<p>I graduated highschool back in 2006 and went to the University of Colorado at Boulder. I got around a 3.0 the first year, but I developed a pretty serious chemical dependency problem my second year and my grades were lower the first semester that year and my second semester I pretty much ended up dropping out and going to rehab, except instead of just dropping my classes I pretty much up and bounced, because I was a lot more worried about not dying than making sure my ass was covered for the future, which resulted in me getting pretty much all F's. I've been in rehabilitation and working narcotics anonymous for a while now and just started doing classes at community college recently.
Sooo lots of back story for a pretty simple question: when I try to get back into a university, will they take something like this into account at all when they see my transcript with my fourth semester a straight sheet of F's, or is it going to just be viewed as straight GPA when I apply? I had around decent grades up until the last semester, but having five 0.0's factored into my GPA might force me into doing like fifty more years of servitude at a CC until my GPA will be acceptable to a good university. If some schools do consider this, any idea of specific ones if you know any off the top of your hed?
Second, much simpler, question. Do colleges look at highschool grades/SAT scores for transfer applications? I had decent grades and decent (2200) SAT scores. So yeah, thanks to anyone who bothered to read this mess, and even more thanks to anyone who can help me at all in this situation. I've been dealing with a ton of **** over the last year, and this is something thats been really bothering me and I've been unable to get much solid information on it, so thanks again, and in short drugs are bad mmmkay.</p>
<p>PM me. I'd like to help in any way I can.</p>
<p>Thanks. PM sent.</p>
<p>first question:</p>
<p>colleges get your entire transcript which says the grades your received for the courses you took for each semester in addition to your cumulative gpa. however, a semester of straight F's is going to stay with you through your undergrad experience. perhaps this can be mitigated to a degree if you explain your situation, but if your reason is that you voluntarily developed a drug addiction (ie., your drug addiction wasnt a reaction to serious outside circumstances) i dont know how much this would help...in addition, top tier colleges may be wary of allowing somebody with a history of drug addiction onto their campus...unfortunate, but it may be true</p>
<p>hs gpa and sat's are normally considered for transfers, but as you have already put in 2 years at uc boulder plus any additional time at your CC, they likely will not carry much, if any, weight</p>
<p>what do you define as a "good university?" your chances of getting into a college like UC boulder again are pretty slim with 2-3 years of college under your belt...you may be able to transfer into another university if you have lowered expectations, but perhaps finishing your undergrad out at your CC is something to consider</p>
<p>gl</p>
<p>What do you mean outside circumstances making someone having a drug addiction as opposed to a voluntary one? what the hell would that be, someone holding someone else down and forcing them to do drugs repeatedly? i have major documented depression issues going back over a decade and my mother was dying during the time but there's no way anyone with addiction can legitimately blame someone else for it.
And do you have any backing up on that major universities don't want someone diagnosed with addiction or are you just guessing? I'm pretty sure that it would be extremely illegal to reject anyone based on having any commonly accepted disease other than the bubonic plague or something, especially if i have documented years time off everything.
But thanks for the info I appreciate it, not trying to sound facetious just genuinely wondering.</p>
<p>I understand that you have personal problems but do not take them out on me, especially when i have taken time out of my day to try and answer your questions. </p>
<p>moving on</p>
<p>perhaps voluntary was the wrong word, but if you had serious personal issues (depression caused by a sick relative would certainly qualify) then this could potentially partially mitigate that one semester of F's...a rich kid developing a coke habit because his parents wouldnt buy him a car would be looked at in a very different light...again, i have no idea what kind of colleges you want to apply to other than a "good" school, but i have a hard time believing that most competitive schools would completely discount a semesters worth of grades even if you had a legitimate and documented reason for your addiction...</p>
<p>note, this is really a pretty basic point here, i said universities may be wary of somebody with a history of drug addiction, not that they would...discriminating against an applicant because they had depression would probably be illegal, discriminating against somebody because they had a drug addiction might not be. schools are free to "discriminate" against applicants who have committed crimes (many applications to top schools have been foiled by the "disciplinary history" section of the app.) while i dont know (i assume not) if you were convicted of anything relating to your addiction, if the drugs you took were illegal it is at least possible that this may negatively impact your chances at getting into a school. private schools may "discriminate" against applicants for a variety of reasons, including their grades, sat's, and their personal qualifications...if an applicant who applies to a school has a bad interview and fails to convince the admissions officer that their personality is suited to the academic and social enviornment to the school, there chances will be hurt...in the same vein, your drug addiction may lead adcomms to believe (or not willing to risk) the chance that your personality, by way of your drug addiction, is not right for the school or could harm the social fabric of said institution...which isnt to say that they are always right in doing so</p>
<p>best of luck</p>