<p>Applications say: list all schools previously attended. Do the places you apply to have a way of independently finding this out if you do not list it?</p>
<p>Yes - and if they do find out, they will likely rescind your offer. Be honest on your apps.</p>
<p>This was a royal pain in the ass for me because I've taken various classes at random places and also done some study-abroad programs. Of course, on their online applications the schools don't leave enough space for you to enter all these things. I submitted a whole pile of transcripts, though. Since I'm applying to IR programs, I want to make sure they see lots of things with foreign writing in my application package, hehe..</p>
<p>I don't know if you are in a position to submit all your transcript then do so. But I doubt they check every little college you attended. Like for instance, if you went to a college, but could foot the bill, and they placed a hold/ecumberance, you don't have access to your trascript, so you can't foward them to the schools you are applying to, then what? Nothing you can do.</p>
<p>Honestly, I thought about the same question before. After I graduated from college, I went to an art school to take some freshman-level art courses. My GPA in that school was kind of screwed up, which definitely would affect my overall GPA. But I reported the school nevertheless, fearing that admissions people would find it out...</p>
<p>There have been threads on this and other forums from people who fudged and had their offers rescinded when the college found out. Some of them had it happen before they started, and I remember at least one where the iuniversity found out about 15 (I think) credits at another school that went unreported. The student got kicked out of the program. I don't know if every school would react so harshly, but personally I don't like to take chances with my education.</p>
<p>As far as transcripts with a hold on them - that's your responsibility. There is something you can do - get rid of the hold. Universities would have no sympathy there.</p>
<p>Every grad school admissions site I saw had directives on transcripts. Most said any place you earned credits needs a transcript; one said any place with at least 6 credits. You can certainly call the grad secretary and ask - anonymously, if you wish - if those transcripts need to be sent, since they don't relate to your undergrad.</p>
<p>Interesting. I wonder how they found it out. Any idea?</p>
<p>If you have ever had financial aid, then they National Student Loan Database has a listing of your financial aid for whatever schools you have attended and all of that. And, maybe the financial aid department and the addy department could be in cahoots with one another? Who knows?</p>
<p>I took one semester of spanish at a local community college in high school, so that I could graduate a year early... I didn't do great, I didn't do badly, I don't bother about it anymore. For my major, nobody cares whether I've taken spanish, and it's so long ago and far away that it's difficult for me to get the transcripts. If I did very bady, I'd probably feel more nervous about not disclosing it, but I'm pretty sure nobody cares about it at this point.</p>
<p>i took one summer classes for two summers, and they transferred directly onto my main undergrad transcript, so i didnt bother listing them.</p>
<p>Scratch my previous post.... I've been caught. They're making me send another transcript to justify 4 credits worth of Spanish that I took as a high school class. Bah.</p>
<p>Never underestimate the investigative powers of the graduate school admissions office.</p>
<p>Honestly, there must be some sort of database, because I've heard a lot of stories about people getting caught on this.</p>
<p>In this case I was caught because that one class was part of the way I graduated high school a year early, and therefor had to be reported to my undergrad university, who put it on my transcript as a transfer credit, but weren't explicit about what it was, which made another school ask questions when they saw that part of the transcript.</p>