grey-area question regarding my application...

[Anonomon]

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Quick back story, I went to a private school for a semester and while I got excellent grades at the school, I also racked up a significant amount of debt to the school in the process.

I ended up paying most of the debt off - actually have paid more than what was initially borrowed thanks to exorbitant interest rates - and was expecting to knock out the little that was left with my student loan check for my summer courses, however I came to find out that all student loan checks for my school have been delayed until the mid-fall. Because the debt won't be paid off in time, the private school will NOT release my transcripts.

My question is: Have any of you had any experience with leaving a transcript out? Been part of an admissions committee - as I know is the case for med students at certain schools? Heard stories of people failing to admit certain transcripts?

Please do not take this as an opportunity to admonish me on money management or issues of morality.

Thanks for any and all responses.

 

[theshellyb]

Can you explain a little more detail? Are you applying right now? Have you been accepted to medical school? At what phase are we talking about leaving out a transcript? What are you currently in summer courses for?

If you're currently in the process of applying to medical school, I'm pretty sure AMCAS won't verify your application until it receives all transcripts for grades you report. (It's been a while though, anyone feel free to correct).

If it's a matter of just not reporting the grades to AMCAS- is that the option you're talking about? Are any of the classes you took at this school necessary for your pre-reqs?

 

[Anonomon]

Can you explain a little more detail? Are you applying right now? Have you been accepted to medical school? At what phase are we talking about leaving out a transcript? What are you currently in summer courses for?

If you're currently in the process of applying to medical school, I'm pretty sure AMCAS won't verify your application until it receives all transcripts for grades you report. (It's been a while though, anyone feel free to correct).

If it's a matter of just not reporting the grades to AMCAS- is that the option you're talking about? Are any of the classes you took at this school necessary for your pre-reqs?

Thank you for getting back to me. You are right, I should have been more specific.

I am currently filling out AMCAS and will be submitting my application for review once my last letter of rec arrives. But yes, I was considering not even mentioning it to AMCAS.

The summer courses are Calc II and a couple of GE's.

The transcript would not be needed for prereqs because I have retaken all courses at my current school ( when applying for transfer to my current university, I omitted the transcript in question. Up until this point all courses being considered were taken at a local JC ).

Thanks let me know.

 

[theshellyb]

Ok, if that's the case, this is clearly the wrong forum for this. Should be in the Pre-Med forum.

If you do a search, there are a ton of threads of people who wanted to leave out schools on AMCAS. Like this one: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=706753

Obviously, you didn't fail, but that thread points out there is a National Student Clearinghouse that schools can find out every school you've attended.

You can do more searches to confirm, but the bottom line is: don't do it. Figure out a way to get that transcript.

 

[Anonomon]

Ok, if that's the case, this is clearly the wrong forum for this. Should be in the Pre-Med forum.

If you do a search, there are a ton of threads of people who wanted to leave out schools on AMCAS. Like this one: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=706753

Obviously, you didn't fail, but that thread points out there is a National Student Clearinghouse that schools can find out every school you've attended.

You can do more searches to confirm, but the bottom line is: don't do it. Figure out a way to get that transcript.

Thanks for the response. Apologies for posting in the wrong forum; I was looking for students that may take part in their school's admissions process to get their point of view.