Refer to the Military Education Transcripts subsection of the Schools Attended section to determine if a transcript is available for courses taken at military institutions.
Transcript Available
If a transcript is available directly from the military school listing individual courses with letter grades (e.g., A, B, C) and credit hours are convertible to semester hours, include the military school in Schools Attended and enter course information as it appears on the transcript. The AMCAS program will include this coursework in your AMCAS GPAs.
If your transcript does not list individual courses with corresponding grades and semester hours (or course units convertible to semester hours) but the program attaches American Council on Education (ACE) credit recommendations to the transcript:
- Include the military school in Schools Attended.
- Send a Transcript Request Form to the military school. Handwrite on this request that the transcript should include ACE recommendations so that the AMCAS program will expect the information and the school will know to send it.
- Enter course information as it appears on the ACE recommendations. The AMCAS program will include this coursework in your cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass and Pass/Fail-Fail credit-hour totals, not in your AMCAS GPAs.
Joint Services Transcript Available
If a transcript is not available directly from the military school but a JST is available:
- Select Joint Services Transcript in the Schools Attended section (listed under Florida).
- Enter coursework as it appears on the JST under Military Course Completions.
- Military experience should be listed under coursework only if a U.S. or Canadian institution has accepted the experience as transfer credit.
- Experience from Occupations Held should not be listed unless a U.S. or Canadian institution has accepted the experience as transfer credit.
- Do not select Pass/Fail (PF) Special Course Type for military courses. Instead, select Military Credit (MC) Special Course Type for these courses.
- ROTC courses are not considered military credit.
- The AMCAS program will include this coursework in your year-in-school status and in your cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass credit-hour totals but not in your AMCAS GPAs.
Additional information is available on the JST website at jst.doded.mil/smart/signIn.do.
Transfer Credit Awarded by Another School
Follow the instructions below if no transcript is available directly from the military school or program and if another institution awarded transfer credit.
If a JST is not available from the military but another U.S. or Canadian institution has granted transfer credit for military coursework:
- Include in Schools Attended the military program and the U.S. or Canadian institution
accepting transfer credit. - You must request a letter from JST stating that no transcript is available. Enter course information as it appears on the official transcript of the school accepting the transfer credit.
If the U.S. or Canadian institution awarding the transfer credit provides letter grades (e.g., A, B, C) and credit hours are convertible to semester hours for each course on its transcript or in an official letter attached to its transcript, enter all required course information. The AMCAS program will verify and include this coursework in your AMCAS GPAs, regardless of institutional policies.
If letter grades and/or credit hours are not listed for each course on the transcript of the school awarding the transfer credit, select Military Credit as the Special Course Type. The AMCAS program will include this coursework in your cumulative Pass/Fail-Pass credit-hour totals, not in your AMCAS GPAs.
No Transcript Available
If no military school transcript, JST, or transfer credit to another college is available, you are still encouraged to list military courses on the AMCAS application, particularly if the courses were health-related.
- Include the military school in Schools Attended.
- Request a letter from JST stating that no transcript is available. Enter all course information except credit hours. The AMCAS program will not verify the coursework and will not include it in your AMCAS GPAs.