How Courses Show Up on UG Transcript
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:47 am
This may be a weird/dumb question, but it is something I have been thinking about lately. Taking a brief detour from talk of GPAs and LSATs, I was wondering if anyone knows how courses are reflected on their transcripts. A lot of my strongest grades in college were courses that were English courses, but cross-listed with departments like Music, Spanish and Asian studies, etc. On my transcript they show up as Music, Spanish, Asian studies and I don't have any courses on my transcript listed as English because I never elected to switch them to English when I was in UG.
Do you think this will really matter to Adcoms? Do they see course descriptions, or other cross-lists, etc? Otherwise, how will they really know what types of courses students are taking when they are less straightforward course topics? I guess a positive for me would be that they will look at me as having 'intellectual curiosity' lol...but how will they be able to appreciate all of the writing I did in these courses...I guess some courses may just sound like they have a lot of writing/research, but still.
Do you think this will really matter to Adcoms? Do they see course descriptions, or other cross-lists, etc? Otherwise, how will they really know what types of courses students are taking when they are less straightforward course topics? I guess a positive for me would be that they will look at me as having 'intellectual curiosity' lol...but how will they be able to appreciate all of the writing I did in these courses...I guess some courses may just sound like they have a lot of writing/research, but still.