This topic pertains to applicants who attended foreign and French-Canadian schools. These instructions do not apply to applicants who attended a foreign school as part of a study abroad program. See Study Abroad and Overseas US Transcripts for more information on reporting your study abroad experience.
Canadian schools that provide English transcripts are not considered foreign. Transcripts from these schools must be sent to ATCAS. We accept but do not require foreign evaluations from Canadian schools that provide transcripts in English. Please see the US and English-Canadian Transcripts section for information on reporting that coursework.
Canadian schools that issue transcripts in French are considered foreign and must be reported like any other foreign school. We cannot accept original Canadian transcripts which are written in French. However, foreign evaluations for these schools should be sent to ATCAS.
All Caribbean medical schools are considered foreign institutions and are not US accredited, even if they have offices in the US or allow US licensing. Do not send transcripts from these schools to ATCAS, as they will be discarded. Determine whether your programs require foreign evaluations (which may be sent to ATCAS), or if they will accept original Caribbean transcripts mailed directly to the program.
If you attended a foreign school or earned your degree outside of the United States, most ATCAS programs require you to submit your foreign coursework to a US-based evaluation service for a course-by-course US equivalency report. This report should then be sent directly to ATCAS from the evaluation service.
Contact a foreign transcript evaluation service as early as possible. See below for more information about vendors and accepted formats. Services can take several weeks to process your transcript(s) once received.
Do not send foreign transcripts to ATCAS, including those printed in English or translated into English; they will be discarded.
The following are foreign evaluation vendors our applicants have used in the past. This list is not all-inclusive and we do not recommend or endorse any particular vendor or service. Check with your programs to see if they have a preferred or required vendor that may not be on this list.
You must order WES electronic evaluations directly through the ATCAS application. If you do not order through the application, your evaluation will not be accepted.
Use this process to order mailed paper foreign evaluations from any of the vendors listed above.
We are not responsible for any materials lost in the mail. Express or certified mail does not guarantee faster processing or receipt.