University admission in the United States

Short answer

Confirm the institution’s requested records, report type and provider before ordering.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University · Emory University / Laney Graduate School

Who decides

The admitting university or college; an evaluator supplies supporting advice.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University

Check this before paying

Read the intended program’s instructions; the FAU example below includes an internal assessment option.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University

When this applies

External evaluation and delivery requirements differ by institution, program and application stage.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University · Emory University / Laney Graduate School

Which document

The requested transcripts, award evidence and translations; an external report only where needed.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University · Emory University / Laney Graduate School

Avoid the wrong purchase

An internal university evaluation may not be reusable at another institution.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University

What this does not do

A credential evaluation is separate from an admission decision.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University

Your next official step

Compare the named examples below, then confirm the instructions for your own program.

Sources: Florida Atlantic University · Emory University / Laney Graduate School

FAU: an internal evaluation has a limited recipient

Florida Atlantic University offers its applicants an internal foreign-credential evaluation or an evaluation from a NACES member. Without an external report, a completed application with official foreign transcripts triggers the internal process automatically. Its internal result is for FAU only and cannot be submitted to another institution.

FAU requests official post-secondary records, an award certificate if graduation is not shown, and official English translations where needed. Send records to the relevant admissions office, not International Student Services. That office prepares the evaluation but does not decide admission; a preliminary Degree Equivalency Review does not replace the official internal FCE.

Sources: Internal FCE, document delivery and admissions decision

Emory Laney: an optional report and a later official copy

Emory’s Laney Graduate School does not generally require external evaluations, although some programs strongly recommend them. If supplied, it accepts NACES-affiliated evaluators. Non-English transcripts need translated, notarized versions alongside the originals in one application file.

Uploaded evaluations are unofficial at application. Applicants who receive and accept an offer must provide official evaluation versions. This is the Laney graduate example, not a rule for every Emory program or US college.

Sources: Optional graduate evaluation and official offer-stage delivery

DiploWay admissions order check

Write down the program, intake, accepted provider, report type and delivery stage. Ask whether an internal review already meets the request, whether a report is optional, and what becomes necessary only after an offer. A provider’s product label alone does not answer these questions.

Explore another use for the same qualification

• Non-regulated work: Non-regulated work in United States
• Immigration documents: Immigration documents in United States
• Regulated profession: Regulated profession in United States