Send Transcripts to Central Piedmont

Transcripts should be requested from each institution you've attended. Each school has different requirements to obtain their transcripts, and some may charge a fee. If they mail the transcript to you, please leave the official transcripts sealed and bring them to the Student Records office on Central Campus (Central High Building, room 235). Only sealed transcripts will be accepted; once a transcript is opened, it is no longer official. Transcripts that will be mailed directly to Central Piedmont should be sent to the address in the "Contact" section.

Central Piedmont also accepts electronic transcripts through secure transcript providers, such as College for North Carolina, Parchment, eScrip, Scribbles, and National Student Clearinghouse. Please select Central Piedmont Community College in the recipient drop-down, if applicable.

• NC GED® transcript requests
• all other states GED® transcript requests
• HiSET® transcript requests

If you are seeking to use Veterans Affairs Education Benefits, all transcripts must be turned in and evaluated for credit before the college can certify enrollment to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To request DD 214 and military transcripts:

• request DD 214 transcripts (Submit a copy to records, retain your original document.)
• request Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy transcripts
• request Air Force transcripts

Have these transcripts mailed to Central Piedmont's Student Records, or bring them in sealed envelopes to the Student Records office. Bring a Member 4 or Service-2 copy of your DD214 to Student Records office to be granted additional credits.

Military transcripts do not need to be in a sealed envelope like college transcripts. We would need the Member 4 copy of DD214. The request for evaluation is automatically completed when transcripts are submitted to the Student Records Department.

If you attended high school or college outside the United States, you must submit a certified copy of your transcript with an English translation and evaluation. It is important to note that all English translations of high school transcripts must be performed by a NACES approved service. The evaluation for college transcripts must include a letter grade and earned credit hours for each course. Courses completed with a grade of C- or higher from regionally accredited institutions and which match Central Piedmont courses are transferable. Course equivalencies based on terms such as “Pass” or “Satisfactory” are not acceptable. College transcripts are automatically evaluated after your official international evaluation report has been received by the Central Piedmont Records office. Provisional evaluations will not be accepted. 

You must submit your official documents (transcripts, mark sheets, certificates, examination results, etc.) to one of the listed services for an international evaluation.

• International Education Evaluations (IEE)

• The Evaluation Company (TEC)

• Another approved member of NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services)

AP scores of 3 or higher will be applied. Not all AP tests are accepted. Learn more about the evaluation of AP exams in the Central Piedmont college catalog.

To check if your official transcripts from other institutions are on file with Central Piedmont for admissions purposes and to confirm whether the document we received is official and meets admissions requirements:

1. Log in to MyCollege;
2. Select the Student menu.
3. In the Academic Profile section, select “External Transcript Recv’d."
4. Make sure "curriculum transcript" is highlighted, then submit.

If you would like to register for a Central Piedmont course that has a required pre-requisite, an advisor can provide the override. To request an override, email an advisor and include your unofficial transcript or score reports that shows that you have completed those prerequisites.

To get transfer credit or Central Piedmont academic advising, you can submit official high school or college transcripts electronically to Student Records.

Central Piedmont accepts credits for courses passed with a grade of “C-” or better. Only A, B, C, and Passed (P) grades that are equated to a “C-” or higher are transferred. D grades are not transferred. Grades are not transferred, only the credit hours.

All college-level courses with a grade of “C-“ or higher and a Central Piedmont course equivalent will transfer, regardless of the program of study. If one of the courses you took at another college is not equivalent to a Central Piedmont course, but you think it meets the course requirements, provide a course description from the college catalog; final decision will be made by the department. Transfer credits will always appear on your Central Piedmont transcript. However, some departments may have a time limit on courses that will apply toward your program of study (ex: computers/accounting/health sciences). Credit by exam, or CLEP, can be requested for some courses.

Regional accreditation is the educational accreditation of schools, colleges, and universities in the U.S. by one of seven regional accrediting agencies. The seven regionally accrediting agencies are: Middle States Commission on Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (aka Higher Learning Commission), Northwest Accreditation Commission, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Online regionally-accredited college credits are transferable.

Note that a diploma is not sufficient for evaluation. Central Piedmont requires an official transcript on file. In extreme cases, where the transcript was destroyed by war in a foreign country or proof of records  was destroyed by a disaster (flood or fire), you may meet with the senior registrar of Records, Registration, and Graduation to discuss a possible transcript waiver.

You might not receive credit for all courses. For example, if you didn’t successfully complete a course, Central Piedmont does not have an equivalent to the course(s), the timeframe has expired (example, business, computer, accounting, etc.), the courses are graduate level, or if the previously-attended college isn’t regionally accredited. Please contact the Student Records office if you feel there is an error with your transcript evaluation.