Community College Transcripts

[islandgurl918]

Hello,

Is it 100% absolutely necessary to include a community college transcript when applying for an MBA program if you already received a BA from a good university? I only took a course, but was thinking of not including it as my grade was less than stellar. I did very well in undergrad and would much rather just include that transcript. Thoughts?

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

Generally, you must include all transcripts of courses you took which were included in getting your degree. So, if you took a course at a community college in the summer and transferred or used that credit towards your degree, you would need to schlep out there and get the transcript. Sorry if that's bad news!

[islandgurl918]

It was in addition to my bachelor's degree. It was just one course I took on a whim and was after I graduated from UC Berkeley with my BA in Communications. I didn't use the community college course for any sort of transfer credit.

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

In that case, you should be exempt from including the course and transcript. I would only include it if it counted towards the degree. Thanks for the clarification.

[utdrub]

what if my official transcript from UT-Austin shows my junior college work?

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

now I am really confused. you said your degree was from berkeley, so what do you mean by transcript from UT Austin?

[utdrub]

unrelated to the original poster, I have bachelors from Ut-Austin, but it shows my work at junior college. Will I still need transcripts from both or will the one from UT suffice with the junior college work on it?

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

I see--sorry didn't notice different avatar. Yes, unfortunately you will need to get a copy of your transcript from the community college.