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HELP! Am I required to submit ALL transcripts after acceptance?


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I wasn't an engineering major in college but I'm going to grad school in engineering. 

I took a few deficient pre-req courses (all math classes) in the local community college. I'll be submitting the transcript to the grad school before the start of the school year. 
They specifically said that it is highly recommended that I should take these courses before matriculation.  

For summer, I'm currently taking engineering courses in a state college (different college) that is potentially gonna help me in grad school. 
I learned that it is NOT necessarily a pre-requisite... from the conversation I had with the professor in my grad school. 
I'm nonetheless taking it because I know I will be weak in physics/engineering compared to people from engineering background.
However, I had to skip the first semester of the course (the course has I and II) because they're not offered in the summer. Because of that, I am struggling and I'm not sure I'm gonna get a good grade. Am I required to submit this transcript as well? (I know that for application, I MUST submit ALL transcripts. But I'm not sure if I have to submit this one when I'm already accepted and these are just extra classes that I'm taking for my benefit.) If I have to submit it, i'm thinking of withdrawing the class but I still want to learn the materials.

Please help me out if you know anything about submitting transcripts for extra classes!

 

I'd really appreciate your help!! :)

 

 

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The answer is: Probably.  To some degree, if it's a different college, they're probably not going to know.  But you do sign paperwork to the effect of "This is truthful," so presumably there could be academic dishonesty consequences for not submitting it.  How bad they would be probably depends on the program and whether or not you could pass it off as "I forgot."  For example, I did a couple of classes at a community college back in '02 that were then transferred onto my main transcript.  I'm pretty sure I reported them separately when I applied for my MA, but I'm not sure.  I doubt my degree would be revoked if I didn't though.

 

Therefore, I'd suggest a few alternatives:

 

1. Drop the class.  If it's not too late, drop it and retake it.

2. Talk to your professor about extra credit.  Even if there's no mention of it in the syllabus, you can ask.

3. Go to office hours.  All of them.  If your professor sees you making a lot of extra effort to understand, they're more likely to help you out with #2, or give you the benefit of a doubt if it's the difference between an A and a B, B and C, etc.

 

Good luck.  I'm in a similar situation right now and tearing my hair out.

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14 hours ago, E-P said:

The answer is: Probably.  To some degree, if it's a different college, they're probably not going to know.  But you do sign paperwork to the effect of "This is truthful," so presumably there could be academic dishonesty consequences for not submitting it.  How bad they would be probably depends on the program and whether or not you could pass it off as "I forgot."  For example, I did a couple of classes at a community college back in '02 that were then transferred onto my main transcript.  I'm pretty sure I reported them separately when I applied for my MA, but I'm not sure.  I doubt my degree would be revoked if I didn't though.

 

Therefore, I'd suggest a few alternatives:

 

1. Drop the class.  If it's not too late, drop it and retake it.

2. Talk to your professor about extra credit.  Even if there's no mention of it in the syllabus, you can ask.

3. Go to office hours.  All of them.  If your professor sees you making a lot of extra effort to understand, they're more likely to help you out with #2, or give you the benefit of a doubt if it's the difference between an A and a B, B and C, etc.

 

Good luck.  I'm in a similar situation right now and tearing my hair out.

I echo this, but also perhaps see if you can swap to auditing it? That way you can learn the materials without the stress of a grade? Not sure if it is possible for you or not.

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