Did Donald Trump release his official SAT or college admission records publicly?

1. What the public record actually contains: no verified SAT or full transcripts released

Multiple news outlets and fact-checkers report there are "no public details" of Trump’s SAT scores or complete academic transcripts and that images circulating online purporting to be his undergraduate grades have been called forgeries by the institutions involved ^{[1] [5]}. Reporting frames the situation as one in which Trump’s schooling and degree (attendance at Fordham, transfer to the University of Pennsylvania and degree from Wharton) are public, but the specific grades and SAT numbers are not ^{[1] [5]}.

2. Michael Cohen’s testimony and the letters to schools — a central piece of evidence

Former lawyer Michael Cohen testified that, on Trump’s direction, he wrote letters threatening legal action if schools or the College Board disclosed Trump’s grades or SAT scores; Cohen supplied a 2015 letter as part of his testimony and news outlets such as Newsweek, Time and PBS covered this account ^{[1] [3] [2]}. Fordham confirmed it received such a warning and noted it did not release records, citing federal privacy law ^[2].

3. The law matters: FERPA and institutional practices explain non‑release

Journalists and legal commentators point out that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) prevents schools that receive federal funding from releasing student records without consent, and the College Board also has policies not to publicize individual test scores — meaning disclosure would be illegal or extremely unlikely without permission ^{[4] [2] [6]}. Several analyses note these legal protections make the alleged threats unnecessary from a legal standpoint, but they do demonstrate an attempt to deter release ^[4].

4. Claims, counterclaims and forged documents: how misinformation entered the record

A number of social-media images purporting to show Trump’s Fordham grades circulated; Fordham and fact-checkers identified at least one such image as a forgery and warned the public not to treat it as authentic ^[5]. News aggregators and opinion pieces have advanced competing narratives — some asserting Trump’s records were suppressed because they would be unflattering, others suggesting privacy and legal rights explain the secrecy — but primary-source confirmations of actual scores are absent ^{[5] [7]}.

5. Why this matters politically and narratively

Observers have noted the tension between Trump’s public attacks on others’ academic records (notably on Barack Obama) and his own refusal to release comparable records; commentators interpret that as politically meaningful, and Cohen framed the letters as part of managing Trump’s image ^{[3] [7]}. At the same time, legal analysts stress that Trump, like any private citizen, had a statutory right to keep those records private, and institutions were bound by FERPA whether or not a lawyer intervened ^{[4] [2]}.

6. Limitations of available sources and unanswered questions

Available sources do not mention any authenticated SAT score or complete transcript for Trump being released with his consent; the published reporting focuses on testimony, institution statements, legal context, and discredited images rather than a single definitive document showing his scores ^{[1] [2] [5]}. There is disagreement among commentators about the motive and optics of withholding records, but no source in the provided reporting shows Trump himself or a university voluntarily publishing verified SAT or full academic records ^{[1] [3]}.

7. Bottom line for readers seeking confirmation

If your question is whether Donald Trump has publicly released his verified SAT scores or full college transcripts: reporting and institutional statements show no such verified public release; instead, the record contains Cohen’s testimony about letters warning schools, institutional denials of disclosure, FERPA protections, and examples of forged documents that circulated online ^{[1] [2] [5] [4]}.