<p>I attended a university in Japan about 4 years ago. I decided to drop out and start over in the U.S. (I'm a dual citizen who went to high school in California.) When I came here, I let the community college I was going to know that I went to college in Japan and asked if any of my courses would be transferred over. They said that I would have to go through a third party company to first translate it to find that out. It was a good amount of money to do it. So I opted out and went about college. Fast forward to now, I was accepted into UCSD and am now in the process of sending my high school and community college transcripts to them. BUT on their website it says that I have to send all of my school transcripts to them (including foreign country schools.) I did not mention that I went to this school in Japan on my application. So the UC technically doesn't know that I went to school in Japan. What should I do? Should I send my transcripts from the Japanese university or not mention it as though it never happened. If I should send them, are there any consequences that I will face because I didn't write it on my UC application?</p>
<p>Any comment/advice is appreciated.
Thank you!</p>
<p>You absolutely should have written it on your application. It is dishonest to hide that sort of information. And yes, you would also have to get transcripts from that university sent to UCSD. The UC application requires that you list every college coursework you ever took in your life. In addition to that, “students who accept an offer of admission to UC must provide official academic records from all institutions they attended beginning with the ninth grade.” (see source below).
Even though classes don’t transfer over to a community college, they may transfer to a UC. I went to college overseas for 2 years, listed everything in my application, and UCSD rejected me for having an excess of units (they absolutely don’t even look at applications that show senior standing).
Now, I highly doubt UCSD will investigate your past academic experiences and find out you went to that foreign school. Since you didn’t mention it on your application, they are not expecting you to submit transcripts now. Please remember though that this is dishonest and that you didn’t follow the rules. I would advise you to contact UCSD admissions, try to talk to their international admission specialist (I know you’re not an international applicant, but you will need their advice anyway) and find out what you should do.
Here’s some more info:
[University</a> of California - International academic records](<a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors)</p>
<p>I forgot to mention - the UCs will only want the transcript, probably translated, official versions, in a sealed envelope. No expensive evaluation service required; they do their own evaluation.
And in my opinion, if you report your previous courses in Japan and end up at a senior standing, they may revoke your admission. But if it’s not that many units, they may not. Your best option is to call them and fix this situation asap.
And I’m sorry if this is harsh, I didn’t mean to come across that way! Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>thanks for the reply SBVett. I understand that I f’ed up so I’ll be talking to the international specialist there to see if I can fix the problem.</p>
<p>Make sure you don’t go over the unit cap or you’ll get revoked! You should have included your transcripts in your application, but now it might be a little late. Before you call admissions, make sure that your international coursework doesn’t put you on senior standing (over 80 UC transferable semester units) or UCSD will cancelled your admission. Just one thing, if you discover that you go over the unit cap and decide to stay quiet, you will be always at risk of having your degree revoked in the future. It doesn’t matter how many years have passed after your graduation, if for some reason UCSD discovers that you had coursework you didn’t mention in the app, your degree will be cancelled.</p>