Sending Transcripts by Mail
- Contact the registrar at each institution you attended and request one transcript be sent to RFUCAS.
- Provide the registrar with the following items:
- RFUCAS Transcript ID Form. Ask the registrar to attach it to your official transcripts. This form is not required, but strongly recommended as it helps ensure your official transcripts are properly matched to your application. If you cannot use this form, make sure the registrar prints "RFUCAS" and your full RFUCAS ID number on the transcript before mailing it.
- Any school-specific forms required by the registrar.
- Any transcript fees required by the registrar.
- All information needed by the registrar to properly identify you in the school's database.
- Any name changes.
- Your RFUCAS ID number.
Your registrar should mail your paper transcripts to the following address:
RFUCAS Transcript Processing Center
PO Box 9130
Watertown, MA 02471
We are not responsible for any materials lost in the mail or delays caused by the Registrar's Office. Express or certified mail does not guarantee faster processing or receipt.
Sending Transcripts Electronically
Please note that electronic transcripts are not the same as emailed transcripts. We cannot accept transcripts sent via email.
RFUCAS only accepts electronic transcripts from Parchment and National Student Clearinghouse. If your school does not offer any of these services, your transcript must be sent by mail.
If your school requires that you use a service other than Parchment or National Student Clearinghouse, you should ask that service to mail the transcripts instead of sending them electronically. Since you cannot include the Transcript ID Form, you should include your full RFUCAS ID number when entering the RFUCAS mailing address.
When using any of these services, select RFUCAS as the recipient. If you can't select RFUCAS and instead are asked for an email address, your transcript must be sent by mail. Do not send your transcript to the RFUCAS customer service email.
Parchment
Confirm that your school offers the Parchment service. If your school is not listed, your transcript must be sent by mail. If your school is listed, follow the instructions to proceed. Once your transcript is requested, it takes up to five business days for it to post to your application. If your transcript is not posted after this timeframe, contact Parchment directly to confirm the order was completed, then contact customer service.
National Student Clearinghouse
Confirm that your school offers the National Student Clearinghouse service. If you attended Geneva College or Geneva College Portage Learning, review their transcript guidelines before you order transcripts.
If your school is not listed, your transcript must be sent by mail. If your school is listed, complete the following:
- From the menu bar, click Order–Track–Verify > Order a Transcript.
- Enter the school you wish to order a transcript from, then click Continue.
- Click Order Transcript.
- Follow the prompts and enter the required information.
- When selecting the recipient (i.e., Who are you sending your transcript to?), select Educational Organization, Application Service and Scholarships.
- When entering recipient details, select RFUCAS from the Select Organization drop-down, then enter the CAS Transcript ID. This ID is located in the RFUCAS on-screen instructions when ordering electronic transcripts and below the barcode on the Transcript ID Form issued to you by RFUCAS (the barcode is located in the upper right corner of this form). Note that in the Select Organization drop-down, RFUCAS may be listed as RFUCAS - Rosalind Franklin University (RFU), or with an association name, such as in the example below.
Example:
If the Enter CAS Transcript ID field does not appear, then your transcript cannot be sent to RFUCAS electronically.
Once your transcript is requested, it takes up to five business days for it to post to your application. If your transcript is not posted after this timeframe, contact RFUCAS customer service to confirm the order was completed.
Please note that use of these services does not expedite the processing of transcripts.
Posting Delays
If your transcript has not posted within five business days, first contact your school to confirm that they sent your transcript. Additionally, the following scenarios can cause delayed application posting/processing and should be avoided whenever possible:
- A transcript is not accompanied by a Transcript ID Form or is accompanied by the incorrect form.
- A transcript is not addressed specifically to "RFUCAS."
- A school you attended is missing from the Colleges Attended section. We cannot attach a transcript to your application unless the school is listed.
- An incorrect school name is listed in the Colleges Attended section. We cannot attach a transcript to your application until it is corrected.
- The name on a transcript cannot be found in the RFUCAS database, either because your name changed, was misspelled on the transcript, was misspelled on the application, or you have not yet created your RFUCAS account.