<p>Am asking this for my older sister. But first left me explain her situation well she graduation two yeas before me in 2010 and got into a community college during that time she was not focus her boyfriend just broke up with her and she as depressed with that so she ended up falling almost all her classes. In the spring of 2011 she went back and within the first few weeks she dropped out after that she went back again the following fall and dropped out again now she owes the school 365 dollars. Later on the fall of 2012 she said she finally realize why she was messing up and dropping out because she was unmotivated so she enrolled in a online college where she failed a class four different times and since she failed it financial aid will not cover it so now she owes the school 1,356 dollars and she also got academically dismissed in February. Now she is trying to get enrolled into a four year university and also she never paid for her act scores so she can not get them. She got a different community college to let her in with her unofficial transcripts. Is it possible to go to a four year university later on even if she is not in good standing with her last university? What should she do next? Please help she is losing hope and I know she wants to do something with her future so please help all comments or advice is needed.</p>
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<p>This doesn’t make sense, you always have to pay for standardized tests before you take them and before they are sent.</p>
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<p>Her problem goes further than not being in good standing. She owes two colleges money and they won’t release her transcripts until she pays them. Whenever you apply to a college you are required to send transcripts from all colleges you’ve attended (I have no idea how a CC would accept an unofficial transcript, except possibly temporarily until the official one is received). Here is where they check for past college registrations:</p>
<p>[National</a> Student Clearinghouse](<a href=“http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/]National”>http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/)</p>
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<li>Pay her debts.</li>
<li>Take classes at a CC ONLY if she is in a position to finish them in a satisfactory manner. If she can’t complete classes at a CC or online, it’s not realistic to expect to pass courses at a 4 yr college. Before she returns to college, she needs to sit down and think this through rationally and find solutions for what went wrong earlier, otherwise she is just going to continue digging herself in deeper both gpa and money-wise.</li>
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<p>@entomom thanks for replying and your right I don’t know if all of my sister goals at the moment is realistic I want to be encouraging to her but her track record is not the greatest with dropping out twice and getting dismissed from a other school. Also sorry let me explain one of my statements a little clearer corning her act since she was on free and reduce lunch she had the chance to take her act for free twice and both times she failed to show up doing her testing dates so the community college let her take a test for her to test into her classes. I can’t really re read some of the things I type since I am on my phone so I do apologize for that.</p>
<p>@entomom also can she once she gets everything in order with paying her schools back and get more focused would it be possible to go to any four year university with having a academic dismissal and nor being in good academic standing in one of her past colleges? I don’t know how she can move on from this but I am hoping she can at the moment her gpa is a 0.5.</p>
<p>I think if she pays back the money, figures out that she really wants to commit to studying, and completes a two years at a CC, THEN yes, she could transfer to a four year college even though she was previously on academic dismissal. But I don’t think that she can immediately get into a four year with her current record.</p>
<p>Here’s my 2 cents: from what you’ve said about her record of withdrawals, not showing up for tests, etc., it’s very apparent that she’s not ready for college at this time. She’s only 21 years old, there’s plenty of time for college in the future, right now she needs to make some money to repay her debts and figure out what she really wants to do (that may include college and it may not).</p>
<p>@entomom I agree with you on that part and I have spoken to her but she feels like she has to go to college since my other older sister did and now is working on her masters and also she feels like she is failing since her younger sister being me is going to a four year university in three weeks. But I am trying to tell her there are plenty of things that she can be successful in besides colleges because every time she starts a new term she loses focus and motivation with weeks and then from there her grades begin to suffer.</p>