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desmondwolf
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 Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject: official university transcript ie. actual degree or.... |
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| I am a recent graduate- completing my last 2 credits at the moment. It is commomplace to have the university issue an official letter in September until next June when you receive the actual degree. Has anyone had a problem getting hired being in same situation? I have "heard" that schools have strict rules about "sealed documents" etc... |
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Glenski
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| I would suspect that until you actually complete those last credits, the school would not be willing to write anything to certify that you have graduated. When that happens, go ahead and ask them. Should be no problem, especially if you explain what the letter is for. |
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Girl Scout
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It will also depend on what country you are going to. Taiwan will accept a letter from the university. There is some extra red tape to go through, but it can be done.
We need to know where you are thinking about working in order to better advise you. |
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desmondwolf
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: looking at Korea |
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| As for where we are thinking, well, we (my husband and I) have narrowed it down to Korea, but Thailand is also an option. I was assured by my student advisor that the letter is a formality which is accepted "everywhere" as a substitute for the degree itself unitl you actually have the paper in your hands. I am quite sure that by "everywhere" he was thinking Ontario. My husband will have no problem with his degree, if the whole thing becomes a problem we were thinking of exploring the possibility of going anyway (with him working) and I would see if they would issue me a visa as well , as I am his wife. |
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Sheep-Goats
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| Generally this isn't a problem as they won't start the work permit crap until you're in country and therefore finished with school and therefore holding a degree. The few countries who can get off their hands well enough to get you the right visa before you're in country (Japan) are very used to hiring fresh faced grads and you'll find that most of the overseas hiring folks have that kind of an option (eg: I'll have my degree by so and so date) built into their apps. |
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Sheep-Goats
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: looking at Korea |
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| desmondwolf wrote: |
| I was assured by my student advisor that the letter is a formality which is accepted "everywhere" as a substitute for the degree itself unitl you actually have the paper in your hands. I am quite sure that by "everywhere" he was thinking Ontario. |
You're right about everywhere meaning Ontario in that situation.
Some people with bonafide degrees have troule getting them accepted sometimes -- I had questions raised about mine because there's no colored ink on the page (  ), sometimes grads of Catholic schools have to get official Latin -> English translations of their degrees as folks in a lot of countries won't beleive that a real Western school wouldn't write the degree in English. Etc etc. So that letter won't cut it "everywhere." |
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