Former College dropout, now Transfer student w/ weak transcript admission ?

Applying to College
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<p>Ok so my story is as follows... </p>

<p>I attended a Community College when I was 18 and fresh out of high school, I made some poor life choices as well as had some personal family issues in which the end result was me dropping out after one year of courses.</p>

<p>When I did I dropped improperly so my transcript is littered with NWs and 2 Fs, which is beyond shameful.</p>

<p>I have since returned to school at 25 years old and have made up all the classes that I had dropped out of.</p>

<p>I am looking to transfer out of state to a reasonably decent school with a good business program, I am from Massachusetts and my CC does have agreements with UMASS which I don't really want to attend.</p>

<p>I am now sitting at a 3.0 GPA and currently doing 2 Internships as well as community service.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if my past will be held against me too badly? I assume every case is different but I am really trying to right my wrongs, I just don't want to feel as though I'm wasting time looking into "better" schools when they wouldn't think twice about me. I realistically don't expect to go to an Ivy League school, but a ranked school would be nice.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Matt </p>

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<p>Does your CC have a transfer advisor or transfer counselor who can help you with this whole process? That person would know where other students with profiles like yours have ended up.</p>

<p>Generally speaking, the older a bad record is, the less it matters. So look around for institutions that admit many transfer with GPAs of 3.0 and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>At many colleges if you are over the age of 24 or so then many colleges will consider you a non-traditional student with different admission pathways. And whether via this avenue or not, your more recent work is going to be given much more weight that something from 7 years ago (in fact your old record might be completely ignored). </p>

<p>I echo the advice above; talk to a xfer counselor at your CC.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies, I will do that. </p>

<p>I also received a letter today that I was accepted into the Student Leadership Program my school offers, it says its also a transcript/resume booster so im pretty excited</p>