<p>I went to Georgia Tech for my freshman year and got very good grades save for an F in classical physics (taking this course was a huge mistake, and I had limited time to determine that I needed to drop it as I took it during a summer semester).
I'm now transferring to Barnard College as a sophomore and I'm hoping to study mass communication in grad school.</p>
<p>I know it's an idiot move to withhold transcripts from any of the postsecondary schools you've attended when applying to grad school, but I don't think people who hire interns have access to any national registry of students that would incriminate anyone who neglects to submit a transcript from a past school.</p>
<p>If an internship application asks for a college transcript, do I <em>have</em> to submit my Georgia Tech transcript? I'd rather not, and I sort of doubt anyone hiring interns would ask me for it. I get the feeling that the credits labeled as "transfer" on my Barnard transcript could easily take its place.</p>
<p>P.S. I'm looking to apply for internships with companies under the umbrella of Turner Broadcasting (in other words, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN, etc.)</p>
<p>edit: Does anyone know whether the same applies when applying for an actual job? Have I professionally screwed myself over?</p>
<p>I’m not sure but I’d like to point out that there must be something fairly impressive about the rest of your record for Barnard to accept you with the F so it probably wouldn’t matter anyway.</p>
<p>Not really. I explained the circumstances surrounding my grade (which I got after receiving my acceptance), and their admissions associates were fairly sympathetic, so they let me in.</p>
<p>My other grades at Georgia Tech, though, are solid–without physics, I have about a 3.95 (I got a B in a US history course, and I have about 34 credits’ worth of As in everything else).</p>
<p>Wouldn’t the company notice that you submitted a transcript that didn’t cover your freshman year?</p>
<p>If I were hiring, I would be more concerned with what you were trying to hide than one poor grade in a subject area that doesn’t seem to be related to the job. In broadcasting, honesty is a big issue.</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but I think Barnard would show your GA Tech grades on their transcript. Your GPA at Barnard would include GA Tech course grades which are transferrable.</p>
<p>Many colleges don’t show grades of transferred courses and don’t use tranferred course grades for GPA calculation. But when applying to grad schools, students must submit transcripts from all schools.</p>
<p>Justina, my company’s intern hiring folks would definitely notice a missing Freshman year for roles which ask for transcripts (not all of them do). You are much better off in the long run disclosing up front, then trying to back-pedal or cover after the fact.</p>
<p>That’s a good rule for life, not just internships! Nobody is going to care about an F in physics Freshman year if you’re not applying for engineering type roles. But leaving off an entire year of grades is a big red flag-- and you have nothing to hide here.</p>
<p>If you are asked for your transcript(s) send all of them. You have excellent grades save one ‘blooper’. They may ask you what happened, or not (probably with a smile and an “ouch! what happened there?”). They most certainly will notice if you omit an entire year of grades/school attended. As is often the case the coverup is worse then the ‘crime’.</p>
<p>I would not send any transcripts unless specifically asked. I would send my current college’s transcript if an internship program asked for a transcript.</p>
<p>Barnard will include my credits from Georgia Tech, with the exception of physics, since the grade is so freaking low. My freshman year won’t appear as a void–it will be more or less covered on my Barnard transcript.
This is why I want to know whether it’s totally necessary to submit my Georgia Tech transcript.</p>
<p>I’m not terribly worried about grad school, though–I will definitely be submitting both transcripts.</p>
<p>Anyone have anything else to contribute?</p>
<p>If the freshman year is covered by the Barnard transcript, then just send the Barnard one for the internship. If that’s not good enough for the company and they want one directly from GT, they’ll ask and you should send.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m just figuring I’ll only submit my GT transcript in the event that a prospective employer says the transfer credits outlined on my Barnard transcript aren’t enough</p>
<p>What about classes taken in HS? My son has17 credits from college courses, in addition to many AP credits. I never thought about him having to consider those grades other than the possibility of them showing up as transfer into his college. BTW, he didn’t do badly, it would just be an administrative hassle.</p>