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. Transcripts from these schools must be sent to OPCAS. 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.

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. However, foreign evaluations for these schools should be sent to OPCAS.

Caribbean Medical Schools

Documenting Foreign Coursework

If you attended a foreign school or earned your degree outside of the United States, most OPCAS 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 OPCAS 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 OPCAS, including those printed in English or translated into English; they will be discarded.

Foreign Evaluation Vendors

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.

Ordering WES Electronic Evaluations

You must order WES electronic evaluations directly through the OPCAS application. If you do not order through the application, your evaluation will not be accepted.

Enter your schools in the Colleges Attended section.
Click Order after listing your foreign institution in the Colleges Attended section. If you don’t see the Order button, it means you didn’t enter your institution as a foreign institution – return to the Colleges Attended section to fix this.
Click Visit WES Now.
OPCAS is pre-selected for you (if not, select from the drop-down). Follow the prompts to order your transcript evaluation.
Once you’ve requested the evaluation, return to the application and click I Ordered My Evaluation to let us know. When WES completes your evaluation, they'll send it to us electronically.

Ordering Paper Evaluations via Mail

Use this process to order mailed paper foreign evaluations from any of the vendors listed above.

Click Order after listing your foreign school in the Colleges Attended section.
Click the Option 2: Order a Mailed Paper Foreign Evaluation tab.
Click Download Transcript ID Form and print the form. If you send foreign evaluations by mail, use the following address:

OPCAS Transcript Processing Center
PO Box 9125
Watertown, MA 02471

International applicants can also send foreign evaluations to the following street address:

OPCAS Transcript Processing Center
c/o Liaison International
311 Arsenal Street
STE 5600
Watertown, MA 02472
Click I Ordered My Evaluation once you downloaded the Transcript ID Form. Or, click I Will Do This Later to return to Colleges Attended.

We are not responsible for any materials lost in the mail. Express or certified mail does not guarantee faster processing or receipt.