<p>Sorry if I posted this in the wrong place! I just need some advice for a quick problem. </p>
<p>Getting straight to the point, I submitted an application for a scholarship and got all my supporting documents in on time. However, I have a concern with my transcript. </p>
<p>At the time I submitted my application, it was at the end of the semester which meant that my campus was closed, so I could not request a new transcript until after the application deadline had passed. As a result, I had to upload the only transcript I had on me at the time so I could meet the deadline; a transcript from my Fall 2012 semester at UCF. </p>
<p>However, I will have a new, updated transcript in hand tomorrow so I can re-upload it. </p>
<p>However, I read that doing this will cause my application to be deemed late, even though everything was submitted on time. </p>
<p>So, what should I do here? Should I just simply leave the original transcript on so that the application won’t be deemed late, or should I upload the new, most updated one?</p>
<p>I want to email them asking the committee the same thing, but I'm afraid I may come off as unprofessional/a waiting-for-the-last-minute kind of applicant and that impression will hurt my chances of winning the scholarship.</p>
<p>Should I email them too? Or will I come off that way?</p>
<p>Unofficial transcripts are fine (in fact they’re preferred), but the thing about it is that the transcript must be uploaded as a pdf (that is, they can’t be emailed or faxxed, as they won’t be accepted). As I said, I will already have a new transcript in hand tomorrow, it’s just a matter of should I scan it (for updating, more grades, and higher GPA purposes) to improve my chances, or will the opposite effect take place of hurting my chances (due to the fact that if I do this, it’ll deem the application “late”). Like I said I wanted to email the committee this question too, but I don’t want to come off as a procrastinator as it could hurt my chances of winning the scholarship. :(</p>
<p>I would contact the scholarship people. Just say that at the time you submitted the application, your grades had not yet been finalized so you were unable to submit an up-to-date transcript before the application deadline. Since your last transcript only had the grades that were released at the time you submitted it, would they like you to submit an updated transcript that includes last semester’s grades? That’s something that happens quite frequently, depending on when application deadlines fall, and I would think they would fault you for that.</p>
<p>Do you think submitting an updated transcript would significantly help your application? If it won’t make a significant difference, then it may not be worth the effort. But I don’t think that if you don’t get the scholarship, it will be solely because you updated your transcript after the deadline. I would recommend you ask first, and if you’re concerned about your application being marked as late, you should ask specifically about that. Just be professional and polite, and make it clear that this was not your laziness, but a result of conflicting dates between when your school operates and when the application was due (even if it technically wasn’t, make it seem like it was).</p>
<p>Well, they informed me on the application when I applied that they wanted the most recent up to date transcript. However, I was only able to provide them with the transcript I had handy (which was from my first semester at UCF; Fall 2012), or else I faced not getting my application in on time. I think it probably would help my chances quite a bit; as my original transcript has a GPA of 3.563 and only my Fall Grades (A, A, B+, B) whereas the most updated transcript that I will have in hand tomorrow will showcase a higher GPA (3.6-something) and all my grades; from Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, and Fall 2013. </p>
<p>I think I am going to email them just to be on the safe side. I guess it’s better safe than sorry. Thanks for your response!</p>