<p>So with all of my admission notifications coming in, i've decided that i'm probably going to go to a community college and transfer after 2 years. The problem is that during summer 2008, i took an accounting class that i didn't take seriously. As a result, i received a C letter grade, and decided that i would not report this to the colleges when applied in order to help increase my chances at admission. Now that i'm going to go to a CC, the grade will still be on my transcript, and when i apply for admission, the college will know that i took a course and didn't report it. I know this was wrong, but i'm trying to come clean and find an answer as to what to do. Does anyone have a suggestion?</p>
<p>I don't think there's anything you can "do". However, many (most?) schools do not keep applications for 2 years and are unlikely to be comparing your freshman and jr transfer information.</p>
<p>same thing I was thinking</p>
<p>entomom - is right. Don't stress out about it. But if you're applying as a Business, Economics, or Accounting major then the C that you received will greatly hurt your chances in admission.</p>
<p>thats exactly the problem. i'm planning to apply to USC as a business admin major with an emphasis in finance. Could i possibly explain that i wasn't concentrated in high school, and that will explain the C?</p>
<p>Wow, I'm in the same boat as you for USC and the emphasis. Although you only establish your emphasis during your junior year after completing the major prereqs and some Marshall intro courses (that's what my USC Marshall undergrad brother said).</p>
<p>tarueater - You can try but it won't really help if your planning on transferring after one year. That's really the bad thing about getting a C is that you cannot retake it and it's a major prereq for transferring to USC. I suggest you to try to make up for your mistake by getting at least all A's on the prereqs and maintaining a GPA of at least 3.8-4.0 because that is the average accepted Marshall applicant. The accounting course I have to admit will effect you big time because it is one of the major prereqs.</p>
<p>My advice is to let it go. I think that showing vast improvement in your 2 years at CC is better than proposing a lame excuse about your performance during HS.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your input guys. I'm actually debating between Boston University, a CC, and UC Riverside right now.My main goal is to transfer to USC and that will most likely be achieved through going to a CC. However, with that C in accounting, i believe my chances will be low. So my other alternative is to go to UC Riverside, do the honors program there, and hopefully transfer after 2 years. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>If you are dead-set on transferring you should probably just go to the cc from the start. You’ll save money, get better grades and it will be much easier to get things like LORs at a cc where you only have around 20-30 people in most of your classes.</p>
<p>tarueater - it doesn’t really matter which school you attend, USC is said to not discriminate from which college you have attended (that’s just what they say). I believe UC Riverside does have a honors program.</p>