Hey fellow economists,
I am planning to apply for top 1-30 ranked US PhDs this coming fall/winter in order to start the program in Fall 2014 .
I hold a bachelor degree from a regionally known university (not internationally) , and a masters degree from an internationally respected program.
My grades were really good in both my undergraduate and masters degree . However, after my freshman year as an undergrad , i registered for few courses at summer at a local unknown university near my hometown. I never imagined I would ever need the transcript of these courses for anything except transferring the credits , so I stopped attending one of the courses to concentrate on the others and got a (withdraw with fail) in it .The summer after I registered for a summer course at the same school and then dropped the semester after one week for emergent reasons that summer getting withdraws on same transcript.
Now while filling the applications , is it really that necessary to supply a transcript like this one just to prove having 2 courses or should i not send it at all ? Will they give it too much attention in admission given I have a top masters? I am afraid it will affect the rest of my application on which I worked hard to make it good.
I appreciate your opinions.