Academics · Adult Learning

Every transcript,
requested and arrived.

Going back to school usually means gathering transcripts from places you left years ago, sometimes under another name. Log each request with where it is from and going, how you asked, the fee and its status. The organizer counts the days, and the flags tell you when to check whether it arrived, how to handle a hold and what to say when your name has changed.

Log a requestWhat you get
$5one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Academics Suite pass, $149 for 137 items.

Transcript requests

The worked example is made up: a high school transcript, a community college transcript held for an old fine and a Joint Services Transcript. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Academics · Adult Learning$5

What you finish with
A record per transcript request: school or source, kind, years attended, whether your name has changed, where it is going, how it was requested, official or unofficial, electronic or mail, date, fee, status and notes. Counts days since each request, requests by status and fees paid; flags requests out more than two weeks without confirmation, holds, name changes and unofficial copies.
Who it is for
Adults returning to school, transferring credit, applying for jobs or licenses, and veterans using military training for credit.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per request. Prints one request, all of them in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Academics Suite pass ($149) and the Caveat Suite pass ($299). Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Adult Learning space in Caveat Academics.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. List every school, program and military record you have.
  2. Request official copies sent directly to the office that needs them.
  3. Log the date, fee and confirmation number.
  4. Mark the status as it changes.
  5. Confirm arrival with the receiving office.

Log a request

Transcripts

Getting an old transcript1Find who holds itThe school, its district, or astate archive if it closed.2Use your old namePlus date of birth and yearsattended.3Ask for officialSent straight to the officethat needs it.4Pay and note the orderKeep the confirmation number.5Clear any holdAsk exactly what releases it.6Confirm it arrivedWith the receiving office, notjust the sender.Getting an old transcript1Find who holds itThe school, its district, or a statearchive if it closed.2Use your old namePlus date of birth and years attended.3Ask for officialSent straight to the office that needsit.4Pay and note the orderKeep the confirmation number.5Clear any holdAsk exactly what releases it.6Confirm it arrivedWith the receiving office, not just thesender.
If a school has closed, the state education agency or another school usually keeps its records. Veterans get Joint Services Transcripts free.

Official or unofficial

An official transcript goes straight from the school to the receiver, electronically or sealed. Admissions and licensing offices usually require it; an unofficial copy you download yourself is fine for planning and advising.

Your rights to your records

Under FERPA, an adult student has the right to see their own education records. A school may still charge a fee for official copies and may, in some cases, hold a transcript over an unpaid balance; ask what releases it.

Sources

  1. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; U.S. Department of Education Student Privacy Policy Office (studentprivacy.ed.gov).
  2. Joint Services Transcript (jst.doded.mil): free transcripts of military training and experience with ACE credit recommendations.
  3. American Council on Education (acenet.edu): military and workplace learning credit recommendations.
  4. National Student Clearinghouse (studentclearinghouse.org): online transcript ordering for many colleges.

The worked example is made up; the schools named in it are not real. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.