Temporary diploma/transcript after graduation?

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Generally, you would not need to send any official transcripts until after the admissions decision had been made. Traditionally, for a student who would be graduating in June and starting their master's in September, their application would go in sometime in Nov-Feb during their senior year, admissions decisions would come in Mar-June, then transcripts would be due after graduation sometime in the summer. As you can see, the master's program would be very used to dealing with applicants that have not graduated yet.

There are advantages to having a high GPA, good references, and work experience. I don't think that early proof of graduation is a factor at all.

Oh, that's reassuring, and useful. Thank you.