Sending an Alberta High School Transcript to US Colleges
By Muntasir Minhaz • Published Aug 19, 2026 • Canadians Studying Abroad
Alberta students applying to US colleges order their official Alberta Education transcript through myPass and send it alongside a separate transcript from their own high school. Diploma exam results fold into your final course mark, so a course is not finalized until its exam sitting is marked.
📩 Order your Alberta Education transcript online through myPass using your Alberta Student Number.
Your high school issues its own transcript listing courses, marks, and credits.
Diploma exams run in set sittings across the school year, and your final course mark blends the exam result with your school-awarded mark.
⏱️ Send an interim transcript for fall deadlines, then a final update once your last diploma exam sitting is marked.
Two transcripts, again
Like every Canadian province, Alberta issues its own official transcript separate from the one your high school prints. Your school's transcript lists the courses you took, your marks, and your credits. The Alberta Education transcript, ordered through myPass, is the province's verified record and includes your diploma exam results alongside your school-awarded marks.
Order through myPass
myPass is Alberta Education's student portal for exam results and transcripts. Register with your Alberta Student Number, found on a report card or diploma exam admission slip, or ask your school's front office for it. Once logged in, request an official transcript and choose where it gets sent.
How diploma exams show up
Alberta's diploma exams cover specific grade 12 courses, such as English Language Arts 30-1, Social Studies 30-1, and Math 30-1. These are written at set times across the school year, with a major sitting in June. Your official course mark blends the diploma exam result with the mark your school awarded during the semester, so a course is not finalized on the transcript until its diploma exam sitting is marked.
Time your send around exam sittings
If you apply on a US fall deadline, order and send a transcript that shows marks in progress, and note on your application which grade 12 courses still have diploma exams outstanding. Once your last relevant sitting is marked, order an updated official transcript and send it directly to each college.
Who sends what
Your school counselor usually mails or uploads your school transcript directly to each US college as part of your application file. The Alberta Education transcript from myPass is a separate document you or your school orders yourself, so do not assume one document covers the other. Ask your counselor which piece they are handling so nothing falls through the gap between the two.
Steps to order
Find your Alberta Student Number, printed on report cards and diploma exam admission slips, or ask your school's front office.
Register or log in to myPass with that number attached to your account.
Request an official transcript through the portal.
Choose a delivery option, since choices for sending outside Alberta differ from in-province requests, so read each option carefully.
Pay the fee myPass lists at checkout.
Give each college the exact mailing or account details from its own application instructions.
Reorder an updated transcript once your last relevant diploma exam sitting is marked, then send it to each college directly.
Check with each college first
Application platforms including Common App do not store or forward transcripts themselves. Confirm on each college's own applicant portal whether it wants a mailed copy, a PDF, or an electronic transcript, and ask this early since the answer decides which myPass delivery option to choose.
What your school profile covers
Alberta schools do not report a class rank, so the school profile your counselor sends alongside your transcript gives a US reader context. It typically lists the grading scale, course levels offered, and how many students go on to post-secondary study. Ask your counselor to confirm a current profile goes out with your application.
What "final" means on an Alberta transcript
An Alberta transcript separates a school-awarded mark, entered once your course work is complete, from the blended final mark that includes your diploma exam result. A transcript ordered before your diploma exam sitting is marked shows the school-awarded mark only, with the blended final mark appearing once Alberta Education records the exam result.
If you rewrite a diploma exam
Alberta lets students rewrite a diploma exam in a later sitting to try for a better result. If you rewrite, ask myPass or your school how the transcript reports this, since a college reading your file benefits from knowing which sitting produced your final reported mark.
Budget for more than one order
If you apply to several US colleges, plan for more than one myPass order across your application cycle. A typical applicant orders an initial transcript for each college, then a second update once diploma exam results post, so five colleges across two rounds means roughly ten separate orders unless a delivery option lets one order serve multiple recipients.
Keep a copy for your own records
Order one copy addressed to yourself alongside the copies you send to colleges. Your own official copy helps if a college later asks for a duplicate, or if a scholarship application needs proof of marks separate from your college file.
If your school is private or a charter school
Not every Alberta school reports into myPass the same way. Independent, charter, and some off-campus program schools sometimes keep their own records process alongside the provincial one, so ask your school directly whether myPass holds your complete record or whether the school issues transcripts separately for you.
This distinction rarely surfaces until an admissions office asks a follow-up question, so raise it with your counselor before you submit rather than after a college flags a gap in your file.