<p>hey everyone... i was wondering if it's ok not to list a college you went to on a transfer application if you were only there for a semester ... i mean i know you're not supposed to, but do they really check?</p>
<p>the thing is that i left college after my sophmore year -- my family moved, long story. so i transferred into another school there, and went there for half a semester, then we had to move again, and I couldnt finish the semester so I ended up with all Incomplete/F's!</p>
<p>It's been a few years since then, and I'm applying back to schools. My transcript from where I first attended (2 years) is really strong, but then I have this stupid semester of F's from this stupid state school.</p>
<p>Can I just ignore it? Is there any way they can find out? I'm applying to some pretty competitive schools...</p>
<p>Nevermind. I would advise you to send those transcripts in. If the university you transfer into finds out, they can rescind your admission or worse yet; even revoke your diploma many years after they have awarded it to you.</p>
<p>do you really think they would find out? the thing that i went to georgetown first, the semester that i screwed up was at rutgers and i'm applying to schools like nyu and gw and i really dont think they will take a student with a semester like that... i mean is there any way for them to actually check?</p>
<p>georgetown is your 'stupid state school' ? Wow.</p>
<p>I can't really say; I think its shady to withold such information. If anything, you should tell them and try to incorporate your academic success as of late into your essays...overcoming early collegiate struggles etc.</p>
<p>Yes, I agree with my Berkeley bretheren above. When universities want all college transcripts fro transfer students I'm pretty sure they want ALL OF THEM.</p>
<p>Oh yes, you can get caught and if you do, I don't know if anything above a third rate university will accept you. Some univerisites will check their transfers past histories.</p>
<p>You won't get caught, you should be fine. It's like a job application, a lot of people leave off some work experience where they slacked off, weren't there a long time, etc. But unless you do research, you won't find out about this if you are an employer. People here will tell you "It's immoral! You have to send it!" but the bottom line is, they won't know, so don't send it.</p>
<p>Were you a full paying student? Did you apply for financial aid. Did you or yoru parents file a fafsa freshman year? The colleges will know because your social security #. Financial aid offices will be able to access all aid you have gotten in the past especially aid that came from the federal government (pell grants, stafford and perkins loans).</p>
<p>What are you going to tell the colleges you have been doing for the 2 years that you spent in school? </p>
<p>Not listing the school will be grounds for automatic dismissal at any school you apply to. Even after you graduate, the school could still rescind your admissions leaving you with a worthless sheet of paper.</p>
<p>Look for a job where they will have to do a background check, the information will come up and you won't get the job for being dishonest. </p>
<p>Apply to law school and "forget" to list your first school, your file will be considered incomplete by the LSAC. Even if you manage to get pass them, you will have failed the ethics and moral character section so you have just wasted 3 years and a ton of money because now you can't be admitted to the bar.</p>
<p>this is all a lot to think about... i instinctively don't want to do it (and most likely won't) BUT i did not apply for financial aid or file a fafsa at rutgers or at gt, and was was full paying student at both places, so i don't see any reason for me being in any database other than THEIRS... </p>
<p>other than calling up every university in the country, i dont see how they could find out!</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> i just want that damn semester to disappear!</p>
<p>Why not go back to georgetown? Write them a letter explain what happened tell them your family moved and that you were a decent student who had to interrupt your studies and ask for them to let you continue, send that letter to the director of admissions, I feel they'll take you back. You're not the first this happens to.</p>
<p>hey scorp, that's a thought i've had, but because i spent a semester elsewhere --where i was austencibly registered as a degree student-- i would have to reapply to gt... which brings me back to teh same problem with that stupid transcript for that stupid semester!</p>
<p>You DO NOT want to do it. It could come back to hurt you severely many years down the road. It's academic fraud equal to cheating etc. and they could revoke your diploma which could cost you your job and everything you have worked for. Is it worth having that hanging in the back of your mind for 40 years?? Many firms do pretty thorough background checks and with the internet you never know what will turn up.</p>