Mailing Transcripts to SMC

Electronic Transcripts

• Electronic transcripts must be sent directly by the institution through an accredited electronic transcript service, such as Parchment, Credentials, or the National Student Clearinghouse. If the order system for the accredited electronic service requires an email address for the recipient, you may provide this email address: transcripts@smc.edu.
  
  
• SMC cannot accept and is not responsible for electronic transcripts that expire before our Admissions Office is able to download them. If your institution issues electronic transcripts that expire in less than one month from the send date, please request that they send a paper transcript by U.S. Mail instead. 

Note: We do not accept transcripts as email attachments.

Mailing Your Transcript

If you attended a U.S. college or university and you wish to have your prior coursework evaluated for credit or any other petitions, official transcripts (or Advanced Placement and other test reports) must be sent directly from the issuing institution to:

Santa Monica College
Admissions & Records
1900 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, California 90405

 

NOTE: Transcripts issued to the student, even if in a sealed envelope, will not be accepted. SMC will only grant you course/degree credit based on official transcripts received directly from the issuing institution.

Do Not Automatically Send Your Foreign Transcript

Before you send your foreign transcript to SMC, please read our policy on the use of Foreign Coursework. 

Evaluations Are Not Automatic

SMC does not automatically evaluate transcripts from other colleges. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with an academic counselor and request a review of their external transcript to determine how the coursework may apply toward degrees, certificates, electives, or transfer requirements.

Incoming Transcripts Policy

Santa Monica College will accept official transcripts and test scores directly from the issuing institution, electronically or by mail in a secure, sealed envelope. Transcripts issued directly to the student or another party, even if in a sealed envelope, will not be accepted.

SMC will only grant course/degree credit based on official transcripts received directly from the issuing institution.

Unofficial transcripts may be used by counselors to assist you in course planning only.

Privacy Policy

The Admissions and Records Office at Santa Monica College is committed to protecting the privacy of your records. Records will be retained for as long as necessary and used in the fulfillment of course/degree requirements. Records found to be fraudulent will result in a referral to Student Judicial Affairs and in the rescission of said credit or degree/certificate. SMC reserves the right to annotate a student's transcript whenever a degree or certificate has been rescinded. Any transcript submitted to Santa Monica College becomes the property of SMC and will not be released to the sender or any other third-party. Your incoming transcript is protected under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and will not be divulged to external parties. 

For steps on how to remove an "Under 18 Hold", visit Under 18 Hold. 

For information on required documents for homeschooled students and students from non-regionally accredited high schools, visit Homeschooled Students.