<p>After high school I attended a four year college and did poorly. I left the college, then took a semester off and started attending a community college near home. I did so poorly I decided to not transfer any credits from my previous four year institute. I recently have applied to the University of South Carolina with a 2.75 GPA. There is only one problem, they want my previous transcript from the four year college. I purposely started over at the community college so I could get into the University of South Carolina without much hassle. Is there anyway for me to bypass this and not have to send them my previous transcript?</p>
<p>No, any transfer to any 4-year university has to provide transcripts for all prior colleges attended. I am unaware of any university that has a different rule. If you attempt to hide it and are caught, that will be grounds for rejection and grounds to withdraw any admission given, and, if they do not find out until after you start school, grounds to expel you.</p>
<p>If issue is bad grades, then you need to use essay to explain what happened and how you have now matured and dedicated yourself and grades are good.</p>
<p>I’ve read of some colleges allowing older students to “wipe the slate clean” and ignore their earlier troublesome college experience. </p>
<p>If you are not using your previous college experience for credit towards the new college degree, I think a college such as U.S.Carolina would be open to that approach.</p>
<p>I went to the University of South Carolina Admissions office to personally ask them. They said they needed my prior transcript to average it with my community college transcript, and the average is what they base my admission into the college on. As far as getting my transcript from College of Charleston wiped clean how would I go about this? Would I call the registrars office or admissions? Or something else?</p>
<p>Whenever you apply for admission to a degree program at an accredited college or university in the US you are obligated to provide official copies of transcripts from every single one of the colleges, universities, and community colleges that you have previously attended. If you don’t provide them, this is valid grounds for your application being rejected, your admission being rescinded, your being dismissed from the degree program that you have begun, or even having your degree nullified. </p>
<p>You have to send all of your transcripts. Period.</p>
<p>As for changing the grades on your original record, the usual procedure is to re-enroll at that college/university and to re-take the courses. Not every institution permits this. You need to call that place and ask if it is possible.</p>