Submitting Transcripts to Relay

Option 1

Option 2

Electronic Official Transcripts (preferred)

Hard Copy Official Transcripts

Must be from a U.S. - based institution. 

Must be mailed directly from your institution to Relay or mailed to you from your institution and received by Relay in the original envelope, with the seal unbroken. 

Must be sent via a third-party website or directly from your institution(s) to edocs@relay.edu

Please mail to Relay GSE, Office of Admissions, 25 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004. 

Electronic transcripts will be processed and shown as received on an applicant’s admissions checklist within 1-3 business days. 

Hard copy transcripts will be processed and shown as received on an applicant’s admissions checklist within 3-5 business days.  

Note: Relay is unable to accept unofficial transcripts. 

Bachelor’s Degree Transcript Requirements

Applicants must submit an official transcript that demonstrates that they have earned their bachelor’s degree in order to be admitted to Relay. 

Conditional Admissions

Applicants who were enrolled in coursework at their bachelor’s degree granting institution during the spring or summer terms of 2022 who have submitted an official transcript showing coursework in progress from the spring or summer terms of 2022, who cannot yet furnish an official transcript demonstrating that they have earned their bachelor’s degree at the time of admission may be conditionally admitted to Relay. 

• The official transcript that demonstrates that an applicant has earned a bachelor’s degree may be sent to Relay via Option 1 or Option 2 above.

Please see our Conditional Admissions policy for more details

Note: An applicant conditionally admitted with their official bachelor’s degree transcript outstanding (Conditionally admitted due to Outstanding Bachelor’s Degree), must submit an official transcript demonstrating that they have earned your bachelor’s degree by Thursday, September 15, 2022 to become fully enrolled at Relay. 

For applicants applying to Relay in September of 2022 who anticipate difficulty in obtaining an official transcript that demonstrates that they have earned their bachelor’s degree. 

Applicants who are unable to provide Relay an official transcript demonstrating that they have earned their bachelor’s degree may be conditionally admitted provided that by Thursday, September 15, 2022: 

• Relay has received an official transcript showing their coursework in progress towards earning their bachelor’s degree, AND
• Applicants were enrolled in coursework at their bachelor’s degree granting institution during the summer of 2022, AND
• Relay receives a letter sent directly to Relay via edocs@relay.edu from their bachelor’s degree granting institution’s Registrar’s office stating the following:
• The applicant has earned their bachelor’s degree
• The date the bachelor’s degree was conferred
• There are no holds on the applicant’s record that would prevent the release of the official transcript demonstrating that the bachelor’s degree was earned to Relay

Applicants conditionally admitted under the above provision will receive an extension to submit their official transcript demonstrating that they have earned their bachelor’s degree until Friday, September 30, 2022 in order to maintain their enrollment. 

State Specific Transcript Requirements

(Updated 3/10/2022) 

Colorado

Applicants who are applying to the following Relay programs in Colorado who are conditionally admitted to Relay with their official bachelor’s degree transcript outstanding must submit their final official transcript by August 1, 2022. 

• All applicants to the 1-Year Alternative Route Certification program
• Non-Residents in the 2-Year M.A.T. Degree program
• All applicants to the 1-Year SPED Advanced Certification program

Illinois

Applicants who are applying to Relay programs in Illinois who are conditionally admitted to Relay with their official bachelor’s degree transcript outstanding must submit their final official transcript by August 1, 2022. 

Texas

Applicants who are applying to the following Relay programs in Texas who are conditionally admitted to Relay with their official bachelor’s degree transcript outstanding must submit their final official transcript by August 1, 2022. 

• All applicants to the Texas Alternative Certification Program