accepted for Internship, editing emailed transcript

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>I have recently been accepted for an internship. However, it requires that I need to be in good academic standing, which I am not for this quarter only (due to bad grades one quarter). By the time summer starts, I will be on good standing again, well above a 3.0 overall gpa, Which is when my internship starts. </p>

<p>Unfortunately, my employer is asking me to email my unofficial transcript to him now, 3-4weeks before the end of the quarter, and it currently says im not in good standing (due to that one bs quarter). I will be on good standing in 4 weeks, but he wants it by next week.</p>

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<li><p>Would I get away with unethically making a minor modification to my transcript: changing my standing on microsoft word to "good academic standing", since im above 3.0 anyways. They only asked for an unofficial transcript at this point. It is a job where they perform a security clearance which takes 4 months, but i start the work that doesnt require clearance at the beginning of summer anyways.</p></li>
<li><p>Ethical Route: Could you suggest any excuses to postpone giving them my transcript for 4 weeks until my grades come out and i return to good academic standing? he is pressuring me like crazy to get the transcript to to him by next week so he can begin the 4month security clearance</p></li>
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<p>thanks!
your help is appreciated</p>

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<p>Tough call. You could get burned, your school finds out, and you get suspended/expelled. However, the chance is small. You could get away with it, get the internship, and have a great summer. The chance is pretty good.</p>

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<p>tough call indeed.
Do you have any excuses I could make to postpone giving sending him my transcript for 3 weeks? maybe that Im busy with finals/projects and such, or some other excuse.
thanks</p>

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<p>Could you try the truth? Explain the bad quarter and use it to your advantage how you got into gear and worked hard and now ur GPA is much better, just not updated?</p>

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<p>Why do companies even ask for unofficial transcripts to be emailed?</p>

<p>I mean a student can easily change his grades and overall GPA on there and get away with it (if they don’t ask for an official transcript), couldn’t he?</p>

<p>It just doesn’t seem reliable and trustworthy</p>