Diploma Validity

[bluetortilla]

My daughter (a U.S. citizen now living in the U.S.) received a B.A. from SCUT last year, but because of the pandemic she was unable to pick up her original diploma and SCUT was not willing to mail it to her. She did however receive scanned PDF versions of all documents, including transcripts. 

My daughter wants to continue her education here pursuing an M.A. and she has no intention of spending all the time and money required to go back to China just to physically pick up the diploma. Will her PDF copies be verifiable by universities here in the United States?

Thanks!

[889]

Different schools no doubt have different approaches, but this one is typical: you apply using an unofficial transcript and if accepted have it verified by a third-party service in China.

 

https://grad.uc.edu/fac-staff/handbook/graduate-admission/international-admission/cdgdc.html

[bluetortilla]

Thank you!