<p>I'm taking a couple of intro courses at a local 4-year college, but I'm doing badly in a course due to a large bout of senioritis and general apathy for the class. I'm taking this course for concurrent enrollment (solely for college credit), thus, it will not be attached to my final high school transcript. </p>
<p>I want to send my college transcript in for placement purposes (to Duke, if that matters), because I have a couple of other courses that I want to get credit for. I heard that this transcript will only be seen by the Registrar department and not the admissions department, is this correct?</p>
<p>lol, not really aigiqinf. It’s not the college that he’s getting a degree from; no one will ever even know that he took classes there if he doesn’t tell them. Honestly, no one’s going to give a **** about some classes he took while in HIGH SCHOOL.</p>
<p>When you applied, did you mention these college classes? If they were mentioned in your application, then you probably have to submit the transcript. If they were not mentioned, then you’re OK.</p>
<p>When you apply to undergraduate and graduate school, you are still required to send in EVERY college transcript, it doesn’t matter if it was from high school. I believe I’ve read LSAC uses college classes taken in high school as part of their GPA calculations.</p>
<p>Admissions requires final transcripts from all schools, high school, dual enrollment, college–anything you took senior year of high school. And if you WANT credit or placement for these classes, they will be reviewed by admissions and the registrar. And yes, you can be rescinded based on these classes, whether you “need” them to graduate or not. Be very careful trying to hide classes, especially if you plan for the registrar to have them but not admissions. It doesn’t work that way.</p>
<p>what if you don’t want credit for any of the clases and the college course is merely for fun and has nothign to do with your high school graduationg</p>
<p>I mentioned courses that I was taking during that semester (fall semester of last year), and I sent my college transcript with those grades on it to Duke, but I did not mention any courses I am taking this current semester, nor did I state I was going to take more courses this semester. I did not plan to get credit for the course I’m doing badly in, nor will I request credit for it; I was merely taking it for fun/educational purposes, however, I didn’t really put in the effort to earn a good grade since I only focused on parts of the class I was interested in. </p>
<p>Here’s Duke’s policy regarding getting credit for classes:</p>
<p>"Credit Earned Prior to Matriculation:
Freshmen and transfer students who earn credit at other colleges before enrolling at Duke may present transcripts to the Engineering Dean’s Office for evaluation (in consultation with the Directors of Undergraduate Study for the appropriate course) for credit or placement.</p>
<p>You can receive Duke credit only if the courses:</p>
<pre><code>* a) were taken in competition with degree candidates of that college
b) were taught by a regular member of the college faculty
c) were part of the regular curriculum of the college
d) were taken after commencement of the student’s junior year of high school
e) were not taken on a study abroad program completed prior to matriculation at Duke
f) yielded a grade of B- or better
g) were not pre-calculus or English composition courses
h) were not used to meet high school diploma requirements"
</code></pre>
<p>So I’m assuming that my college transcript will be for placement purposes only according to this…right?</p>
<p>So, how do you get your college transcript sent (of courses that you took in high school)? Or is the college that you took them at notified and then required to send them in? Just wondering because I’ll be in a similar situation when I apply in the fall.</p>
<p>This is done on a school-by-school basis. There is usually a transcript request form, and sometimes a fee. Ask admissions and records or the registrar’s office at the school you want to send a transcript from.</p>
<p>I think you are OK not sending the transcript to Duke. However – if your grade is high enough that you would get credit, then I don’t see why admissions shouldn’t see it as well. I doubt your admission would be rescinded if your grade was B- or higher. </p>
<p>You are better off asking your guidance counselor, or calling admissions directly, instead of relying on an Internet message board.</p>
<p>And aigiqinf – I’ve taken classes at a few colleges, after I graduated from college, and never used those transcripts for anything. When I applied to graduate programs, I didn’t even think to submit them (I totally forgot about them), and the schools never asked, or discovered them. So it really isn’t true that these transcripts follow you everywhere.</p>
<p>Most undergraduate and graduate applications ask for “all transcripts from post-secondary institutions attended.” Failure to submit these is sufficient grounds for future dismissal or rescission of an admissions offer.</p>
<p>aigiqinf, I just checked my grad school application, and it asked for a transcript for “each college attended” – although no where was their language that failure to do so resulted in dismissal or rescission. I interpret the word “attended” to mean accepted for a degree program. </p>
<p>Technically you may be correct, but the fact that I took one programming course in BASIC in 1982, 20 years before I applied, was of no interest to the program I was applying to. It was not intentional deceit (I totally forgot about the class until I recently stumbled across my notes), and it was irrelevant to the program requirements, it was not for a degree program – it was one isolated class. Many adults take a class here and there at a community college, just for fun. I don’t see why those are relevant. It’s not like there is a master database that keeps track of every college class taken by every student.</p>
<p>I too have an ancient Basic course (1979). But I had to track the transcript down in order to stay in a graduate program that I was already half-way through. Attended means attended. There is no distinction between attending for one credit, or attending for a full degree program. This really has very little to do with us as applicants. It does have everything to do with the colleges and universities maintaining their accreditation. At review time, if representatives from their peer institutions learn that applicant files are “incomplete” it can cost the college/university its accreditation.</p>
<p>So the rule is, send official copies of transcripts from every accredited college/university/community college that you have ever attended when you apply for admission to any other accredited college/university/community college.</p>
<p>To date, I’ve attended seven different colleges, community colleges, and universities. I have one B.A., one M.S. and one “Graduate Certificate”. I have a fat file of “official copies” of transcripts from each and every one of those institutions of higher education ready to hand out when required by a potential employer or by the next place I want to study. It’s a drag, but that’s the way it is.</p>
<p>The important thing to remember is that the colleges and universities know that all of us have some good grades, and some bad grades, and that we’ve taken a whole bunch of classes that aren’t remotely relevant to our current professional and academic goals. They are very skilled at ignoring anything that is not relevant to their needs.</p>
<p>For anyone interested in applying to law school (and to many other graduate and professional programs), please know that you will be required to provide transcripts from every college-level course you have taken. This absolutely includes college courses taken while in high school. All of these grades will be taken into account when calculating your GPA for purposes of law school admission.</p>
<p>When applying, is it enough to submit transcript for courses taken during high school with the application, or should the student submit a second copy to the registrar of the school ultimately chosen for matriculation?</p>