<p>that will be great if it is legally possible...</p>
<p>I doubt it. All he would be doing is submitting his college transcripts for Grad School. If I failed my first year of school, I would go somewhere else and start over. It's not like I forging my failed transcript at my old school. If I did well somewhere else, I'd use those transcripts. Who is to stop me? It's my money that's paying for the tuition. </p>
<p>Besides, before I started college, I took a few years off and did odd jobs. During that time, I wanted to do many things if I was a college student, like Pre-Med, Engineering, Business, and Computer Science. But in the end, I wanted to study Economic Sociology based on my stabatical between HS and College. </p>
<p>Had I started college right away and took Pre-Med, Computer Science, Engineering, or Business Administration, I would have FAILED my classes as I would not have comprehend the class material at that time. I've grown a lot from my HS days. Thanks goodness for that because my outside experiences had made me into a better student who knows his limitations and knows what he wants out of life. Something that I did not know at the time.</p>
<p>Since your HS record is strong, go ahead AND use that transcript. Follow your instincts. You will never go wrong with that. I don't see what's illegal about that, aside from forging your current school's record.</p>
<p>Every university I have ever looked at has asked each applicant to candidly report any and all places they have been educated, upto and including high school. If you knowlingy omit a school from this list, it's very clear that it is dishonesty. People have been tlaking about how its possible to get away with lying on your application - while this is probably true, I would wager it is very unlikely that something this big could be omitted. </p>
<p>If you say that you were out of school, then you will have to answer the question of what you did in your time off? How would you answer this, who would vouch for you? These are important questions. </p>
<p>You just can't omit any part of your academic record. By the logic people are using here, why not just omit a class you did bad in from your college transcript? You just can't do it.</p>
<p>I was told about SS# which will indicate pretty much entire educational history. Anyone know about this?</p>
<p>you guys thinking about this are real idiots. I would not risk my degree and future career(s) because of a bad grade.</p>
<p>southpasdena,</p>
<p>Maybe you should try reading next time.</p>
<p>The situations being dealt with here are more complicated than "having a bad grade". The OP here and the guy from Cali both have significant grade deflations. These guys have had several semesters' worth credit that will have a very negative impact on their overall GPA well into the future.</p>
<p>Remember a university can revoke your degree if they discover something is a miss, no matter how far out of school you are.</p>
<p>Only if your transcript from your present school is altered. If a person who fails at one college but decides to go to another school because he wants to start over, who is to know about that unless he transfers his grades over from the school that he fail out of? Personally, this is undergrad. See what happens once he gets his BA from the school he wanted to go to by starting over as a freshman. </p>
<p>There are a few people who facked their way into top-tier schools all the time. Most of them actually get away with that. Few are ever caught. But I will agree with most of the respondents that the chances of getting caught is quite high if someone from that school recognizes that student and wonders how he got into Yale? In this case, that person has to keep a low profile, which is very hard to do. So the ball is in his court.</p>
<p>ok you do not know if it is deflation inflation, all you know is that it is a bad grade. I would rather work my way out of school not having to look over my shoulder. Social security numbers can tell you so much about a person including ding ding ding, your educational history. You may want to find out how far back and how much digging a company does before they actually higher. It will only get more strict as time goes on, as increasing number of people are buying fake degrees and credentials, companies are getting the wiser. I would rather work my way out of college, it is stupid to risk that much, not just time, but money as well. I dont want to sound mean, it is something you should have tried to figure out from the first semester after you saw your results. I have screwed up plenty, so whoever wants to criticize go ahead</p>
<p>1.5 years with 5 semesters, i have 13 units, i have 9 W's, 2 F's, i used my 1000 scholarship from standerdized testing on units and books that i never used nor completed. As of the last semester i have a 1. something GPA I gladly have a chance to raise my grade unlike our original poster to a 3.3 after this semester. There has to be other choices. You can still theoretically get a 3.0 by the end of your schooling if you complete the normal 120 units or 180 quarter units</p>
<p>Maybe a school counselor would be a better source of help than people that are recommending cheating dishonesty. And this comes from a person that has lied and done dishonest things. This is something to will affect you know until the end of your life. Companies can come back, tell you to reimburse them for your salary, schools can make you pay fines, they can and will take away your degree and diploma, your entire self worth and professional history would be tarnished. Yes people get away with this, some get caught later on in life, some get caught right away. Top grad schools know all about this and trust me they will check. To risky if you ask me, but as stated earlier do as you must but really think through, think about the gains and the risks and weight out which is more important to you</p>
<p>SuperZ, I am sorry that you are in such a terrible position right now. The problem with transferring is that you must be in good academic standing at your current university. If you want to transfer, you must raise your GPA. This gives you two options: 1) Stay put, take introductory courses that would apply to either English or Sociology, and bring up your GPA by a full point, or 2) Enroll in a CC for a year, and then apply for transfer, explaining your special circumstances.</p>
<p>Option 2 is the better of those options only if you are determined to transfer, for a few reasons: When you transfer to a new college, the only credits that will transfer GPA will be classes in which you received passing grades, so you will have a relatively clean slate. In many cases, while the credits transfer, the GPA will not. If that happens, then you will have a blank slate. There are some issues with this, though. The primary issue is that you will probably not be happy with the type of school in your range. What happened at RPI is a bit of a red flag, and will still affect your admissions even after raising your GPA.</p>
<p>Option 1 is a better route if you aren't completely set on leaving RPI. If you can raise your GPA as is required for you to transfer, then you might as well stay where you are. Once you've been working for a few years, your GPA will not matter much, unless you are applying to grad school.</p>
<p>The real problem is that RPI doesn't offer majors in English or Sociology. I hope you can figure out something to do.</p>
<p>When you transfer to a new college, some will calculate your previous GPA into your GPA for their school, some will start you fresh. On a resume you could just include your GPA for your major if that is higher. Once you start college and recieve a grade, there is no way to really start with a blank slate period. Colleges will always want to see you grades from your first institution were you recieved your first grade, not just your current or graduating college.</p>
<p>Academic probation at Duke means you’ve gotten one of the following combinations: DD, DF, FF the first semester with four credits. If you have less than four credits, DD or F will get you on probation. This means that if the friend got A,A,D,D, he would be put on probation, and his GPA would be a 2.5.</p>