pg515 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Hi everyone, I’m currently a rising senior planning to apply to grad school in September, and I have a question regarding study abroad transcripts. My home school doesn’t count grades from study abroad into the overall gpa so I kinda winged it... the grades are not too bad (one B, two A-s, and one A) but it doesn’t look too good when compared with my home school transcript (basically all As with a few scattered A-s). Since the study abroad was in junior spring, would it hurt my chances of getting into a good school? My home school ranks top 15 in the US and the study abroad program also ranks top in that country. I plan to apply to Harvard, UChicago, Kansas, SOAS, and courtauld. any advice/comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medievalmanu Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) Hello! I was in the same boat as you. I winged most of my classes abroad and my undergrad did not count it towards my overall GPA. I went to a small NESCAC school and and my study abroad was at a top UK university. I'm not sure how it would affect your application at the very top schools but I did fine considering the grades I got (just completed my MA and going to start my PhD in the fall). I think the abroad transcript is the least important part of your application as long as you took some interesting classes. Hope that helps! I wouldn't worry about it. Best Edited July 15, 2019 by medievalmanu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthistoryiscool Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Along this line, do you have any advice on translated transcripts? Some schools state that if you have transcripts from a foreign country that you need to have them translated, but does this apply even if your home institution was in the US and if your study abroad transcript came with a key? It's so unclear on admissions pages. Edited December 2, 2019 by Arthistoryiscool specify program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medievalmanu Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I'm not exactly sure what you are asking but I went to a US institution and studied in the UK for a semester. The transcript from the UK came with a key showing grade equivalents typical US universities and that was fine! Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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