Did not put previous university in application. Now i want to.

Applying to College
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I previously studied abroad and attended Tsing Hua University (THU), the top engineering school in Asia, for 3 years and withdrew from the school since I decided I wasn’t interested in chemistry anymore + language barrier. After this I worked full time and took classes at a nearby community college for 2 years for Computer Science. I was curious if any UC would accept me with my current community college transcript so I submitted UC applications without the THU transcript. I got a few acceptances from UCs but rejected them all. Now I feel very silly for not submitting THU transcript because I am seriously looking to re-apply to the UC system this year and finish my B.S. in EECS, but I heard from others that I should have submitted my THU transcript. The problem is I heard the UC keeps previous application submissions and will note the discrepancy If I try to submit an application with THU transcript and may ban me from every applying again.

If I submit another UC application this year with my THU transcript, could the UC system ban me and report this as an academic integrity violation to ALL US schools? I see that I already messed up my chances in the UC system, so I am also applying to MIT and Stanford, but I don’t want to try applying to the UC system if they are going to report this to the other private schools I am applying to.

Thank you!

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You need to include the foreign transcript. Period.

Next time include it. If anyone notices and asks why you didn’t send it last year, apologize for being stupid. Maybe it will be a problem. Maybe it won’t. Don’t worry about them talking with other institutions. Even if they would lock you out of their own systsm, the UCs can’t report this to any other college or university.

While you are at it, come clean with your community college too. If you are pursuing an AA or AS degree there, you are obligated to provide them with all college transcripts.

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Thank you happymomof1, I’ll include the THU transcripts and current CC transcripts in my next application. I’ll post here around April 2019 with the UC reaction. Someone in a future search may be curious what happens. I’m curious too. Anyone that got locked out of the UC apps, please share your experience.