Transcript Evaluation Service

Transcript Evaluation Service (TES) provides students at Skyline College, Cañada College and College of San Mateo an official evaluation of coursework completed at colleges and universities outside our district. TES will determine how this coursework will be applied to your current program of study, associate general education, Cal-GETC requirements.

All students who have indicated that they attended an outside institution on CCCApply and completed matriculation will receive a Transcript Evaluation Success Plan in Student Success Link. To view their success plan and check for updates, please log into mySMCCCD Student Portal and select “Student Success Link”. Our department will send students updates to their my.smccd.edu account regarding their evaluation status and any information we may need.

To be eligbile for our service:

  1. Depending on your institution, you may be able to send your official transcript or external exam scores in multiple ways:
    1. Electronically (preferred): Electronic transcripts must be sent from the institution directly to your SMCCCD College for them to be considered official. Electronic transcripts that originate from the student's personal email address will not be accepted, those are unofficial. Institutions may send electronic transcripts to transevaluation@smccd.edu 
    2. Hard copy official transcripts and test scores in their original sealed, unopened envelopes, may be mailed to:
      College of San Mateo
      Attn: Transcript Evaluation Services
      1700 W Hillsdale Blvd.
      San Mateo, CA 94402  
  2. Your Educational Goal must be to earn a degree or certificate.  
  3. The institution(s) you attended must be institutionally accredited.
  4. Any courses taken within the last year must have Evaluable Grades. If a course indicates an Incomplete (I), In Progress (IP) or Grade Report Delayed (RD) we’ll have to wait until those courses have grades posted before we can begin the evaluation process. 
  5. You are currently enrolled in a course within San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD).

Please note: By submitting your transcripts, you accept that all applicable courses, units and grades completed at an institution outside the SMCCCD will be incorporated into your academic history, which may impact your academic history within the SMCCCD.

For more information, visit the District Transcript Evaluation Service website.