<p>My daughter recently got expelled from her college (she went to a private liberal arts college). She only had 3 units left before graduation, but flunked out the second to last semester of her college career. It turns out that she had been doing poorly throughout college, barely passing each semester.</p>
<p>Right now she is currently taking community college courses and hopefully she will transfer out with exceptional grades. My question is will she have to disclose that she was expelled from the first school when she's applying for transfer from the CC?</p>
<p>We're worried that the expulsion will hurt her chances of returning to school. She is considering applying to the UCs or CalStates, if that makes a difference.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any/all responses.</p>
<p>Well, I'd imagine that it woudl certainly hurt her chances. I think the best she can hope for is an LAC which is less competitive than her former LAC. They might see the situation as one in which her former school was too difficult, and she'd be a perfect fit for their school.</p>
<p>Let me get this straight: she is going to start all over again, with only CC transfer credits, after attending college for nearly four years?</p>
<p>You're going to have to look at the application to see whether she is required to list all colleges attended, and all college level courses taken. (Most graduate schools ask for this information, including official transcripts from each.) While it is tempting to lie, your daughter should not hide this information because any discovery will probably have the same result as failing out: no degree. </p>
<p>Reading between the lines ("it turns out"), I assume that your daughter hid her grades from you throughout the nearly four years at the private LAC. If this is true, you don't know whether some of her credits there can also be transferred, thus saving you some money and her some time. I can't imagine that any LAC would permit a nearly failing student to get that far in her undergraduate degree without some success. For example, don't you need a B average in your major? </p>
<p>Obviously, if the application doesn't require any of this information, your daughter doesn't need to reveal her academic past. I'd be surprised, however, if it isn't required. While she may not have to say that she failed out (or was expelled), she probably has to supply the transcript.</p>
<p>With good luck, her current grades and recommendations from teachers who have seen her excel will outweigh her past. She has proven that she has matured enough to take her studies seriously. Good luck to her!</p>