I omitted past colleges attended in my application, got accepted, and have been taking classes

Applying to College
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First off, yes. I know I did something wrong. I was just getting out of the Army because of my severe TBI and was in a really dark place. So I decided to not mention the community school I went to after high school. All of which I failed by not going to because I was a dumb 19 year old kid and a few random online classes here and there that I believe I failed as well? I honestly can’t remember. I am doing well in school now with a solid 3.0. My question is this. Should I come clean and tell the college i didnt put those in or just let it be and hope I don’t get caught. I need actual answers here please not obvious stuff like “you shouldn’t have done that”. Thanks

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Or would it work to play dumb and blame it on my TBI and say I was looking at my records and saw I must have forgot to include it?

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I don’t think they are looking into your past at this point. So it’s an ethical dilemma not a practical one. You must decide for yourself.

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you need to come clean.
the national student clearinghouse
https://studentclearinghouse.org/colleges/studenttracker/
WILL show your past enrollments, so in this case, honesty is the best policy.

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I’d come clean. You will always feel guilty if you don’t.

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MODERATOR’S NOTE:

Closing thread. OP stated at the outset that he know’s it’s wrong. Whether the dilemma is ethical/practical is of no import to this thread, because this site will advise the right thing to do (as the 2 posters above have suggested), but our purpose is not to assist users in skirting issues.