Transcript Requests

If you wish to order official transcripts please send a request letter including the following elements:

• Your name (printed). If your name was different when you attended Bates College, please list both names.
• Your date of birth.
• The year you graduated or years you attended Bates College.
• The number of copies you would like and where you would like us to send them.
• Your signature.

There is no charge for transcripts. In lieu of the transcript fee, please provide a stamped, addressed envelope for each address to which you wish the transcript(s) to be sent if you are able to do so. 

Requests may be mailed to: 
Office of the Registrar and Academic Systems
attn: Transcript Requests 
44 Mountain Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240

It is very important that the letter is signed. We are unable to release any transcripts without your signature.

Current students with access to the Garnet Gateway, the Bates Student Records Service on the web, may print unofficial copies of their transcript by logging onto the secure area of the Garnet Gateway and selecting the "Student Menu",  then the "Student Records Information Menu", and then "Academic Transcript." Once the transcript is displayed, it can be printed using the print button on the browser. Please contact the Registrars office with any questions.

Due to the large volume of transcript requests, we ask that requestors do not contact our office to confirm receipt of a request or date the transcript was mailed. Please confirm receipt of the transcript with the person to whom the transcript was mailed rather than with our office.

End of Semester Transcript Requests and Grading Policy

We recommend that students check their deadlines carefully and order official transcripts early. If a deadline falls during registration, end of semester, or graduation, please allow extra time. Please inform the office of any deadlines you are under so that we can give those transcript requests first priority.