academic forgiveness/renewal without retaking classes?

[mommy2three2]

To make a very long story short, I will dwindle this down to the basics.

13 yrs ago I took a detour through a wrong major, ended up with enough failing grades over the course of the 3 semesters I was there to be placed on Academic Suspension.

Now here I am, gearing up to apply for NS and I have these oh so lovely grades dragging down my cum GPA. I do have to say that my cum GPA even after this debacle is still a 3.2 so pretty good, not great but good. My science GPA is 3.7 so you can see that these classes really affected my GPA.

I have heard about people asking for Academic Forgiveness/Renewal, but I think in those cases the classes that were failed were retaken. I have NO interest in retaking these classes, never mind the fact that the school they were taken at is at the other end of the state and is not an option for me to attend and be away from my family (and no my husband can not relocate with his job there).

So I was hoping that someone here might have information on this process if they have not retaken the classes that were failed, how to get started, how long it took etc.

Any information you have to share would be helpful.

Becky

[byrd262, BSN, RN]

I would look into something called "time amnesty/forgiveness." My local community college provides this. I used it for a course I had an unrectified incomplete in, which turned into an F. I took it while in high school, 5 years ago. There is usually a time restriction, for example, "the course must have been taken more than 3 years ago." Some schools will remove "the grade" from your transcript which will remove it from your GPA. However, the course will still be listed on your transcript with the implication that you failed it.

In my case I graduated from a four year college where I took equivalent+ coursework. Keep in mind that many staff/faculty including advisors do not know about policies like this so when you ask they will tell you, "No, the college doesn't do that." IT IS possible that your school doesn't, but be sure to read the school handbook.