<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>You must tell your community college first, it is crap shoot as to the results of your disclosure. Most likely your AA degree will be revoked. However, if you just disclose it only to the 4 year college and words got back to the community college, you will certainly got your AA degree revoked and you will not be admitted to the 4 year college.</p>
<p>Do you think there is a possibility at all for it to not be revoked if I tell the community college? I definitely just want to come clean about this. It was just a huge mistake, but I want to just own up to it </p>
<p>There is a chance you can get away with some kind of disciplinary action, but no one will know…</p>
<p>I don’t think your AA will be revoked. You haven’t even finished the program yet. If you give them the info now, my guess is that they’ll factor in the grades and classes. At this point I honestly don’t think it’s a huge deal if you give it to them now. </p>
<p>I mean I wouldn’t walk into the office acting as if you’ve done something horrible. I would just submit the transcripts and act like there’s no issue at all. If there’s an issue though let you know, but I seriously doubt that it this point anyone at your community college cares. It might be different if you had already received your AA, but since you haven’t then you technically have an omitted anything yet.</p>