<p>Hi guys, so i just finished my first semester at a Canadian university. I did really poor, I got 2 F's and 1 D. The reason is because I was very homesick. Im a dual citizen of both America and Canada. Im going to return to a local community college back in california (my home) and hopefully transfer to Uc Berkeley. These 3 courses in Canada are not relevant to my major, they were just elective classes. I took some classes at the community college before in my high school years, so Im a registered student at the CC. The community college does not know that I went to Canada. I was wondering, can I just forget about these Canadian grades and just pick up at my community college? I mean, if I did not tell anyone I was in Canada, how would the UC'S ever find out I was there?</p>
<p>i believe if they were elective classes they wont care about it, and you don’t have to worry about them “finding out”, it’s not like they are the FBI or sth</p>
<p>There are ways of finding out.</p>
<p>The risk is that lying on your admission application is academic dishonesty. If they found out halfway through your degree program, it could be grounds for retroactively revoking your admission and dismissing you from the university.</p>
<p>^ or better yet … if they find out after you graduate they can recind your degree. Without getting into the ethics of lying on your applicatio, to me, the downside risk is far too great to take the chance.</p>
<p>^^ or better still … if you continue on to graduate school and get an advanced degree… you can probably see where this is going. NOTE: It’s not guaranteed that you will ever be found out if you don’t disclose your Canadian record, but you’ll have the possibility hanging over you from here on out.</p>
<p>yeah but it was a canadian university…</p>
<p>As long as it’s a university/college, you have to tell them about it. </p>
<p>Or… you could hide your transcripts and tell us what happens.</p>
<p>As long as it’s a university/college, you have to tell them about it. </p>
<p>Or… you could hide your transcripts and tell us what happens.</p>
<p>It isn’t clear how it makes a difference whether it was a university in Canada or the US. I have taught at both for many many years (I am currently in Canada, but most of my colleagues are in the US, and I preside over our professional association of professors, based in the US, and serve on US accreditation boards, and most of my work email is from the US on a daily basis and so forth). In the world of universities, we really don’t notice the border. To my knowledge, there is no special barrier between US and Canadian university communication.</p>
<p>You have to tell the UCs about everything. Including that time you were a kid and walked out of the store with a candy in your pocket and forgot to pay for it. Yes, even that time. They already knew, they just wanted to make sure you were being honest.</p>
<p>The UCs use a website that tells them all the North American colleges and universities that any applicant has ever been enrolled in. There is little doubt that they will find out as soon as they take up your application and will automatically reject you.</p>
<p>I think this is what Lemaitre1’s referring to. <a href=“http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/about/pdfs/Clearinghouse_profile.pdf[/url]”>http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/about/pdfs/Clearinghouse_profile.pdf</a></p>
<p>Definitely not a good idea. Why don’t you just make up for your poor performance in future classes and explain on your app how homesickness negatively affected your academics? As noted above, something as major as hiding your Canadian transcript WILL follow. Is boosting your chances for Berkeley really worth a lifetime of shame and hiding?</p>
<p>do they track you with your social security number? social security is a US thing. I mean there are other means like name plus date of birth and place of birth</p>
<p>Hi guys,
I think I am going to hide my canadian transcript because, honestly who will know? My community college has no record of me going up there, I never told anyone. I will hide this transcript and pretend it did not exist. Thanks for the advice. I heard the UC’S honestly dont even check, I mean I was in CANADA. It will be harder to find me, then lets say if I went to a california state university.</p>
<p>I mean right, it’s a canadian university. but prepare to come up with a story what you did the last semester.</p>
<p>@OP</p>
<p>One bad semester at a Canadian university is something that UC Berkeley will forgive if you now have a couple of really outstanding years at a CCC and is unlikely to hurt your chances of acceptance there when you apply to transfer. Dishonesty on your application is something that there is never any forgiveness for and if they find out there is nothing you can ever do to make it right with them. If they find out when you apply (most likely) they will reject you with no prospect of applying again in the future, if they find out while you are at Berkeley they will expel you, if they find out after you have graduated they will revoke your diploma.</p>
<p>In addition, I do not think you realize how many tracks you have left that will reveal your semester in Canada or the sophistication of the methods that the UCs can and do use to uncover applicant dishonesty.</p>
<p>Whatever. It sounds like you’re beyond the advice of the members of this forum. You’ve received plenty of good input about how to proceed and you’ve made your decision. Now the consequences are your responsibility. </p>
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