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[Count de Monet]

So I got an email about 10 days ago from one of the admissions staffers from a PhD program which I applied to. I was informed that my undergraduate transcripts did not indicate that my degree was conferred. I am thoroughly confused because my diploma is hanging on my wall and I have a copy of my transcripts which show a BA in poli-sci conferred in 2009. I have emailed them asking them to please take a second look at the transcripts, but haven't gotten a reply back and there's no update on-line regarding my transcripts. I am bewildered.

[newms]

Have you seen your transcripts yourself, so you could point out exactly where it shows the degree that was conferred? Alternatively you could send them a certified copy of your degree. I don't know if you'd be able to get this to them at this time, but some schools I applied to asked for that and I think it would settle any questions they have.

[Strangefox]

So I got an email about 10 days ago from one of the admissions staffers from a PhD program which I applied to. I was informed that my undergraduate transcripts did not indicate that my degree was conferred. I am thoroughly confused because my diploma is hanging on my wall and I have a copy of my transcripts which show a BA in poli-sci conferred in 2009. I have emailed them asking them to please take a second look at the transcripts, but haven't gotten a reply back and there's no update on-line regarding my transcripts. I am bewildered.

I think that the explanation might be that your school has put in an envelope an incomplete transcript by mistake. If I were you I would not wait for an answer. I would call them immediately. I think this thing can be settled much faster on the phone.

Good luck!

[Count de Monet]

I think that the explanation might be that your school has put in an envelope an incomplete transcript by mistake. If I were you I would not wait for an answer. I would call them immediately. I think this thing can be settled much faster on the phone.

Good luck!

Thanks Strangefox; however, with the Christmas and New Years breaks there is no one in the office until at least Monday. I figure if I don't have a response by Tuesday morning I will call them to figure out what the heck is going on. They're the only people to have contacted me with any problems regarding my transcript.

[eklavya]

i scanned my BS diploma and uploaded it to the application system for one school, although this was optional. but what intrigues me is why does the school care if you have graduated or not. it appears as if the school wants you to have a diploma before you apply - and this is quite absurd given that most applicants apply to PhD programs during their senior year. if your PhD program requires that you have to have a BS (and other) degree before you apply, contacting your undergrad institution as well as the graduate program would be wise.

[Count de Monet]

i scanned my BS diploma and uploaded it to the application system for one school, although this was optional. but what intrigues me is why does the school care if you have graduated or not. it appears as if the school wants you to have a diploma before you apply - and this is quite absurd given that most applicants apply to PhD programs during their senior year. if your PhD program requires that you have to have a BS (and other) degree before you apply, contacting your undergrad institution as well as the graduate program would be wise.

I think they contacted me regarding my transcript because I stated in my application that I had earned my BA in 2009 and so if they, for whatever reason, can't find it on my transcript, it's a problem. Although it's kind of all silly since I also have an MA so obviously I have to have graduated from undergrad.