Guidelines

NOVA accepts official college transcripts by the following methods:

• Digitally via a transcript service such as Parchment or the National Student Clearing House
• US mail in a sealed envelope
  • Send to:
    Northern Virginia Community College
    College Records Office FX-P3 3924 Pender Drive
    Fairfax, VA 22030
• By email directly from your institution to: askthecro@nvcc.edu
• Hand-delivered in a sealed envelope to any Student Service Campus Office

VCCS Schools

If you attended another college in the Virginia Community College System, you do not need to send an official transcript to NOVA. Please fill out the Transfer Credit Evaluation Request Form (125-049E).

The College Records Office (CRO) is responsible for evaluating:

• Transcripts from colleges and universities within the United States and foreign transcripts that have been evaluated by WES, IERF, FCSA, or ECE.
• Non-traditional credits including AP, ABLE, ACE, CLEP, CAMBRIDGE, DSST, IB, SAT II and as well as high school transcripts.
• College-level credit from earned through work experience or from another type of learning institutions.

Your transcript will not be processed if you have not:

• Applied to NOVA and/or have an active application on file.
• Declared a program of study.
• Submitted official transcript/test score.
• Students must have completed at least one course at NOVA before an official transcript reflecting transfer credit will be issued.