Starting fresh?

<p>I recently ended a semester as a freshman at a local community college. However, I have been placed on Academic Probation for failing the 3 classes I was taking. Before school had started, I had started a part time job. I enjoyed working and needed the money. On top of having to pay for the school on my own, my stepfather had lost his job and my parents went through a lot of financial issues throughout the year. </p>

<p>I have a car that I pay insurance on and need gas weekly. When I realized that I could not just sit back and only go to school without working, I began to panic and took up atleast 40 hrs a week at my job. The amount of hours I worked affected my school work and quickly set me up to fail. </p>

<p>Now, I must re-take the 3 classes I failed and pass them. However, I had a long talk with my parents and told them that community college is not where I should be. I plan to major in fashion and the community college doesn't offer an associates in that area. And, I do not want a liberal arts major. I have found a few great colleges in NYC that I can apply to and have a good chance in getting into off of my High School transcript.</p>

<p>So, my question is, is there any way to withdraw from my community college and apply to another university without them worrying about the community college transcript? I don't believe I have any credit from the current college because I haven't passed any of them. So, I'm not trying to transfer credits. I just want to start fresh as a freshman at a university. I understand that I'm losing money if I give up on the community college.</p>

<p>If you sign up for a class and don’t drop it before the deadline, it is permanently on your record, no matter what your grade. The fact that you don’t want the credits doesn’t matter, you took the classes and you failed them. One cannot go back and selectively decide which grades they want to keep and which ones they don’t want any more.</p>

<p>Colleges will know about your past college record via:</p>

<p>[National</a> Student Clearinghouse: Degree verification & enrollment verification](<a href=“http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/]National”>http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/)</p>

<p>No doubt others here will say to just apply and don’t tell them, they’ll never know. That’s your decision.</p>