Frequently Asked Questions

The University of Arizona’s Virtual Orientation Experience includes components designed to help incoming students make a successful transition into Wildcat life. To learn more about what to expect, visit orientation.arizona.edu.

Send an email to intl-new@arizona.edu with copies of your immigration documents showing your current status, such as an I-94 or I-797 Approval Notice, so we can review your eligibility to enroll. If you need to change to F-1 student status, please schedule an Admitted Student Appointment through the International Student Services Advising page.

You may be eligible to receive a transfer I-20 for the University of Arizona. Submit an I-20 request in MyGlobal (under “Newly Admitted Students”) and enter your current school’s information to request a transfer of your SEVIS record.

If you are applying as a first-year student, you will send your final official high school transcripts once you are admitted and enrolled to the university and after your graduation date from high school. If you do not self-report your classes and grades in your application, your application is not complete until we receive your official or unofficial high school transcript. You can request that your high school either send your transcript via mail or electronically. Please see below for instructions.

High school transcripts can be sent via mail directly from your high school to:

The University of Arizona
Office of Admissions
P.O. Box 210073
Tucson, AZ 85721-0073

Note: We can accept electronic transcripts via secure, third-party vendors. Electronic submission of high school transcripts may be directed to admissions@arizona.edu. College-level transcripts may be directed to REG-transcripts@email.arizona.edu. Please note that we cannot accept transcripts directly by email or fax; they must be sent through a secure online service, such as Docufide by Parchment.

If you are applying as a transfer student, we require official transcripts from each institution you have attended, including high school.

Contact the Registrar's Office at all of the colleges and universities you attended, and request that an official transcript be sent by mail or electronically:

Mail physical college transcripts to:

Registration & Transcripts
The University of Arizona
Administration Building, Room 210
P.O. Box 210066
Tucson, AZ 85721-0066

You do not have to send your high school transcripts if you are a transfer student and:

• You are age 22 or older.
• You have completed an AGEC, GED, or IGETC.
• You have completed an associate’s degree (or higher) from a regionally accredited institution, posted on transcripts.

Note: College-level transcripts may be directed to REG-transcripts@email.arizona.edu. Please note that we cannot accept transcripts directly by email or fax; they must be sent through a secure online service, such as Docufide by Parchment.

If you are a continuing student and, for example, take a summer school course at another institution, your transcripts should be sent to the Registrar's Office at the above address.

All student types, please note that the processing time for submitted documents can be up to 2-4 weeks and students may receive correspondence from our office during that time. This situation often occurs when transcripts and the notification pass in the mail; the transcripts do not need to be sent again. If you have concerns, please feel free to contact us at admissions@arizona.edu or 520-621-3237.

If you took the GED, your official GED test scores will fulfill the high school transcript requirement. You will be able to send your official scores directly from the testing agency to the address above. If you’ve completed another high school equivalency test, please refer to our High School Competency Requirements.

The university understands that families’ financial circumstances may have changed. To learn more about the different special circumstance appeals offered, visit the Financial Aid appeals website.

If you are offered a tuition scholarship, you will be notified via email and can view the details within your application portal, Future Wildcat.

Students may be eligible to defer their admission to a future start term. To learn more about options for deferring admission, please click here.

You can determine the criteria for admission for each country you have studied in, including Secondary School Certification, grade, and English proficiency requirements, by visiting our international admissions webpage. This applies if you are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee who has attended an international institution and have a foreign transcript(s) for any/all years during grades 9-12.

If you have taken more than one year of homeschool coursework, you can follow the regular application process.

First-year homeschool applicants may self-report their grades or send a transcript for initial admissions consideration. All self-reported coursework must be verified prior to the start of your first year at Arizona with submission of an official final homeschool transcript, which must be signed.

Transfer applicants under the age of 22 who were homeschooled must submit an official, signed homeschool transcript for admissions consideration. Homeschool transcripts are waived for transfer applicants who are over the age of 22. If you've completed any post-secondary course work during or after high school, you will be asked to submit official college transcripts. In addition, high school transcripts will be required if you are interested in applying for federal financial aid.

Wondering if you’ve completed all of the courses required for admission? Review our Core Competency Requirements.

While you do not need to send official transcripts when you apply as a first-year student, you do need to send them once you have been admitted and enroll in the University of Arizona with your final year of high school grades posted with your graduation date, for us to verify your self-reported grades and courses in progress.

Official high school transcripts will be used to confirm that all self-reported coursework and grades were reported accurately prior to enrollment at the University of Arizona. If you provided false information for the purposes of GPA or course improvement, it may invalidate further consideration for admissions or result in rescinding of the offer of admission and/or tuition awards.