<p>I am currently at a community college ready to transfer to a CSU. My GPA is pretty good and expected to be 3.7 when I get my AS. However, I previously went to the University of California Riverside and did poorly there and did not get my degree. Do I also have to submit my UCR transcript to the CSU? Will they overlook the grades if I did better in the same course at the community college? Can I choose not to tell them I went to UCR?</p>
<p>Yes you have to submit all transcripts.</p>
<p>No you cannot lie about not attending UCR, colleges are all on a data base of some sort that lets them know you are or were a student at one point. You might be able to get away with it for a while but eventually they will find out. I know because I went to SDSU for a year did horrible and left the university with a 1.97 GPA. I then went to my local CC and had a solid 3.2 GPA from just CC coursework and got received my AA in December, now this fall I am transfer to UCR with all my transcripts submitted. I believe that the CSU system averages the two grades so for example if you took English 101 at UCR and got an F and then retook the course at your CC and got an A, your CSU grade would average into a C. </p>
<p>If you do not send in all your transcripts the school will find out about it eventually, they can look up which school you have gone to when you apply for financial aid or through the national student clearing house. (anyone can look up which schools you have attended through the national student clearing house, kind of a violation of persons privacy: dates attended and so forth, anyhow)</p>
<p>(there is a list of schools brought up under your name that you have attended after applying for financial aid, the school will know which transcripts they need and want, I know this because one of my previous schools magically popped up on the list from 10 years ago which I took one class in and forgot about and they showed me and wanted that one transcript, i sent them the transcript)</p>
<p>The school you decide to go to will decide which transcripts are relevant or not. For instance, if you attended a vocational school or a nationally accredited school, the new School you are applying to will / may want your transcripts and then may not use them, trash them, and look at you funny. The transcripts are wanted for various reasons: documentation thing, nosy thing, good fit for success at the college, which classes do you have trouble in and which classes have you done well in, and for one of the most important, financial aid (money)).</p>
<p>It is always best to ask your new aspiring school if they need all your transcripts or not. Most likely they will want them all eventually, it just depends on how much they want to push the issue. (like not letting enroll in more than 9 credit hours).</p>
<p>If you do not want to send in all your transcripts, you may not be able to get financial aid, and the school may stop you from enrolling in anymore classes until you send in all your transcripts/documentations or at least provide the a written statement on why you decided not to send them all in and then your case may go up for review.</p>
<p>The school I attend now, wanted my transcripts, and I sent in one, than the other three later within the same year. Some of the credits were “non-transferable” because the course descriptions and so forth did not match their course descriptions etc.</p>
<p>(which i found our recently a person can challenge a course, probably would have avoided a class or two)</p>
<p>Anyhow,</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that if you do send in all your transcripts, the school may lose them and request for them again two years after you have been enrolled in the school, and stop you from enrolling in anymore classes and so forth until you send in a letter of “something” stating that you submitted all the required documents already and so forth. Kind of annoying. LOL. Especially if you request a degree audit and some of the classes on your transcripts say “TE” (transfer equivalent) and the school academic adviser lady is like “where did these come from. We need documentation!” LOL.</p>