<p>Hey everyone I posted something similar about this in another forum but I didnt really get a response so I brought it over here </p>
<p>Ok this is a very long story but i'm going to make it short I got accepted to a university(safety school) and i decided to go there because I thought it was better than staying at home and going to a community college.I thought I would eventually l come to love it but that wasn't the case. It wasn't a bad school but it wasn't a school that I wanted to be in.The college atmosphere didn't agree with me. The work was not hard yet I found myself not attempting to do the work(stupid I know) and having to deal with trouble from home I soon found myself on academic probation. Realizing this I tried to change it around for the second semester but I found the stress of dealing with academic probation itself was taking a toll on me. Finals week passed by and the grades that I got were not enough to pull my G.P.A up so now I found myself academic dismissed from the school. My GPA was a 1.5. I have never really had a to deal with something along these lines and I'm not blaming anybody but myself.</p>
<p>So now what I am trying to do is go to a community college for a semester or two (this spring and summer) where I know I can get a 4.0 easily and transfer to another college of my choice in the fall</p>
<p>but what I want to know is that enough for the school to overlook the record from my previous school to get accepted.
Question: do I have to mention both the university I was academically dismissed from and the CC or can I choose what goes to the college I am interested in?</p>
<p>My SAT's score are not bad at all they actually meet with most of the college's requirements but I am trying to determine where I would stand in the application pool.</p>
<p>I hope you guys can really help me out and give any other suggestions</p>
<p>First: no, you can’t choose what goes to the college you’re interested in. You must submit transcripts from all schools you previously attended. There’s a national clearinghouse of enrollment and you can get dismissed/degrees rescinded if you omit information like schools on your application.</p>
<p>Second, don’t assume that you’re going to get a 4.0 just because it’s a community college. You should also know that some schools require you to be eligible to return to all previous schools. Also, transfer applications will be due most places before you’d have any new grades from the community college. </p>
<p>To make matters worse, some schools will not accept credit earned elsewhere while you’re on academic dismissal/probation. The best course of action is usually to take summer courses at the institution you were dismissed from until your GPA is high enough to apply for readmission. The big problem is that you’re not usually eligible for financial aid during that time.</p>
<p>“You should also know that some schools require you to be eligible to return to all previous schools.”</p>
<pre><code> I don’t quite understand this are you trying to tell me that college A wants me to go back to the college I was dismissed from College B in order to be eligible for college A?
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<p>“To make matters worse, some schools will not accept credit earned elsewhere while you’re on academic dismissal/probation.The best course of action is usually to take summer courses at the institution you were dismissed from until your GPA is high enough to apply for readmission.”</p>
<pre><code> I am already dismissed from the college and I don’t plan on going back even when I get my G.P.A high enough it wasn’t the school I wanted to go to in the first place
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<p>“Also, transfer applications will be due most places before you’d have any new grades from the community college.”</p>
<pre><code> Yea I was thinking about that but in some schools that I am interested they have the mid-year report which I can turn in if i don’t have grades for the term which would then make me eligible for the fall term which is my much preferred option
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<p>but basically you’re saying my best bet would be to stick it out until next spring where I would transfer as a spring sophomore</p>
<p>I’m not sure if it’s true for all colleges, but all four-year schools I’ve ever heard of require you to be eligible to return to (i.e., in good standing) all colleges previously attended. What I’m warning is that you could find yourself in a situation where you complete a term or two (or heck, even an associate’s degree) at a community college. Then, you go to transfer and find that you’re ineligible because you’re not in good standing at the first university you attended. Then, you might decide to go back and try to raise your GPA at the first school so as to attain good standing. (This might be a silly point to make, but you cannot raise your first-university GPA/attain good standing by taking classes at a school other than your university.) But, you might find that your school won’t accept any of the credits you earned at the community college because you were under academic dismissal… meaning the classes that are open to you likely won’t be meaningful, wasting your time.</p>
