Does UMPI forgive old failed classes?

[RachelB]

It's best to ask the institution where you took the one semester and see if they have an option for academic forgiveness... For the F's you have, they may have an option to leave it off the record books as some institutions have this option after a few years.

I checked with them, and they'll only do that if I take another entire semester with them. I'm crunching the numbers to see if I can afford that. It was an expensive private university. I could throttle my younger self for thinking I needed "the college experience." It took me two years to pay off that first semester.

[ss20ts]

It's best to ask the institution where you took the one semester and see if they have an option for academic forgiveness... For the F's you have, they may have an option to leave it off the record books as some institutions have this option after a few years.

I checked with them, and they'll only do that if I take another entire semester with them. I'm crunching the numbers to see if I can afford that. It was an expensive private university. I could throttle my younger self for thinking I needed "the college experience." It took me two years to pay off that first semester.

Honestly, I wouldn't spend the money on this. I would move on with life and spend your money on courses at UMPI. I had Fs and Xs (which are Fs because I didn't withdraw) on my transcripts from years ago and it was fine with UMPI. My GPA was over a 2.0 so I wasn't accepted provisionally, but UMPI understands that adult learners often have baggage from years ago that we can't erase. They know that YourPace is a second chance for many adults who would never have any other chances otherwise. We just had someone on this forum who enrolled at UMPI and didn't complete any courses so they were basically kicked out due to their GPA at UMPI. They were able to submit an appeal and they have been granted a second chance at UMPI. So please don't think you have to spend thousands to fix the past. You don't. Spend the money on your future instead.

[rachel83az]

I agree with ss20ts. You'd be better off spending your money doing an extra session or two of UMPI to raise your GPA. It'll almost certainly cost less than going back to an expensive private college where, I assume, a single class will cost as much as an entire UMPI session. At least once you factor the fees, textbook costs, etc. into the tuition.

[dfrecore]

I agree with ss20ts. You'd be better off spending your money doing an extra session or two of UMPI to raise your GPA. It'll almost certainly cost less than going back to an expensive private college where, I assume, a single class will cost as much as an entire UMPI session. At least once you factor the fees, textbook costs, etc. into the tuition.

100%. Don't waste time and money trying to fix this problem - do a couple of terms at UMPI, aim for all A's, and compute your new GPA; if you still want a higher one, take another term.

If you don't plan on getting a master's degree, then there is certainly no point in trying to up your GPA at all (besides getting all A's at UMPI).  Almost no job cares what your GPA is, so there's no sense working on it if you don't need to.

Plus, even a master's program will look at your years-old bad GPA and then recent 4.0 (or 3.5 or whatever) and determine that you've matured and become an exemplary student.  They may overlook that low GPA without you having to do anything at all.  This is IF you decide a master's is in your future.

Oh yeah, and there's nothing that says your GPA has to be fixed NOW.  If you go to UMPI and get good grades on those courses, and graduate; and then decide to go get a master's later, and find that your grades are a roadblock, you can always fix your GPA THEN.  You can take courses later, go back to that expensive private school to redo, decide on a school that takes a lower GPA, go back for a 2nd degree at UMPI or somewhere else, etc.  Nothing says you need to fix your old GPA now.

[bjcheung77]

I checked with them, and they'll only do that if I take another entire semester with them. I'm crunching the numbers to see if I can afford that. It was an expensive private university. I could throttle my younger self for thinking I needed "the college experience." It took me two years to pay off that first semester.

I see, I was thinking it was a community college, if it was a private school, those institutions have a hefty charge for everything...
Edit to Add: Your 30 RA graded credits at UMPI should bump up your GPA for both an internal GPA at UMPI and an overall GPA

[Iris]

I agree 100% with the others.  Don't waste $ re-taking courses at your previous college.  I had an F in Psychology as recently as 2020 from my local community college.  I was worried because psychology is a pretty significant class.  UMPI never said a word about it, and it never affected my GPA at UMPI.

[RachelB]

Thank you everyone for the advice and encouragement! I was starting to get really stressed out, and everything you guys have said has helped a lot.

[ss20ts]

Thank you everyone for the advice and encouragement! I was starting to get really stressed out, and everything you guys have said has helped a lot.

Don't stress!