Foreign and French-Canadian Transcripts

Overview

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

English-Canadian Transcripts

Canadian schools that provide English transcripts are not considered foreign. We do not accept foreign evaluations from Canadian schools that provide transcripts in English. Transcripts from these schools must be sent to DICAS. Please see the Sending Official Transcripts section for information on reporting that coursework.

French-Canadian Transcripts

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. Foreign evaluations for these schools can be sent to DICAS.

Caribbean Medical Schools

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 DICAS, as they will be discarded. Foreign evaluations may be sent to DICAS.

Documenting Foreign Coursework

If you attended a foreign school or earned your degree outside of the United States, you can 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 DICAS 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.

Foreign Evaluation Vendors

Ordering WES Electronic Evaluations

You can order WES electronic evaluations directly through the application.

Click Order after listing your foreign school in the Colleges Attended section.
Click Visit WES Now.
Make sure to select DICAS from the drop-down on WES's page, then follow the prompts. Once WES completes your evaluation, they will send it to DICAS electronically.
Click I Ordered My Evaluation once you requested an electronic evaluation. Or, click I Will Do This Later to return to Colleges Attended.