<p>When I started college, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I also had other stuff going on at the time (my parents don't pay for my college, so I had to work). I'd start off doing well (would get As on all the tests), but would eventually lose interest in the classes and stop going.</p>
<p>I ended up flunking out after 2 semesters and went to a local community college. I finally settled on Math and I'm currently one of the top (if not the top) students in my school. I have some extracurricular activities and I'm in the two-year honor society. I have decent SATs (1420/1600 from the year before they introduced the new SATs, some very good scores on SAT 2s from that time). My HS gpa is somewhat low, just a 3.5, but my college gpa is over 3.8 and 4.0 major gpa.</p>
<p>I have two questions.</p>
<p>First, how does my previous college record affect my transfer potential? I'm planning on just leaving it out of my applications. Other than that, my resume looks pretty good. Is there some national database of all student records? I plan on applying as a transfer student to a few top schools in US, if they ask me why there's a gap between my highschool graduation and my enrollment in college, I'll just say I worked (which is true) and was trying to decide what career to pursue (also true).</p>
<p>Second, is it possible to go back to my first uni and ask them to erase my record completely and just start over?</p>
<p>my school’s not listed there. They’re on the Current Enrollment Verification list, but not on the Attendance/Degree/Past Transcript Verification lists.</p>
<p>I’ve taken 2 semesters-worth of classes there, which I don’t want to retake if I’m going to another school.</p>
<p>You can’t erase the record with your old college…it will always be there. My brother is currently at his 3rd college. He did alright at this first school and failed all but 1 class at his 2nd college. He opted not to try and transfer the one class from his 2nd school so he didn’t even mention it on the application for his current school.</p>
<p>Don’t leave out that first college. Doing so would mean being dishonest on the application, which invariably asks you to list every institution you have ever attended.</p>
<p>Whether it is likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikely or highly unlikely that your omission be found out… if it ever is, your admission could be rescinded. Even if you are already in attendance at the new school.</p>
<p>MOST IMPORTANTLY, your story and your history… as you present it honestly… is a good one. You slacked off, you messed up. That was then. This is now. You have completely turned yourself around. You are now one of the top, if not the top, student at your school. Believe me, admissions offices value this kind of life experience. It says great things about you.</p>
<p>I totally agree with Andale. Your history shows a very very strong upward trend, and a lot of the schools that I’ll be applying to explicitly mention looking for an upward trend in your grades. I am also in this situation in that I basically failed/withdrawaled from all of my classes my first year. I’m now at a 3.7 GPA with a 4.0 in my major classes. Good luck!</p>
<p>yeah…I guess I should have clarified my post. I don’t recommend that anybody do what my brother did.</p>
<p>OP: Your record isn’t bad…like the other posters said..you obviously learned from your mistakes and you’re doing well now. That’s something colleges like to see.</p>