosis test certificate (Folsom Lake)
• Power of attorney for guardianship, for applicants under 18 (American River)

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 Los Rios

• Apply to one college through CCCApply, then email the completed international packet, with the translations attached next to each original, to that college: international@arc.losrios.edu, international@scc.losrios.edu, crc-internationalstudents@crc.losrios.edu (as PDFs) or InternationalStudents@flc.losrios.edu (ARC, SCC, CRC, FLC).

• For credit, the translation goes to the NACES or AICE agency with your transcript; the evaluation then goes to the college's Admissions or Evaluations office by mail or email (Los Rios: submit transcripts and test scores). On request, we can email your translation directly to the office.

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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