<p>I currently attend the local community college in my town. I've been attending there for 2 years and I'm about 51 units in (60 is usually the limit to transfer) however my gpa is a 2.6 & I don't see me in anyway bumping that up before I reach the 60 units. </p>
<p>However, I'm moving from california to Ft worth texas in a couple months and ill be attending a new community college out there. Am I able to just not send them my old transcripts and start fresh as if im a freshmen?? and there's no way theyd be able to find out through FAFSA because my dads paid for all my classes, ive never gotten aid from FAFSA but ive applied. </p>
<p>also if im not allowed to do that and i have to transfer over my transcripts is there some way to make up for all those classes i got C's in and does it matter that ill be maxed over 60 units??</p>
<p>pleaseee help I really want to be able to get into university of austin texas but i cant with a 2.6 and a lousy transcript.</p>
<p>If you try, you’ll be found out. There is a national clearinghouse of academic records that keeps track of all college enrollment. It won’t work.</p>
<p>“I really want to be able to get into University of Austin Texas…”</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but 51 credits of a C+ average doesn’t really show that. There are a lot of cases on here of people who fell behind for a semester or had serious personal or medical reasons for getting behind, but from what you’ve give it just sounds like you want to go to a school without putting out the quality of work that it requires.</p>
<p>My opinion aside, you must sent all your transcripts. Your GPA will not transfer, but it will be considered when you apply for four year schools, and unless you plan on taking another two years worth of work, it will probably be weighed heavily. And as you said, many schools won’t accept more than 60 credits. look into UT’s policy on transfer credits and act accordingly. Sometimes schools will accept a student with a lot of credits as long as they still complete 60 credits at the university. If they don’t, you should probably set your sights on another school.</p>
<p>If you want to transfer you can try and repeat some classes at your new college. When you transfer to a 4 year, your GPA resets and you get the credits, not the grade. so your 51 credits with a 2.6 at a CC will most likely at the new CC (assuming they take all the credits; which the wont) be a 0.0 with 51 credits. Thus, you can take a year and do REALLY well and focus, getting about 30 more credits and have a 81 credit with a 4.0 (hypothetically) yes, when you transfer or apply to U of T Austin they will see your GPA trends but having a 4.0 in the past year with some odd25-30 credits will help ALOT</p>
<p>But you MUST submit all transcripts; dishonesty will black mail you.</p>
<p>oh ok so your saying the new cc I attend will just take the credits and not the g.p.a…the thing i’m afraid of though, is I don’t want to max over 60 units cause that would look bad in UT Austin’s eyes…or does it matter? </p>
<p>I just want some way of getting a 2nd chance…I feel as though there’s no way to fix my situation…so it’s like whats next…just drop out of college?</p>
<p>Lets say UT:A is awesome and takes every credit anyone throws at them (which they dont but for the conversation it helps) but they only take up to 60. Lets say you have 75. It just means 15 credits wont transfer over. It doesn’t look bad, just looks like you took a lot of classes; that’s it. Did you fail most of them and repeat them? Did you Withdraw and repeat them? It wont really matter as long as you have a solid gpa.</p>
<p>There is really no way to get a second chance. You can’t repeat your college years, you can only hope for the best and do the best you can. BUT if you can pull straight As for 1 year or even 1 semester it will look AWESOME and shows that you are dedicated. It’s like applying for college in senior year; recommendations, good gpa and such will help alot.</p>
<p>oh ok I see what your saying now…well in my case since my gpa wont roll over to the new cc Ill have a shot of getting a 4.0 quicker without having to take on so many credits…but is UTA gonna consider my old GPA of 2.6 in regards to accepting me?</p>
<p>Alot of colleges average them together, yes. I know tulane does. So lets say you have…51 credits with a 2.6, and 30 credits from your new cc with a 4.0. UT will most likely look at your GPA as 3.11 gpa if you average those together. What is the transfer requirement for UT:A?</p>
<p>the transfer requirement is you need 30 hours and at least a 3.0. but you know to get in realistically you need like a 3.5 or something and i don’t think ill be able to reach that without maxing over my units. So what do you advise I do?? should I just try it…will they accept me?</p>
<p>Like i said even if you have 180 credits at CC they will still see you have a 3.5 with those 180 they will only ACCEPT 60 though. IT’s not like they are going to pick and choose which ones to take and which ones not to take and then base your GPA off of that. They will see your gpa, accept you or deny you, and then AFTER your accepted tell you what classes they will accept.</p>
<p>I think after you transfer and spend a year at your CC you should apply.</p>
<p>ohok i get what your saying now, that makes me feel better…is it true that some uc’s dont accept a super senior? how many credits does it take to be considered a super senior?</p>
<p>Colleges wont accept super seniors because you need to do at least 60 credits are the institution in which you want to end up; so 60 credits will need to be don’t at UT:A. Thus, if you think you’ll have a major that needs 60 credits, like engineering and other things…so if you are going to do classes make sure you’ll be able to complete the last 60 credits at UT:A</p>
<p>ok so my plan is to go to this new cc in Texas retake some core general ed classes just to bump my gpa up to a 3.5 I’m sure my credits will be over 80 by then -___-</p>
<p>but im not gonna take any of my major classes cause ill save that for UTA</p>
<p>even if you took 30 more credits (1yr) and got a 4.0 in all of them, your gpa would only be around 3.1. I don’t see 3.5 as being in the realm of possibility.</p>
<p>^Also, the OP would not have 30 credits at the time of application, he/she will only have 15-18. One semester, even with straight As, is not going to outweigh two years of average work.</p>
<p>IMO, your going to need 2 years to fix your GPA if you want a decent shot at transferring into UT:A. I don’t know know how transferring works specifically at UT:A, but at numerous universities the unit cap won’t hurt you as long as all the work is lower division. Personally, I was admitted into to USC, and a few UC’s with about 120 units. And, if you somehow 4.0 for two years, your upward trend will definitely look really good.</p>