Probably and Interesting Question for Transfer People

nostra000
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:13:50 +0000

Just wondering… Does anyone know whether or not it matters if we decide to omit classes (meaning that you’d be leaving out all of the information, all of it) taken at another institution?

For example…
(As a background to the stats)
I went to a four year college somewhere OOS. Did miserably. Mostly because of how dreary the place was or was it… hormones? First year I think I genuinely tried at the outset but ran out of steam and just showed up for tests. Second year I genuinely tried and did great right up until the finals which is where I starting skipping classes so I could sleep in with my ex-love.

I don’t think I’m smart with my choices but I’m generally a pretty sharp guy… Sadly though however sharp I may be none of that shows when my GPA at this four year college is a miserable 1.2? I was in pre-med and I didn’t totally get kicked out because I was lucky enough to be good friends with one of my professors but still got that academic suspension.

This suspension was for Spring of 09 and since then I’ve been taking community college courses which is a breeze compared to the pre-med stuff but that’s probably just because I’ve had the mind to concentrate only on school and work my way through it all… Also helps that I’m back HOME which is what I like, also helps that I don’t plan to get engaged ever again… till I finish college.

Long story short… Here’s the stats but I don’t want to be too specific cause my sister snoops around here and she’d go nuts if she found out what I’d been doing.

A Good 4 Year Public College Known for their Med-Bio-Science Program.
Engineering, English Lit Major… Math Minor
Fall 07, Spring 08, Fall 08
GPA 1.2… includes the classes I retook and did just as bad in…
In Fall 08 I stopped the Pre-Med/Bio and switch Econ with English and Math Minor.

Summer 08
Took 2 Intro Econ Classes at Univ. Maryland-Baltimore Co… 6 Credits.
GPA 4.0

Spring 09, Summer 09
Took a few classes I haven’t taken yet that fits into my Gen Eds at a Howard Community College… 21 Credits.
GPA 4.0

I don’t think my Fresh/Soph years as a Pre-Med at the unnamed 4-Yr School will help my chances into Univ. Maryland-College Park. I’m in-state and my biggest problem is money. I would be fine staying at a CC except for the fact that I can probably do better but anyway here’s the big Q.

Q: Do I have to (by law) submit all of my college transcripts when I apply as a transfer student? Would UMCP be able to check to see all the schools I’ve attended somehow even if they just thought I went to Howard CC and UMBC? If I don’t and they find out would that count against me?

**** When I was admitted into the 4-Yr School I did not send my CC transcripts from when I was doing parallel enrollment during HS. (I just forgot…) And there wasn’t any problems the school had no school until I mentioned it to one of my advisers one day. Would it be the same way with UMCP in that they won’t find out if I don’t tell them?
It will probably hurt my chances if they do, or maybe they’ll just tell me to send the transcripts but anyway… What’s your thoughts?

I did some research on it but all I could find at the UMCP website was a line saying I have to send all transcripts from wherever I attended but… yeah.

J.