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Old 08-26-2014 at 01:13 AM   #1
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Grade Removal from Transcripts (courses from years ago)
I attended Mac 3 years ago before switching to another school and would like to remove a few courses off my transcript. Has anyone does this? These grades are lowering my cGPA a lot and the grad programs I am interested in look at cGPA.
Old 08-26-2014 at 02:58 AM   #2
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lol, I wish...
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Old 08-26-2014 at 09:36 AM   #3
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Yeah, life doesn't work like that. You can't just remove low grades from your transcript, for obvious reasons.

Most grad schools just look at your last couple of years, though. What programs/schools are you looking at?
Old 08-26-2014 at 10:09 AM   #4
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Hey guys, I fucked up in a few classes and dont want to deal with the consequences, can i just use some white out and cover up those grades and only show my good marks on my transcript?
Old 08-26-2014 at 06:58 PM   #5
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Depending on the situation they actually do remove marks from your transcripts. But you need official documentation that illness/death/etc occurred around the time you were taking a course. If something extreme didn't happen then I doubt they let you, but you should still message the academic advisers of your old faculty.
Old 08-27-2014 at 10:19 AM   #6
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Depending on the situation they actually do remove marks from your transcripts. But you need official documentation that illness/death/etc occurred around the time you were taking a course. If something extreme didn't happen then I doubt they let you, but you should still message the academic advisers of your old faculty.
Even in cases of extreme illness or death, they tend to frown upon selectively removing courses - because really, all courses that you were taking at the time should be affected.
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Depending on the situation they actually do remove marks from your transcripts. But you need official documentation that illness/death/etc occurred around the time you were taking a course. If something extreme didn't happen then I doubt they let you, but you should still message the academic advisers of your old faculty.
Even in cases of illness or death, if your gpa is really low, all they can do is give you a second chance and have you reinstated. I've never heard of anyone simply "getting rid of" final grades in university. You realize that if that were the case, literally everyone would be able to get into med school, law school, masters, etc.?

OP, unfortunately, the only way you'd be able to get a clean slate is by going back for a second degree or starting over at your new University (without transferring your credits from Mac).
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Old 08-27-2014 at 01:31 PM   #8
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I attended Mac 3 years ago before switching to another school and would like to remove a few courses off my transcript. Has anyone does this? These grades are lowering my cGPA a lot and the grad programs I am interested in look at cGPA.
It's stylistically designed to be that way, and you can't undo that, but we can diminish the effects of it.
Old 08-27-2014 at 01:33 PM   #9
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If you choose the second degree route, your transcript would list everything you had done.

Applying for graduate or professional school you are required to provide transcripts of all your previous university work, even at other schools.

There is nowhere to hide!

Actually, I understand that the most recent work of applicants is given greater regard as it would be the closer approximation of what quality to expect for the future.
Old 08-28-2014 at 12:21 AM   #10
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It depends on the circumstance. I failed a class last Fall because I bombed a 60% exam because I had a member of my family dying from brain cancer at the time, he passed away two days later. I can go and get that removed because the school has the death information on file already as I had to defer the rest of my exams.

They, however, WILL NOT remove bad grades or failed grades simply because you aren't happy with them now. There has to be a very important reason and they have to have proof on file.
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Death in family is the reason.

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My reason is death of a family member which lead me to nearly fail a course and do extremely poorly in others.

And the program I'm looking into is Osgoode Hall Law School.
The school would need a copy of the death certificate or the funeral program if they do not already have it on file. I don't know how likely they are to remove low grades, from my experience they only would remove the fails.
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Old 08-28-2014 at 11:35 AM   #13
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A few grades? The fact that you waited three years to even address the issue is also something that will probably work against you. Being blatantly honest here, you had the opportunity back then and you didnt take it. Move on as based on the information you provided, Law School is not in your immediate or distant future without doing a second undergrad degree.
Old 08-29-2014 at 09:51 AM   #14
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I know somebody who had some bad grades removed because she went in and cried. Or so she says. There were no real extenuating issues there (that I know of... and I was living with her at the time).

I suggest finding a one year masters program. I suspect they'd look a lot more at your grades from that, and if they still don't accept you you'll have an MA/Msc to fall back on.
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Thank you all.

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