The transcript for schools
moving beyond just grades
The Mastery Transcript® turns authentic student work into a transcript colleges can understand. We are a consortium of innovative independent schools, public schools, international schools, and admissions offices looking to see students in three dimensions.
Trusted by schools of all sizes
A better way to show what students know
The traditional transcript paired with a record of what students can actually do, built from real student work and legible to the top universities in the world.
For College Admissions
See the work behind the record, not just a GPA. Admissions offices get richer evidence of what each applicant can actually do.
The only alternative transcript accepted
by the most selective colleges and universities
Admissions offices read the Mastery Transcript as easily as they read traditional grades. 823 colleges and universities accept it, and more than 3,000 students have been admitted with a Mastery Record.
Students admitted to college with a Mastery Learning Record.
Colleges and universities that accept the Mastery Transcript.
Our admissions team reaches out to every college a student applies to, so each one knows the Mastery Transcript is coming and knows how to read it.
College outcomes from Hawken’s Mastery School
Hawken’s ungraded Mastery School sits alongside its traditional Upper School, and graduates apply with a Mastery Transcript instead of a GPA.
Mastery School graduates apply with a transcript built from authentic work and demonstrated competencies. They are reaching schools like Harvard, Stanford, Duke, and Dartmouth.
What educators and admissions leaders say
From the schools that issue the Mastery Transcript and the colleges that read it.
The Mastery Transcript is a great thing. It helps us understand students' stories in a deeper way.
Karen Richardson
Dean of Admission, Princeton University
There is an authentic voice that we were not getting in our applications. The Mastery Transcript gives us a deeper sense of students' abilities and their potential.
Mark Hatch
VP for Enrollment, Colorado College
When you look at admissions from a holistic perspective, you are much more interested not in the GPA or the grade, but in how the student got there. The Mastery Transcript helps us answer that question.
Zina Evans
Former VP for Enrollment, University of Florida
Young people are much more complicated than the model of 'grades plus test score equals success' suggests.
Angel Pérez
CEO, NACAC
At Michigan, we are proud to be home to the first undergraduate degree program to use the Mastery Transcript.
Dr. Barry Fishman
University of Michigan, LEAPS program
It's the high school you'd design if you took only what students need for growth and left the rest aside.
Julia Griffin
Director, Mastery School of Hawken