Overcoming a bad GPA

[sanantone]

I'm not trying to argue here. I just would like some clarification. I haven't applied to TESC yet, so they don't have any copy of a previous transcript. I attended a community college about 13 years ago and only completed 4 classes (Grades C, D, F, F). The rest of the classes were withdrawn. Is there any way that TESC or a grad school can find out about this if I don't disclose it?

Excuse me if this is a stupid question...I am only asking because my wife took a couple classes at a community college and she said that she never disclosed that to her grad schools and she has a masters from a prestigious school.

If you want to give yourself a leg up by being chosen in competitive admissions over people who worked hard to not receive Fs, then go ahead. There is a good chance you won't be caught, but I wouldn't want the small chance of being caught looming over my head until I retire and don't need the degree. The only way I can think of that they can find out about it is if the financial aid office communicates with admissions and records or the registrar. If you used financial aid for the CC, then financial aid can see that you've done so. Some states have academic fresh start programs where you can wipe out all of your past credits. That would be the right way to go about this.

I think you misunderstood what I meant. I didn't mean to hide the old transcript from grad school, I said to not bother with the hassle of using it in the TESC degree if there wasn't any quantity of earned credit. There is no reason to send a transcript with C, D, F, F, to TESC. Then, later if you attend grad school, you will reveal the semester you attempted at the CC on your grad school application. The CC transcript will not make up part of your TESC degree unless you send in the credit. You can ask TESC if you feel this is in any way unethical (it's not). THE DISCLOSURE issue is earning duplicate degrees in the same subject from different colleges using the same credits- TESC requires you to sign a document that says you're not doing this. (eg. earning a degree in Psychology from ABC Uni and then doing it again at TESC would void your TESC degree)

There is no issue with your CC transcript being omitted. Call TESC. Ask an advisor.

This is what the application says.

Please select below each college or university that you have previously attended. You should have transcripts sent from each institution.

TESC already has a policy of not utilizing credits that will bring the evaluation GPA too low. The transfer credits won't count toward the official TESC GPA anyway, so I don't see any point in omitting the transcript.