<p>Hi, I was planning on applying to UCLA, and have attended a several colleges. I would like to leave Santa Monica College out because i have received a bad grade at that school. I do not need the credit from that school, but my question is, if I apply to UCLA and i do not put Santa Monica College as one of the schools i attended, will they find out? Please help this is really killing me.</p>
<p>henry, lets be honest about what you're asking, ok? The UC application clearly states that you need to list ALL colleges you have attended. Not just the ones you'd like them to see. ALL of them. </p>
<p>So what you're really asking is "can I lie to get into ucla? Will they catch me?"</p>
<p>Sorry to tell you this henry, but the answer is "yes". They may catch you, very easily. There is a company called the National Student Clearinghouse <a href="http://www.nslc.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nslc.org/</a> set up to provide exactly this information; they claim to have data on 91% of the US college student body. And I'm not going to tell you what I found when I went to their website and looked to see if Santa Monica College reports their students; I'll let you find that out for yourself.</p>
<p>And here's what makes it more fun (for people that value honesty, that is). You might think that if you apply and "forget" to mention it, you're ok if they accept you. Wrong!! With so many applicants, they probably don't do the screening until you enroll. So anytime after you're accepted when they decide to run the names thru, they can catch your lie. And then they'll kick you out. ucla will be another school you'll need to "forget" to mention when you apply to other schools. And if they don't find out until after you graduate they'll just revoke your diploma for fraud. Won't that be fun? Your employer will call ucla to verify you have a degree, and ucla will say "no, you don't". How far in life are you going to get with that?</p>
<p>Personally, since you're the kind of person who is thinking of doing this, I hope that you DO try it just to find out what happens.</p>
<p>Ok then that sounds fair enough. Can you help me with something else?, because no one seems to be able to help me with this and calling does not work. I failed History of American Cinema class with a "D" at Santa Monica College. I then took that same class at a different college, called Cerritos College. I am not able to find the answer to whether or not this Cerritos College class makes up for that "D" I recieved in Santa Monica. So now, if no one is able to help me with this, then i have not choice, but to go with my first option and that is to forget a couple of things get accepted.</p>
<p>We require certification from all verification requestors that the student or alumnus has given permission for his/her academic information to be released. Requestors also agree not to re-release degree data to third parties (unless the requestor is a background screening firm releasing data to their employer client).</p>
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<p>YOUR SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED BELOW. Without your signature your application is not complete and cannot be processed.</p>
<p>I certify that all the information provided in my application, all supporting documentation and subsequent communication, are complete and accurate. I understand that the University of California may verify any information I have provided in my application, including my personal statement, and may deny me admission or enrollment if any information is found to be incomplete or inaccurate.
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<p>Sounds like you're giving permission when you sign, and you can't apply without signing ...</p>
<p>And the app clearly spells out the consequences of deciding to "forget" information.</p>
<p>The History of America cinema is something he probably can forget since he retook the course. It would be similar to summer school, the new grade replaces the old one, assuming your school allows that.</p>
<p>Honesty, in these cases, is ALWAYS the best policy. You don't want to spend your undergrad and potential future grad career looking over your shoulder, worried about the discovery of that bad grade.</p>
<p>This is a mistake a lot of people seem to make. You get a bad grade in a class at one place, so you repeat the class at some other place.</p>
<p>Check into how SMCC calculates GPA. Often, colleges let you repeat the classes in which you got less than a C.
If you repeat the class, they let you replace the grade.
They zero out the credit units with the D grade, and
you'll get the credit units for the repeated class with
the new grade. Try and repeat the class at SMCC
with a teacher who grades easier. Sometimes summer works out great. Good luck!</p>