Over six transcripts for undergraduate work?

[TessaMM]

Hi everyone! I am looking to apply to a master's program next year. A potential problem that occurred to me is that I will have at least six different transcripts from different schools. I transferred once in undergrad, took community college courses at two different schools, and did a post-bacc. I am worried that this might show I was unable to commit to a program/school. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with this? 

 

[Noegenesis]

7 hours ago, TessaMM said:

Hi everyone! I am looking to apply to a master's program next year. A potential problem that occurred to me is that I will have at least six different transcripts from different schools. I transferred once in undergrad, took community college courses at two different schools, and did a post-bacc. I am worried that this might show I was unable to commit to a program/school. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with this? 

 

If there is space for explaining your circumstances, do so succinctly. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry too much, because there's nothing else you can do.

[lessthanepsilon]

Just wanted to say I'm in the exact same boat except 4 transcripts. In my SOP I briefly mentioned (only ~2 sentences) that I spent time trying to figure out what major was right for me, and now I know for sure I'm doing what I want (this was the approach I was advised to take by a current Master's Student at the school I applied to). Haven't gotten a response yet, but if I get an interview I'll let you know how it goes, as I'm sure they will ask about it.

[crackademik]

As long as your grades are decent, this shouldn't hurt you, especially if all the classes are in similar fields. I have 5 different transcripts (early grades bad, later grades good), and have a few admits to some phD programs. I didn't mention this in my SOP nor did it come up in interviews. If you're applying to harvard then maybe they might take a second look, but otherwise you should be fine. 

[lessthanepsilon]

On 2/7/2019 at 2:22 PM, crackademik said:

As long as your grades are decent, this shouldn't hurt you, especially if all the classes are in similar fields. I have 5 different transcripts (early grades bad, later grades good), and have a few admits to some phD programs. I didn't mention this in my SOP nor did it come up in interviews. If you're applying to harvard then maybe they might take a second look, but otherwise you should be fine. 

That is really encouraging, thanks for sharing!