D29 (auto admit) has been staring at the last red X in AIS for a long time – official transcript.
She submitted the official transcript request to her high school on 8/5, the earliest the school was accepting transcript requests. A week later (8/12 Mon), with no change, she reminded her school counselor. On 8/15 (Thu), the counselor finally sent it. On 8/16 (Fri), her SchoolLinks/College Application Manager showed that the “college downloaded” it. Before she saw that reply, she also asked A&M Admissions via Communication in AIS about the transcript processing status, and the response included:
The fastest way to provide a high school transcript is to upload it through your AIS portal. If you have a copy of your transcript or rank letter used to fill out your Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR), please upload it through AIS by selecting the “My Document” drop down menu at the top of your page. Please select “Download Documents” and follow the instructions provided.
Today, still a red X.
We’ve always understood that an “official transcript” was always from the high school directly to the college (without the student touching it). If the student touched it (i.e. sent the transcript file herself), then wouldn’t that make it “unofficial” due to the potential of tampering? And in the Upload Documents section in AIS, I believe it clearly stated to not upload unofficial transcripts.
Isn’t the Admissions reply and AIS portal information contradicting each other?
We have a transcript PDF (unofficial) that we’ll gladly upload, but we’re puzzled by the contradictory information. (I don’t remember it being an issue with D26’s application.) Since we’re technically only 1 business day after the “college downloaded transcript” note, should we just wait a couple more days? Or should we go ahead and upload it ourselves (since the Admissions person said to do it)? I also see that this “Undergraduate Document Submission” page says you can upload it.
I’m leaning towards her uploading it, but my D is a strict rule follower and the “do not upload unofficial transcript” statement on the Upload Documents page is driving her crazy.
Did some of you go the “upload unofficial transcript PDF” route?