<p>Due to a lot of complicated issues (financial and mental health issues), I've decided that I'm going to be dropping out of my four year university and heading back to community college by home. I'm hoping to transfer to USC for business and later on going into accounting. From the looks of it, I think I'll be able to complete all the transfer requirements in about a 1-1.5 years. My grades at my previous college aren't really good (2.2 GPA ish) and I was wondering how much of this will have an impact on me for admission to USC in the future? If I do amazing at CC, will this effect me much? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>Did you apply for financial aid under FAFSA at your old university? If not, you probably could omit your transcript and they wouldn’t know (even though this is technically not allowed). As far as I know, this is the only database of university students that every college has access to.</p>
<p>@whitechiner
The National Student Clearinghouse has all student records whether or not you applied for financial aid. I have know way of knowing whether each school checks here prior to admitting students. My guess is that some schools do and some don’t, and you can’t really know which is which definitively.</p>
<p>That’s right, I forgot about Student Clearinghouse. They have like 98% of students registered.</p>
<p>You need to report all college credits and transcripts when transfer. Otherwise, its going to be the grounds of dismissal or retracting diploma.</p>
<p>Having said that, if you do well in the CC, your previous records maybe overlooked.</p>
<p>Hypothetically, what would happen if OP didn’t report his old institution? Would he just be denied, or would this influence his chances at other institutions? Do colleges blackball nationally?</p>
<p>I actually have a similar question that someone may know the answer to. What happens if you find yourself in a flipped predicament? As in, let’s say that you excel in community college and complete everything you could ever complete for a degree in your interest and basics. When you transfer to a four year university, what happens if you absolutely just flunk out your first year there? You no longer have community college to fall back on in that case. Do you have to pick another university who will take you at lower standards or are you basically just screwed for higher education for the next 10 years? </p>
<p>Just wondering…</p>