<p>You’re joking, right?</p>
<p>No, I am not joking. I should of taken peoples advice and stayed off this site. Now I have all this anxiety over nonsense scare tactics. By the way for $10 you can run your own name on the student clearinghouse site. Which I had no idea even existed before this thread.</p>
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<p>Did you withdraw from your course(s) when you stopped attending? If you did, and you were within the deadline where you can drop classes without them showing on your record, then you’re fine, you don’t have a record for that school.</p>
<p>These are not ‘scare tactics’, they are what goes on in real life at colleges.</p>
<p>I miss spoke, I think the fact that it actually goes on is a scare tactic. I don’t know if I officially withdrew I definitely never even thought I would have transcripts. I’m contacting the school today to see if there are transcripts. There is not a whole lot I can do now, all the applications are sent out.</p>
<p>Entemom, to the best of your knowledge, has anyone had a diploma revoked because they failed to disclose their matriculation at another institution of higher learning?</p>
<p>canadian schools are not on the national clearing house list, does that mean US institutions cant obtain my records from Canada?</p>
<p>My guess is no. My opinion is that it’s total garbage that it matters. My advice is just follow the rules. I am pretty ignorant when it comes to academia, and if an admissions officer were to ask me if I ever attended any other colleges I would of looked them straight in the eye and said no. That was more out of ignorance about the system than deception.</p>
<p>tortoise, </p>
<p>If you google you can find articles about people who have had their degree revoked due to ‘misrepresentation on their application’, they don’t give details. [BTW, the error of your question is that it ignores Type II error.]</p>
<p>UCBoundVet,</p>
<p>IMO, your case is completely different from the OPs. You forgot to officially withdraw after a month of college, the OP is willfully not reporting 2 yrs of coursework. And if it ever came to a college evaluating your situations, I think their conclusions about what action to take would be completely different.</p>
<p>I think that about covers my position on this question, don’t feel like beating this dead horse any further.</p>
<p>If anyone cares or is still checking on this post, I decided to email the schools I applied to and let them know the situation. I was able to use some password recovery tools to log into my student account from the old school. Unfortunately, my memory did not serve me well, I attended the classes long enough to not get W’s. Needless to say this destroyed my 3.9 GPA and quite possibly my chances at UCLA. I am hoping that doing the right thing pays off and they take my time in service and the fact that those classes were a decade ago into consideration.</p>
<p>I would have no respect for the UC’s if they even considered it.</p>
<p>You would have no respect for them if they still considered me for admission?</p>
<p>@UCBoundVet, Godspeed. Let us know how it turns out…</p>
<p>No vet, the opposite. It would be ridiculous if they cared at all about your one month college career 10 years ago</p>
<p>You made the right choice @UCBoundVet, and if UC chooses to ding you for it, I, for one, will cheer UC’s evisceration in the next round of state budget cuts.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for the support. I will keep everyone updated. I wish you guys/ladies were the admissions officers.</p>
<p>This has turned into a complete mess. I am being asked to write a letter to the admissions board to explain myself now. Anyone have any advice on who the letter should be addressed to?</p>
<p>If in doubt, phone and ask who the letter should be addressed to. Good luck</p>
<p>@UCBoundVet Remember, these are people, too. They’re not machines. They have souls. They can be reasoned with. They don’t want you to fail </p>
<p>Try not to be intimidated by process, for that’s all this is. Process. </p>
<p>You’ll come out on top in the end.</p>
<p>Dear Sir or Madam,</p>
<p>I am writing to you to inform you of a mistake that was made while filing my initial application. </p>
<p>In the Fall Semester of 2003, I had taken a semester of classes before I joined the U.S. Army. I completely forgot that I had attended the school. I was not sure what classes or dates I was enrolled in. After reading several college transfer blogs about making sure all transcripts were included on the application, it jogged my memory and prompted further research. I was able to access my student records online and was disappointed in what I found. I discovered that I performed poorly in the classes that I was enrolled in. I have taken all but one of the courses since returning to school again and received A’s in every one of them. My intention was not to deceive and I would not like this misstep on my part to adversely affect my admission chances. Honor, integrity, and hard work are values that have been instilled into me by my military service. These are values that I take pride in applying to not only my school work but to every aspect of my life. </p>
<p>I need to know how I can fix this, or if it is too late to make the changes needed? If there is no other recourse I would rather withdraw or file a new application.</p>
<p>I would therefore like to request that the Admissions department look at the body of work accomplished by who I am today, and not the mistakes of a young man nearly a decade ago. Furthermore, I would like to reiterate that at no point in time did I withhold any information with an intention to deceive. The moment I realized I had made a mistake, I took every action possible to rectify the situation. </p>
<p>Enclosed is a copy of the unofficial transcripts of the semester that was erroneously withheld from the original application.</p>
<p>I look forward to hearing back from Admissions with the necessary course of action required on my part. Thank you for your time and consideration. </p>
<p>Good? Any suggestions?</p>
<p>It sounds great. I would accept that if I were an admissions officer.</p>