First, not all your credits are always transferable. Many times courses don’t qualify.
Would an excess have prevented an admit to this college? Or just meant not all credits transferred?
Next, this isn’t about your FAFSA, per se. Ot was just one example of how records may be shared.
, before hanging your hat on one poster’s idea how to get away with this, read the dang Ferpa documents.
I hadn’t seen your last question.
Part of Ferpa reflects “Need to Know.” Of course, a teacher or the school district or an outside evaluation group, other entities, etc, can be granted access your various records, if their purpose is legit. There are some qualifications, depending on who’s asking and why.
I’ve heard lots about various clearing houses. I have yet to see any app run through one. But of course there are reasons why this could occur, including mandates that colleges periodically audit.
But the point isn’t someone knows someone who got away with this. It’s the risk to YOU. And the hassle.
Did you have a transfer advisor? Don’t know your college, how seriously they’d take this. But yes, at some colleges, it’s a big deal. Harvard, eg, has had enough chain yanking that made national news.
Your best bet is to figure out how to handle this with minimal threat. We don’t know your school.
Were these courses on your transcript/same prior college or not? If so, didn’t the present college get a 2nd semester final transcript?
Did you get freshmen grants at this school? Transfer students don’t usually get much aid. If you received grants that you weren’t entitled to, that could be considered financial aid fraud.
You don’t get to choose whether or not your previous records are necessary, the college does. Check their admissions page. If it says they require the transcripts, send them.
@lookingforward I honestly doubt my school admission will go through every student’s academic record unless they are asked to do so. I just attend public state college in Georgia. they aren’t as prestigious as Ivys or some private colleges out there.
The courses I’m talking about are from the same prior college when I went to community college. my current college got the transcript from me when I applied to the school during fall. They did not get the record of spring semester. later they asked for final transcript with spring semester to see final eleigibilty, and I told them I didn’t take the courses. They just made a judgment based on my fall semester and gave hope scholarship to me. I’ve seen people talked about the same issue on this forum and they actually tried to get away with ferpa block on their record… "FERPA block helps you get rid of the past and when transferring the only past enrollment shown will be the one you didn’t put a FERPA block on. if you have financial aid, grants, loans, scholarships in the past… then you are still screwed because FERPA block does extend that far. " I guess if you don’t have financial record to show on the school, you can just request ferpa block on my transcript at previous school. Honestly no-one questioned where my spring transcript is during the whole first semester of the school, until I accidentally told mom advisor that I took cal 1 in my previous school, which wasn’t in my current transcript.
I honestly don’t think my school admission will go through every student’s academic record unless they are asked to do so. I just attend public state college in Georgia. they aren’t as prestigious as Ivys or some private colleges out there.
The courses I’m talking about are from the same prior college when I went to community college. my current college got the transcript from me when I applied to the school during fall. They did not get the record of spring semester. later they asked for final transcript with spring semester to see final eleigibilty, and I told them I didn’t take the courses. They just made a judgment based on my fall semester and gave hope scholarship to me. I’ve seen people talked about the same issue on this forum and they actually tried to get away with ferpa block on their record… "FERPA block helps you get rid of the past and when transferring the only past enrollment shown will be the one you didn’t put a FERPA block on. if you have financial aid, grants, loans, scholarships in the past… then you are still screwed because FERPA block does extend that far. " I guess if you don’t have financial record to show on the school, you can just request ferpa block on previous college that none can access to my transcript. Honestly no-one questioned where my spring transcript is during the whole first semester of the school, until I accidentally told mom advisor that I took cal 1 in my previous school, which wasn’t in my current transcript.
You don’t get to decide which transcripts to send. You are obligated to provide the final transcripts from all previous institutions. Chances are that you havn’t been asked for the missing transcript yet simply because they haven’t got to your file to chack about it yet. So send the transcript and put yourself out of the misery.
In most cases, you don’t get to give any input as to which courses you want to transfer or how you would like them applied. That is determined by the receiving institution’s policy. If you do have more transferrable credits than can be applied to your degree program, you might have the option to work with the recorder’s office and determine which combination of courses is optimal. You also might be able to petition for advanced course placement based on previous coursework even if the coursework is not transferred, and/or petition for a waiver of a specific course requirement based on coursework that is not transferred.
I guess the big questions are:
Will they kick you out?
Will this make you ineligible for the Hope scholarship? Did you received the scholarship based on the number of credits you had?
Personally, I would take care of this sooner rather than later. For weird random reasons you may need to produce your college transcripts for different things for the rest of your life (I know I have had to. What if they invite you to complete a 4+1 Master’s program and you have to turn them down over this? I would tell them you made an error, that you didn’t understand the transfer process and see how you can repair this now.
So you outed yourself. In effect. See how easy that slip was?
Dont believe things just because some poster tells you a ferpa block is a it takes. You can read the ferpa basics easily.
"…later they asked for final transcript with spring semester to see final eleigibilty, and I told them I didn’t take the courses. "
^ That’s your problem. You didn’t show it because you misunderstood credits. You mention “eligibility,” which is important. And you lied.
Best wishes. Learn not to dig yourself into holes. Life’s tough enough.
FERPA is intended to prohibit “improper” disclosure of personal information. Disclosure of academic records between schools doesn’t qualify as an improper disclosure.
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