Reapplying as a Freshman

Applying to College
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<p>Hello everyone!</p>

<p>So, I'm in a bit of a predicament. I'm a student from California who, over the last year, spent my Freshman year at a private university in the Boston area while on financial aid. However, due to cutbacks and a greater demand for financial aid, the financial aid department cut my institutional grant aid in half, therefore I cannot return to Boston this year. Now I'm looking at transferring, but my GPA (2.7) isn't exactly where I want it to be for a transfer application. That, in combination with the fact that I can't get any classes at colleges in my area to raise my GPA due to how impacted CA schools are, leaves me in quite a predicament. Therefore, I was wondering if I could reapply to a few colleges as a freshman for the Spring semester.</p>

<p>I realize that this would mean all the credits I earned this year would essentially go to waste, and I am completely fine with that. As I see it, this means I get to retake classes for hopes of higher grades, which could come in handy for a grad school application. I was just wondering if this was a even possible and, if so, if my college experience would have any impact on an admissions decision or the financial aid I would apply for.</p>

<p>Any input?</p>

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<p>If you search the board and you will find that the advises given to your requsts were asounding NO. You have to supply ALL your acadamic information when applying for a college, the good, the bad and the ugly. You just cannot erase your records in Boston magically.</p>

<p>I think in your case, its better to go to a community college, bring up your gpa and apply for a transfer.</p>

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<p>That’s the problem: the community colleges and Cal States are so impacted that I can’t get any classes. Even the students enrolled there can’t get the classes that they need.</p>