<p>Hello,
I attended a university. I failed almost my entire freshman year. Was put on academic suspension. I attended summer school, was supposed to pay out of pocket, but the balance was just more than I could afford. That was a year ago. (almost 3 semesters ago.)</p>
<p>I passed all my summer classes though, the grades just couldn't be added to my transcript because i didn't pay for the classes. Now my balance is almost like 5k at that particular school and I cannot enroll in any classes whatsoever until the balance is paid off. </p>
<p>I honestly have no plans of paying such an amount. They will not release my official or unofficial transcript or anything of the sort, until I pay the balance though. My grades were awful anyway. However I do want to attend a new university, I know you are supposed to submit all transcripts, but I actually cannot get it. The school won't give it to me. </p>
<p>So, I just left the first university of the list of previous colleges when applying to the new school, and said I was coming in as a freshman. I don't mind starting over, I actually want to. My only question is can I? </p>
<p>Note: I received financial aid at the first school my first year there, and I do plan on applying for it at the new university.</p>
<p>The new university will find out about the old one (there’s a national clearinghouse of information). They will then either deny you or rescind you because they will conclude you are less than an honest person. </p>
<p>Do you owe the school itself money or do you owe money for federal grants/loans? You should be aware that you cannot receive any federal student aid if you’re in default on federal loans or owe for repayment of federal grants or don’t meet standards for satisfactory academic progress. Also, as others have stated, it’s not difficult for schools to uncover prior enrollments. You need to get this straightened out the right way…figure out what you owe and to whom and start making payments asap. The only way to make this go away and start fresh is to acknowledge and deal with your prior mistakes like an adult.</p>
The 2nd paragraph is exactly why there is a national database. If your new school did not know about your previous financial aid they might end up giving you aid to which you were not entitled.</p>