<p>I’m not telling you to stay at your current school per se, but I’m just trying to point out how complicated this can get. Even if you do well at the community college, it’s going to be difficult to convince the schools to overlook your 1.5. It’s not that they’ll doubt the quality of the community-college courses; it’s more likely that they’ll doubt your ability to function in a residential academic environment. Also, to my knowledge, most colleges require an overall GPA from all postsecondary institutions of a 2.0. Thus, doing well for spring and summer might not bring you up to a cumulative 2.0 across all undergraduate courses.</p>
<p>oh I see I talked to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies and I was told (I appealed the decision and was denied) that I would only be readmitted if I got my AA at a community college only then would I be accepted back into the college. So I’m not allowed to take classes there until I get my AA. I didn’t want to wait that long so I thought it would be a good opportunity to go to the college that I really wanted or that fit my needs…
but I don’t really know what to do</p>
<p>were you dismissed after only one semester of college? </p>
<p>if you really don’t want to ever go back to your first college, it looks like you will have to start from scratch. Get your 2 years in at a community college then apply to transfer where you want to really attend and where you think you will be successful.</p>
<p>aigiqinf, which university requires good standing at all past universities (even with enrollment 20 years ago) for transfer admission? I know universities that require good academic standing at the most recent institution, but not every institution ever attended.</p>
<p>No need to go to worst-case scenarios. bigcitydreams18, take the list of universities that you might want to transfer to and find out:
their requirements for transfer admission (e.g. a minimum GPA or minimum/maximum number of transferable credits or coursework in certain subjects)
their application deadlines</p>
<p>I assume that any legitimate university will want to see at least one semester of strong grades from the community college before they offer you admission. Depending on when the application deadlines are (and of course other requirements for transfer admissions), it may or may not be feasible for you to transfer this upcoming fall. </p>
<p>Policies vary so much between institutions that it’s hard to say anything in general. You’ll have to do some research and find out.</p>
<p>@crizello I came in the summer, a week after graduation to be exact and my grades weren’t bad well accept for the philosophy class. To be honest it didn’t feel like a semester it was a short 6 weeks and I feel I might have came out with a whole different G.P.A but the fact that it passed by so fast next thing I know I’m on academic probation. I didn’t think it was feasible but 6 weeks into college I found myself on academic probation and fall semester there was a lot of things that seem to get in the way ie: the problem back at home and dealing with the probation itself( I think my mind couldn’t wrap around the fact that it happened to me) and the fact my grades didn’t come out the way I expected them just took a toll on me. When appealing the decision to my dean he felt that I had enough opportunities (apparently getting accepted to the college was already a huge chance for me) so he ultimately felt that it was best that I get my AA before I was able to come back (totally ****** move) </p>
<p>@b@r!um thanks a lot but I have already thought of colleges that I want to transfer for and I have deadlines for them I planned on enrolling into the CC for spring and turn in my application for the transfers(which most deadlines are march 15) so I know the schedule conflicts with each other and I guess its impatience on my part (the fact that I am trying to stay the least amount possible) so I thought I might be able to send them mid year reports to them and my full transcript later on but I’m not too sure</p>
I suspect that you won’t get your spring grades before the transfer decisions are made (decisions are frequently released in May, coinciding with the end of classes and finals periods at many colleges) but you should find out for sure. I would encourage you to discuss your situation directly with the admissions offices at the colleges you want to transfer to, preferably ASAP. You want to know where you stand and admissions offices are about to get super busy reading first-year applications. </p>
<p>Another thought: are you currently in a position to get 2 (or however many you need) positive letters of recommendation from college professors for your transfer application? Or are you counting on impressing your community college professors quickly enough that they can write you letters for your March 15 applications?</p>
<p>“Or are you counting on impressing your community college professors quickly enough that they can write you letters for your March 15 applications?”</p>
<p>yea basically I was not close to any of my professors from my previous school so hopefully with the smaller classes I’ll be able to talk to my professors and get a recommendation but I definitely plan on contacting the admissions office for the colleges I plan on transferring to asap</p>