<p>first.. just a little background on my situation.. </p>
<p>I attended UCSD the first quarter in 2006. But for several personal reasons including financial difficulties, I decided to drop out. Now I am attending a community college in order to transfer after two years. And I'm doing extremely well with very rigorous courseload. </p>
<p>But the thing is, I practically stopped attending UCSD like in the middle of the quarter. But since I officially dropped out after the quarter ended, they actually gave me grades and they were like straight Fs. Of course I didnt even imagine this could affect me later until recently when I heard from some other cc students that later when I apply to 4 year schools including the UCs as a transfer student, I will be required to list "all schools attended" and also the grades.</p>
<p>And now I'm very confused and worried because if I have to later put down my grades at ucsd, I would probably be denied at every school due to the grades that don't even represent my work. Has anyone had this kind of problem before or is anyone even familar with it? Would the schools (including the other UCs) find out if I just don't mention UCSD on my future app.?</p>
<p>The best thing you can do is add an addendum to your application to say what happened during your first quarter in college. This way, the adcom could say, "hey, those grades really don't represent you" and not consider them at all. Because you did withdraw at the middle of the semester, many schools would give you "W's" for withdrew, but it must be the policy of UCSD to give you an F based on when you withdrew.</p>
<p>I am in a similar situation...sort of. I attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and completed my first semester with a 3.4. I did not intend on transfering at the point, though I despised the school and my day to day living situations. in my second semester I was suspended for recreational drug use (yeah, not a good idea) and was forced to withdraw. now I am in CC getting 4.0s, attending clubs, doing outside activities, and holding a job but I will still have to put down IUP and almost definitly explain my suspention. I called two different schools and asked them and both gave very similar responses.
"We will obviously put your situation into our review process but if you've grown from the experience and clearly show your change, it will not hurt your application...much"</p>
<p>those arent exact words. your best bet would be to call the schools, annonymously, and ask them about your situation. it may not be the full truth but they will at least let you know if your situation will be detrimental to your chances.</p>
<p>the point is...yeah, they will notice/need to know, but if you do exceptionaly well from now on and show them you aren't THAT student, it could work (somewhat) in your favor. ok, well, you know what I mean.</p>
<p>thx for the answers guys. so I guess in that case the bad grades wouldnt count for the transfer admissions? And does anyone know if theres actually a way for the schools to find out if the student has enrolled in another school before?</p>
<p>I don't need to know the particular circumstance, but when schools see your official transcripts and find inaccurate information, it will NOT be good.</p>
<p>UCSD is part of the UC system, so if you applied to any other UC schools, I'm almost certain they'll see your grades.</p>
<p>Just be sure to explain everything, take it from there.</p>
<p>They will count, if you report them that is. But if you explain that you've "grown" from whatever the reason you had those bad grades, they count way less. </p>
<p>Other than that..I don't think anybody concretely knows if there's a way to know how the colleges check grades at other schools...the only thing that's available is the consequences, which of course you know, is getting booted from the college.</p>
<p>I work in the field. You are required to declare all previous academic enrollment and there are ways that colleges can catch you if you don't. If that happens, your application is automatically withdrawn (or, if you are discovered after enrollment, you are administratively withdrawn). In these cases, the essay of explanation is very important. However, there is another option.</p>
<p>If you really did quit attending, contact the Registrar's Office to see if there is an appeal process to get retroactive withdrawal for the term you quit attending. If the school offers this option, it may mean that you have to contact a couple of your teachers so they can verify you really did quit attending. However, the inconvenience of going through this appeal process is minimal compared to the possible consequences of leaving those course grades as "F" grades.</p>
<p>I cannot speak for any other schools about this matter, but I know a close friend who was in the same position. He had dropped out of a UC with a 2.0 GPA due to some circumstances, and reenrolled in community college. He did extremely well there and he was offered acceptance to UCLA. </p>
<p>However, a few days later, they rescinded his acceptance because somehow, UCLA found out that he hadn't reported ALL his grades. He appealed, but UCLA was very strict on that. So, yes, I think the UCs will know if you ever have been enrolled. They are a statewide system after all, not separate schools.</p>
<p>I took a spanish class at a local university during the summer but dropped out to work more hours at my job. I never actually withdrew. Do i need to declare this? I don't even know what my grade was..W...F...something of the sort. I didnt realize that this could be important</p>
<p>i just transferred to northwestern and am taking orgo I and II this summer. these classes would have counted for credit and u of i, but i'm apprehensive to use them at northwestern when i'm not used to the difficulty. so i planned on retaking these classes at northwestern this yr, and would not send them the transcript. will this have consequences later? i thought that it would look bad if i had orgo on my transcript from a cc and northwestern. if i do not tell anyone, is there a way that this could affect my grad school admission?</p>