In plain English
It means asking a school or college to provide a student's academic record. That record shows the courses the student took and the grades received.
In context
In the confirmation email, "transcript order" names the submitted request for the institution to provide a copy of the student's academic transcript.
- Situation
- Requesting transcripts, certificates, credentials, verification, and graduation records
- What it communicates
- names the submitted records request in the confirmation email.
Meaning limits
The term itself identifies the request for the transcript, not the transcript document or the outcome of that request.
Examples
“After noticing the wrong address, she cancelled the transcript order before the college sent her academic record.”
“The confirmation email confirmed her transcript order and repeated the delivery address she had entered.”