<p>Over the summer I took a class at my local CC and received a pretty crappy grade (the teacher couldn't teach, but I have to place some blame on myself in all fairness).</p>
<p>On my CC's website it states that "all courses will appear on your permanent record and must be reported to any other college or university to which you apply."</p>
<p>This is all fine and dandy, but I don't see how this policy is enforceable. I'm not taking this course for high school credit, so it won't show on my HS transcript, and I supposedly have to take the initiative to send my CC transcript to the "other [colleges] to which [I will] apply."</p>
<p>Now suppose I take a calculated risk in not doing this. Is it probable that admissions officers will find out? How severe would the consequence be? Has anyone experienced a similar predicament before? Or am I just being paranoid?</p>
<p>yes, you must show all courses and intentionally not including them would be considered misrepresentation and grounds for having your admissions rescinded.</p>
<p>BTW, should you decide to apply to Law School, you will have to supply transcripts from all schools even if you received high school credit.</p>
<p>Yes, you must report the class. The Common App specifically asks for all colleges you have attended, the courses you took and the grades you got. You then must certify that you have answered all questions on the application truthfully and completely. Not reporting this course is, as sybbie stated, misrepresentation if not fraud.</p>
<p>If you don’t think that failing to report the class is a big deal, just search these boards for the threads about Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at MIT.</p>
<p>Agreeing with Chedva here, a typical college application asks the applicant to submit transcripts from ALL secondary and postsecondary schools at which the applicant has taken classes. For my son, about to be an eleventh grader, that has already added up to SIX external transcripts as part of his “homeschooling” program. You just deal with it, and submit all transcripts from all previous studies at the high school or higher level. The college admission officers expect complete information, and they know what to do with it.</p>
<p>OK, forget the “slippery slope.” All by itself, it’s a significant omission, and your signature on the form is a lie. Therefore, if a college does find out, it is perfectly legitimate for them to wonder what else the student lied about. And it is under no obligation to investigate; it can summarily dismiss the student. And don’t think that this dismissal will remain private.</p>
<p>Yes, it has happened. Is it worth it to risk that it happens to you?</p>
<p>what about classes that are signed up for through a CC but aren’t actually taught there, like the online ones from a place like “Ed2Go” or others. Is that still considered a college course and should be reported?</p>
<p>Read your college application and its instructions. You will be expected to submit transcripts from all high schools, and transcripts from all colleges, unless you are applying to a college whose admission office is run by chumps. Please link to any admission form posted online that doesn’t expect applicants to submit transcripts from all their previous secondary and postsecondary courses.</p>
<p>I still would like to know how one would get caught omitting such courses, since records are “protected by the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),” essentially a nondisclosure clause. It seems somewhat off that my CC would mention that along with requiring the sending of transcripts.</p>
<p>FERPA specifically excludes the treatment records of students in higher education from its definition of educational records. It also excludes employees of an educational institution if they are not students.</p>
<p>according to FERPA</p>
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<p>Education records may be disclosed without consent to officials of another school at which a student seeks or intends to enroll.</p>
<p>I am certain there is some threatening language out there about misrepresenting yourself in your application. That nonsense aside, I wouldn’t think twice about excluding something like that or even requesting that the community college alter the grade to pass/fail. If you do decide to exclude it, as any reasonable human being would- make sure your letters of recommendation don’t include anything about how ambitious you were that you took classes at the local community college.</p>
<p>Mainly out of concern for school after undergrad: I totally neglected to submit a transcript from my previous secondary school in Singapore and also because secondary school begins at seventh grade in Singapore. I’m preparing to renounce all legal ties with Singapore to avoid being drafted in the middle of my college career. I had like half a year in that school (two years total) that overlapped with ninth grade. Is getting that transcript critical after undergrad?</p>
<p>My main concern is those who go to an grade-inflated high school or are just plain lazy or unprepared, and then take a course somewhere and don’t do well. Wouldn’t we just love to hide bad high school grades? It’s the same thing. </p>
<p>I mean if you made an “A” in Cake-making 101 I probably wouldn’t have it sent.</p>