<p>Hello, everyone! It has been so long since I have been on this site.</p>
<p>I'm back because I am ready to apply to transfer colleges to be admitted for the Fall 2015 semester. Though this is an exciting time for me, I have one question about how to proceed: do I really have to submit all transcripts from previous institutions? I ask because, over the summer, I took Calculus I at my home community college. Due to a misunderstanding between my mom and I, I ended up earning a D for that course. I have not transferred this grade or transcript back into the college I am currently attending, but the record is still there. </p>
<p>Should I submit this transcript to my potential transfer colleges, even though I did not earn any credit and did not transfer it back to my college? I am simply confused as I have received mixed answers. On one hand, I have seen people say that I absolutely must submit all transcripts. On the other hand, however, the transfer specialist at my college said that I should not submit or even mention that transcript as four-year universities would not look for it since I did not transfer the bad grade and transcript back into my current college. Thanks in advance for the help!</p>
<p>If you fail to submit the transcript, it’s clearly academic/admissions deception/fraud. I understand that may seem overly severe. However, how would you react if your transfer application were denied and you then discovered that another transfer candidate had been admitted after he knowingly misled the university by failing to provide a poor academic transcript? Might you demand the university reconsider your rejection and his acceptance? Perhaps by viewing this situation from the institution’s perspective, you may better understand why it’s a poor idea and why a university might impose significant penalties. You also might remember that criminal fraud is generally defined as “deception intended to result in financial or personal gain” (admission to a university is certainly a “personal gain”). </p>
<p>Whenever you apply for admissions to a degree program at an accredited college or university in the US, you are obligated to provide all of your transcripts. Period. No matter how ugly. No matter how old. No matter where in the world you took those classes.</p>
<p>If you are currently enrolled as a degree-seeking student at your current college/university, you need to stop by the registrar’s office and sort out the business about your old ugly transcript. </p>
<p>I’m not really sure how a misunderstanding between you and your mom caused you to get a ‘D’ in a college course (unless she was providing your transportation and caused you to miss class), but it’s important that you send the transcript in no matter what the reason. If your other grades are okay, one bad grade shouldn’t be a problem. If you need the credits, you can retake the class later, but definitely acknowledge that you took it.</p>
If you have an email where the “specialist” told you that, then you ought to forward that email to the head of the counseling dept. You have been advised to commit fraud, since every app plainly requires you to list ALL previous colleges attended and you sign under penalty of perjury. On the other hand if you were told that in a conversation that person will simply say that you misunderstood, that is not what they said. </p>
<p>Thank you, everyone. I am most definitely going to submit that transcript. Even though I received the aforementioned D in calculus, I am retaking it right now. I currently have an A. Also, I have a 3.60 GPA at my home college (expected to climb up to a 3.74, assuming that I get A’s in all courses), so I am not that worried about getting accepted into a few of my top-choice colleges (namely Penn State and University of Maryland). </p>
<p>@austinmshauri That’s exactly why I missed classes. My mom was providing me with her car since the college was so far away. </p>
<p>@mikemac I had an in-person conversation with her. She told me straight up that I should not submit my transcripts from the other college, and that she was not trying to say it in a sneaky manner. I thought not submitting every transcript of mine would be fraudulent, however, so I decided to ask this question on CC.</p>