<p>@ucbalumnus
I was under the impression that if the admissions board forgives me for the violations, they’ll forgive me for the bad grades I received first semester (I believe I may have received a W for the class in question, but did pretty badly in I my other classes collaterally). I think I ended with a 3.0 for the first semester. If admissions is willing to overlook the academic integrity violation, would they still take into account my academic record from my first college? Despite excellent performance at my CC?</p>
<p>That is an assumption that would not be a safe one to make. In any case, you want to see what the actual grade you got is. Getting a W instead of an F would be very generous on the part of the school or instructor, since they are usually rather harsh on such violations.</p>
<p>Does it really make a difference? I feel as though whether or not I got a W or F in the class in question is just semantics, considering that its not going to factor into my CC gpa and the admissions board will either forgive my mistakes during my first semester of college or reject me. I can’t imagine a scenario where they forgive my academic integrity violation during a low point of my life but reject me because my college gpa during the same period of time was low.</p>
<p>Even so, I feel as though I can show an “upward trend” of sorts by doing really well in my CC. My high school gpa as well as my “transfer gpa” should be well above the average accepted stats for a lot of really good public schools. My main concern after the academic integrity violation is that they will believe that I am unable to handle the rigor of their curriculum, regardless of how well I do at the CC. How can I convince admissions officers that I am ready for a second shot?</p>
<p>Any selective college that you apply to will want to know about all of your college courses and grades.</p>
<p>Perhaps some colleges will forgive (or not care about) the violation, but you should not make any assumptions about how they will consider your record if they do.</p>
<p>i also think they are going to look at these things separately. If you didn’t have the big problem and were just transferring, yes there is a difference between the F and the W. And of course they are going to examine all your transcripts, not just the CC ones.</p>
<p>As blprof says, most people will not have experience with this situation. I don’t understand why your college is willing to write letters for you but not give you another chance given they are saying they understand the circumstances. I think it is pretty unrealistic to expect a top 20 admit. But there’s no need Doing well wherever you go is what will make your successful.</p>
<p>Sorry, no definite answer on this one. You have to try and wait for the outcome.
Best of luck.</p>