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Benefits of Minnesota E-Transcript
Benefits for Students
- Students, parents and alumni can request transcripts at their convenience, 24/7 online
- Automatic notifications sent to students when transcripts are processed and received, reducing anxiety and "did it get there????" support calls to the high school and college
- Destinations can be selected by institution name alone -- no need to track down address and delivery information -- Docufide maintains a list of all colleges nationwide
- Students can place a request during the semester and select the option to send after final grades have posted, avoiding last minute rushed requests
- Instant electronic delivery to registered Minnesota and nationwide colleges and scholarship programs
Benefits for High Schools
- Online student/alumni transcript request eliminating the need for a paper request process
- Reduces the school staff's time commitment to processing transcripts, allowing staff to focus on other, more important student needs
- Reduces costs by eliminating material costs to process transcripts
- Reporting features allow school administrators to analyze where their students are applying, volume of transcripts and peak processing periods
- Real time reminders ensure all orders are processed quickly
- All transcript requests can be tracked for point of processing to point of receipt
- The Minnesota e-Transcript is an easy way to implement a green initiative
Benefits for Colleges
- Transcripts arrive instantly in a standardized, easy to read format
- Real time order tracking dramatically reduces inbound student calls/emails about whether the transcript has been received
- Ability to receive transcript in preferred format (PDF, PESC XML or SPEEDE EDI) expedites the loading of transcripts into student systems allowing for more rapid enrollment decisions
- Built-in reporting feature allow for easy tracking and reporting on all transcripts received

