Something OAU Alumni in Abroad Must Know Before Applying for the Student Copy of their Transcript
This write-up is
basically for OAU alumni in the diaspora who want to apply for a student copy (personal/unofficial)
transcript; the aim is to inform you on how to save some money many of you
usually pay for the application which you do not need to pay. I know you people
have a lot of money and over-paying a token like #8,000 wouldn’t shake you, but
still, the write-up will be made available to fulfil some information purposes,
and also for somebody out there who likes to pay for only what they are buying.
I have worked on dozens
of transcript applications made by OAU alumni abroad, and I know that when many
of you apply for your personal transcripts (student copy, unofficial
transcript) on the school’s transcript portal, instead of paying #15,000+ for
electronic delivery of the transcript to your mail, you end up paying #23,000+. This happens because you choose “outside
Nigeria” as the location to deliver the transcript to (because you are abroad),
instead of choosing “Nigeria” as the location to deliver the transcript to
since you are receiving it by email. Check the marked portion of the image
below for better grasp of my point.
Whether you are in
Nigeria or abroad, if you are applying for the personal copy of your transcript,
just choose “Nigeria” (as in local delivery), since it would be sent to your email
address, stating that you are abroad by choosing “outside Nigeria” would only
make you pay #8,000 more than you should have paid. However, if you are abroad
and you want the personal copy sent to you by paper (courier) you are paying
the same amount for paper delivery of a transcript (official transcript) going
to an institution abroad; meaning this cannot help you save money. I hope this
helps you save some #8,000 sometime so you can use the money to buy yourself and
some friends some cups of coffee or something else you need.
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