Question:
I'm in the States. I've already graduated from college
here. But recently I went for some English class at a
community college since English isn't my first language and
it needs some improvement. But I'm not put great efforts
into it to keep my grades up since I'm done with my four
years. My concern is if I ever plan to go for graduate
study, would the grade matter then? Do graduate schools ask
for all transcripts from all colleges that a student've
attended?
Answer:
If you went to a community college after graduating from a 4-year BA
program, you don't have to worry about your grades in the community
college classes. I am assuming that because you already have a BA,
you are not signed up for a degree program in that community
college, though. Just don't mention it. It isn't necessary.
I always put my undergraduate and graduate classes on my résumés and
applications for graduate study simply because I needed to show that
I had a substantial background in English and American literature
and good grades in all my English courses even though I didn't get a
BA in English (International Relations) or an MA in English. Those
undergraduate and graduate courses earned me a few points at the U
of Iowa when I was a graduate student there, but if I had not done
well, I would not have mentioned them.
I left English graduate school only because I had to leave Georgia
after my tour of duty with the US Navy was over. All right, I didn't
*have* to, but I sure as hell *wanted* to, because I just couldn't
take the old south anymore. Anyway, I had to start graduate school
at Columbia U the following fall.
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