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Alternate Transcripts

by Ashish321 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:21 am
Hi Paul,

In one of your posts , you talked about building 'Alternate Transcripts' to compensate for ones tentative GPA . I have also read at other places that consultants ask people to join a Calculus or a Statistics Class . I don't know how taking those classes happens in US , as in India we cannot enroll in a University for a class or a two alone .

Could you please suggest as to what are 'Alternate Transcripts' , what and to what extent is their role and whether there is an avenue wherein i can eroll in an Online Course which can prove substantial in my Application process.

Thanks & Regards,
Ashish
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by paulsbodine » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:19 am
Ashish,

Alternate Transcripts are just efforts to compensate for weaknesses or gaps in one's undergrad transcript by taking (and doing well in) courses after graduating. Taking these courses online is fine. So if India doesn't offer these courses, consider enrolling in an online class. There are also alternatives like MBAMath.com, which the business schools are aware and seem to approve of.

Good luck,
Paul Bodine
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by Ashish321 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:26 am
Paul - Thanks a Ton for suggesting MBAmath.com as a source . I was not aware of on that front.

Could you please suggest other alternatives to MBAmath.com so that i could look into various options available

That will really really help a lot.

Regards!
Ashish