Illegal To Keep Your Transcripts?

Question

Pretend for a moment that there is College#1 and College#2. When College#2 asks for official transcripts from College#1, does that mean the "official" transcript isn't the original since College#1 needs to have a record of your transcripts forever by law? What then is the difference between an official and unofficial transcript? Say you attended 4 colleges (community/city colleges, etc...), is there a way to get a copy of transcripts from all 4 schools to document for your own purposes? Or is that against the law?

Answer 1

OFFICIAL transcript is the one the school itself made a copy, certified (stamped) as a copy of the original, and either SENT DIRECTLY to the another school without ever being in the hands of the student, or be sealed in an envelope with an official seal and unbroken, if the envelope was ever in student's hand.

UNOFFICIAL transcript is everything else.

You can have your own transcript. There is no law or regulation against it. Just ask each school to give you one. They'll be happy to do it. Or, at many colleges, you can make yourself one by accessing it online. However, once it is in your hands, and opened, no school will ever accept your copy as an official transcript.

Answer 2

You can have unofficial transcripts. But officials have to be sent between schools. Most schools allow you to have a copy for your own records, and resumee writing purposes.

Answer 3

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