<p>I know it was wrong and stupid to do this, but after high school I really had no desire to go to college. I went anyways to make my parents happy. I quit going to my classes and failed 2 classes at the 4 year university I was at. A couple years later I realized I needed some kind of degree and applied to the closest community college. I left the first university off my application because I figured they never find out, I could start off with a clean GPA, and it was the only college I'd ever go to again. Skip forward a year and I have decided that I want to do a lot more with my life. I don't want to just settle for an associates degree. I plan to transfer to a 4 year university to earn my bachelors in psychology and then a masters in counseling. But my stupid mistake is still haunting me. I've read multiple posts saying you can get expelled and your degree revoked if they find out you left a college off your application. I want to tell my community college about it because I don't want to leave it off my application for the 4 year university because I'll be applying for the grad school there too. Do I tell the community college or just tell the 4 year university I'm transferring to about the first college I attended? I retook the classes I failed at community college so the A's I got make up for the 2 F's I received. I'm not worried about my GPA anymore because it's a 3.8. I'm just worried about being expelled and all my hard work being for nothing. I never thought I'd ever get a bachelors degree. I just always hated school because of past experiences , but when I started at the community college I really loved being in school again. I'm just so confused about how to go about this. An old high school teacher asked a professor at the community college what I should do and they said "She's made it this far, she can tell them and blame it on freshman freedom. Not all colleges dig very deep into past education." The risk of being expelled still scares me. I graduate in the spring with my associates and then plan to transfer.</p>
<p>Your comm college won’t care as they are in the business of giving people 2nd chances. However, you’d be best to be perfectly clear w/your next college.</p>
<p>Whenever you apply for admission as a degree-seeking candidate, you are obligated to provide official copies of your transcripts from every college-level institution that you have ever attended. Period.</p>
<p>That said, many community colleges won’t ask for previous transcripts until a student shifts from being a non-degree student who is just picking up a class here and there, to being a student who plans to complete an AA or AS degree. So, since you are now officially in the Associates program, go speak with whoever is in charge of academic advising, and find out how to get this straightened out. It happens a lot. They will have a system.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>