I just realised after 70% way through the cycle i forgot to include this ONE community college calc class i took for credit before i even entered college and its transcript in my application. when they do my background check and see this, what kind of disciplinary action taken be against me? have "FRAUD" labeled on me now? will i never be able to apply again? it was a genuine mistake as it was "38439"years ago and not an intentional attempt to mask the grade. please help.
Ehh just realised i forgot to include a transcript, in trouble?
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I'd just call the schools you've applied to, tell them it was an accidental omission, and ask what you need to do to fix it. If you address it now it won't come up later and cause you trouble.
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Call the schools and update your applications, I'd be surprised if there was a problem.
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Hopefully it's a good grade 😉 .
Just kidding, I don't think you'll have any issues if you're honest. If you just forget about it and never tell them and they find out some day, then you'll have problems.
Just kidding, I don't think you'll have any issues if you're honest. If you just forget about it and never tell them and they find out some day, then you'll have problems.
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Honesty is usually the best policy. I suggest you report the oversight to your new school. Apologize profusely and hope they take pity.
That said, in my opinion:
If you chose not to report this I don't think there's any significant probability that you'd ever get "caught."
This NOT going to show up on a background check. Your school just wants a criminal background check run by computer. They don't hire a private investigator to snoop around, talk to your neighbors, and dig through your trash.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act says that your community college can release information to your medical school without your consent, but the medical school would first have to ask every single community college in the country "Did Chris attend your school ever?" There's no way that every single community college in the country is checking their records to for each of the 20,000 medical students who are going to start school this year (plus the x-thousand dental students, y-thousand pharm students, z-thousand law students, etc. etc.).
It is true that you are required to be honest throughout your application. But the reason they're so intense with their cautionary statements is because they're never going to check.
That said, in my opinion:
If you chose not to report this I don't think there's any significant probability that you'd ever get "caught."
This NOT going to show up on a background check. Your school just wants a criminal background check run by computer. They don't hire a private investigator to snoop around, talk to your neighbors, and dig through your trash.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act says that your community college can release information to your medical school without your consent, but the medical school would first have to ask every single community college in the country "Did Chris attend your school ever?" There's no way that every single community college in the country is checking their records to for each of the 20,000 medical students who are going to start school this year (plus the x-thousand dental students, y-thousand pharm students, z-thousand law students, etc. etc.).
It is true that you are required to be honest throughout your application. But the reason they're so intense with their cautionary statements is because they're never going to check.
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If OP paid for CC with student loans, wouldn't it show up in the clearing house?
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