<p>Are there any students out there who are Re-Entry students???</p>
<p>How Long between college careers.... I think mine is the longest!</p>
<p>Let's discuss how our OLD transcripts affect admission NOW!</p>
<p>Oh tigneey, this is a depressing thread!</p>
<p>Ok, recovered now. I think they follow us to the ends of the earth unfortunately.</p>
<p>How long is long? > 5 years mean it doesn't matter, usually.</p>
<p>Unfortunately not true for many, many schools.</p>
<p>I don't think I'm grasping the entire idea of this thread.</p>
<p>Tig seems to be an older student, correct? She is anxious about returning/transferring, right?</p>
<p>Sorry Godsend. I started thinking about those transcripts but I wasn't getting a sense of anxiety from the OP.</p>
<p>Two colleges requested my high school transcript and SAT scores. It's been 8 years since I left high school. When I called my high school district's offices, I was transferred to their archives department.</p>
<p>yes, iam an OLDer student. my transcripts go back 18 years.
applied to: UCI, UCLA, UCR, CSULB, CSUF, CalPoly Pomona, and USC
GPA: 3.62 (without old transcripts)
All prereqs done
IGETC done
Accepted: UCI, UCR, CSULB,CSUF, Cal Poly Pomona
Pending: UCLA and USC
Rejected: none</p>
<p>You should have applied to Columbia's schools of General studies. It is a college for returning students but you still get the same Columbia degree.</p>
<p>YEah I wish, unfortunately I can't leave California.....something tells me my husband would be a little ticked lol!</p>
<p>Lol good call. A husband would most likely not enjoy that.</p>
<p>Tigneey, I went back after many years, too. I finished my first BA 22 years (!) after graduating HS. </p>
<p>(Long story short, Family Guy reference: like Brian, I had only one class to finish). </p>
<p>Now I'm back five years after the first degree for my second major, prepping for grad school. By the time I finish, it will be 30 years after I graduated HS, but I don't look at it that way. </p>
<p>I'm going back to pursue what I wanted to originally, but didn't have the resources, time or support for way back when. Life's too short to sit around wondering or lamenting what might have been. :)</p>
<p>ColinPB- oh don't worry, I am not lamenting, I was just wondering how old transcripts impact the admission process, obviously I am doing MUCH better now, but I don't know how admission counselors account for that ....</p>
<p>Good Job on your accomplishments...Its never too late to acheive your goals!</p>