I dropped out of my first college and left a hefty tab unpaid.The reason i dropped out of the first one is because i had trouble adjusting and quite frankly was a pretty paranoid person,which resulted in me not having very many friends which impacted my grades as i didnt talk to many people in class so i was pretty far down the well around a 1.5 -1.4 gpa. I decided i had enough and just stopped showing up. i had dropped about 5 classes and was feeling a bit hopeless. So i enrolled in another community community college and made tons of friends and my grades shot up and i made a 3.25. Now the problem at hand is that i would like to go to a university and they are asking for ALL my transcripts. I owe my first college a pretty sizable chunk of change and am on good terms with my 2nd community college. I was wondering how much it would affect me if i left the first community college out and just listed the second college. I still owe the first community college and have used 5 (all of the drops were used at the first college, i have used 0 at my second one) of my drops.WOuld i get in trouble for leaving the first one out? Also as a side note it was a payment plan i made i had no financial aid. Should i leave my first college off and just list my second one?
So you’re asking whether it’s a good idea to cheat the first school out of the money you owe them, lie about not having attended there at all, and will it all be OK?
Short answer: NO. When they ask for ALL your transcripts, that’s what they mean.
Universities will know about the first community college whether you tell them or not. Lack of disclosure will likely result in denial of admission.
A pretty fast reply there, however i was asking if there would be consequences if i did not list the first one. In all honesty i dont harbor any resent for my first cc but im not paying them the money they are requesting me. i simply cant afford it at this time @bjk
The consequence of not listing the first community college would be that you will be denied admission to a university.
what would happen if i were to get admission like i did in my 2nd community college? would the investigate me when its time to graduate?
Community colleges are generally open enrolment so they may not have cared. There is a national clearinghouse that every university can access and they will see your entire enrolment history. They will “investigate” you at time of application evaluation and realize that you have been deceitful.
All records are electronic. You will be caught; it’s just a question of when. Your acceptance can be rescinded, your degree could be voided, grants could be changed to loans, and if you lie on federal aid forms you can be charged with financial aid fraud. Just set up a payment plan with the cc and pay them off.
My son dropped out of CC after the first semester. I never made the final installment payment, more because I was so upset that I just trashed all of the mail from the school and didn’t realize I owned any more money. When he tried to return to a different CC the next year, the first school wouldn’t release his transcript. I didn’t care about that since he had failed everything but they refused to give a good standing letter. I paid the money and suggest that you do the same thing. If you have to make a payment plan and work it off before you can go back to school, do it that way.
In addition to all of the above, the universities do not like being deceived, so they make sure you can’t access a higher education. They put your name and all of your history into the clearinghouse such that no other university will admit you.
It’s very vindictive. Are you foolish enough to risk your future?
If you applied to the second CC as a degree-seeking student, you were obligated to provide official transcripts from the first CC. If you are in non-degree status at the second CC, then they have the option to require, or not require transcripts as they see fit.
Frankly, if you don’t have the money to settle the bill at your first CC, why do you think you have money to study at the second, and to transfer to yet a third institution? Pay your bill. Then move on.
And if you do want an AA or AS degree from CC#2, get that first transcript to them so you have the right to earn that degree.
I highly suggest that you pay your bill. If you cannot afford to pay the entire bill, start making monthly or biweekly payments. If you continue not to at least make payments, it will eventually end up with a collection agency and you’ll end up owing more due to agency fees and possibly any interest that the school might tack on. It would also put a ding in your credit rating. Prospective employees can check your credit rating so it is possible it could knock you out of a job. Pay as much as you can consistently toward the bill.