Credits Lost in Transit: How Study Abroad Coursework Creates Surprising Gaps in Your Official US Academic Record
Thousands of US students complete semester-long study abroad programs each year, only to return home and discover that their international coursework appears on their official transcripts in confusing, incomplete, or entirely absent ways. The bureaucratic gap between foreign institutions and US academic record systems is wider than most students anticipate. Understanding how foreign credits are translated, delayed, and documented — before you board the plane — can protect your academic record fr