There are many points of confusion when you think about the difference in between an academic transcript and a bachelor’s degree or any other mark sheet. Both are connected to your education background. Even, some global universities often ask about both of them when you are likely to take admission in some international business or law school.

So, what the difference is. Let’s understand it.

Academic Transcript

• What is it?

It is a consolidated record of the marks or scores or grades that you obtain at the end of the entire course of studies in a school or university. Let’s say, you have completed bachelors in Computer Science from a university, which is a four-year course. At the end of each session & year, you get grades r marks for a series of subjects.

Eventually, you get a compilation of four-year scores in a sheet. It is called an academic transcript. In essence, it is a composition of all scores that you have obtained during degree course together with the details about registration, completion dates, study mode, study medium, grading system and explanatory notes. That’s why the foreign schools ask Indians to submit it before enrolling for a new course there.

• Requirement

These are generally required to apply for permanent residency, higher education, visa, H1B, immigration etc. If you are applying for WES evaluation (ECA) for job, education or Canada PR, you should have it.

• Acceptable Standards

The official one carries a logo and stamp of the university that you opted in for the degree course. It has your grades, your grade point average and everything that is contextual.

• Translation

It can be in any regional language, which needs to be translated into English or any requisite language if you are going to take admission in the foreign varsity. Only a professional translator can do it that is certified to officially do it in India for NRIs. Besides, the local university where you studied would translate it.

• Attestation

This document will be authenticated first from the university or school and then, from the MEA in India. It can be apostilled if you are going to study in the country that is a member of Hague Convention.

Bachelor’s Degree Marksheet 

It is different from the transcript. The score card that you get at the end of every academic session is called a marksheet. The school or university delivers it when the exams of the particular session get over. This is how you have four mark sheets when you complete a bachelor’s degree course.

In short, it’s a summary of your scores that you have obtained in each session. In the US, it is not an official transcript. This pertains to just your grades or scores.

So, the transcript can be considered as a synopsis of your study in the school or varsity. On the flip side, the score card represents the records of grades or marks pertaining to just one session.