F's from several years ago, I have a 3.8 now.

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I am am extremely stressed out. I graduated high school in 2011 and I immediately went to college that Fall of 2011. I was excited and ready for school but then I became homeless and I didn't know about withdrawing and all that so I just stopped going and failed. I went back in Fall of 2012 after petitioning to get in and it was going good again except I was in an abusive relationship and the guy beat me and made me too scared to leave the house so I couldn't withdraw and failed again. I stopped going until I broke up with him and then at this point I have several Fs again since I automatically failed. I started again in Fall of 2013 and the semester was going perfectly. I was holding all A's in my classes and it was only 3 weeks until finals when my mom called me and said my stepdad had suddenly passed. He died from a drug overdose. It was beyond the withdraw date and each of my professors refused to sign the withdraw sheet because we couldn't withdraw beyond the date without Professor permission so I stopped going and helped my family since my mom was now alone raising 3 kids. I failed again and gave up completely. However, flash forward to now. It is July of 2017. I am married to a great guy and I go to a new school which I am mainting

a 3.8 in and I am looking to apply to their program this September. My issue is that they require any and ALL previous transcripts and I've pleaded with the other school and they told me they don't do academic forgiveness after a certain time period and that I would need to go back there and take 12 credits out of pocket to wipe my record. I am terrified that this record will haunt me because of my insane past. I apologize for the incredibly long read but I am hoping that someone, who was not in my exact situation personally but academically can shed some light on what I can do.

Thank you.

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The HUGE risk here is that if the school asks for all previous transcripts and OP leaves poor ones off- he/she has committed academic fraud.
When I was applying to my ASN program, I was asked to send in all transcripts in which I "wanted" to be evaluated for credit. Having had very similar experiences as the OP, I chose not to send in transcripts from my very first attempt at college. It was explained to my advisor, and I was advised that it was my choice, and might mean repeating coursework; and that's exactly what I did.

There was no mention of fraud at any time to me. I didn't even send in my high school transcripts, and they KNOW I graduated high school if I had a previous LPN license issued in this country.

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Our nursing program automatically knew which prior schools we attended. Right on the application my precious colleges showed up and each received a complete one the transcript from that institution was received. There is definitely a way they can tell.

Centralized nursing school application system. They did not have this back in my day. Don't think that virtually all nursing schools participate. In CA, there is something similar for applications to the community colleges. You can't move to the opposite end of the state, apply to the local community college and keep your enrollment at another state community college secret.

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Well, if you used to recieve Federal financial aid in the past, and now you apply for it again, the financial aid office will ask you to submit all previous transcripts in. I think "wipe out transcript" is the best option for you. It makes things easy for you later. You can take a few units per semester.

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When I was applying to my ASN program, I was asked to send in all transcripts in which I "wanted" to be evaluated for credit. Having had very similar experiences as the OP, I chose not to send in transcripts from my very first attempt at college. It was explained to my advisor, and I was advised that it was my choice, and might mean repeating coursework; and that's exactly what I did.

There was no mention of fraud at any time to me. I didn't even send in my high school transcripts, and they KNOW I graduated high school if I had a previous LPN license issued in this country.

However, if the school asked for "ALL" transcripts, and you intentionally left undesirable ones off- you would have committed the type of fraud I mentioned. Each school is free to set it's own policies.

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What are you going to do when life happens again, stop going? That's what you did three semesters.

This is definitely something important to think about and plan for. I still have a year left in my program and my cohort has already experienced the death of friends, family, and pets, some near divorces, hospitalized family members, and so much more. Make sure you have a strong support system and think about how you will manage if life happens (and it will) before you are in the heat of it.

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Your professors honestly wouldn't let you withdraw from class due to the death of your step-father? ... or were your grades super low to begin with, and they didn't want to give you that "out"? -- Because I'm having a hard time believing you were a B student and then asked to withdraw for a family death and they said "no". I guess it could happen, but it seems unlikely. This why it pays to be a good student; it builds trust with your professors, so that when you face a life altering event like this, you have the background with them to work through things.

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Same situation. Two different set backs, eventually dropped out. Finally went back to school this year and maintained a 4.0 gpa. I could apply for a hardship withdrawal (which you should actually look into) but the process is long and all of my prerequisites are complete. TEAS score 84. I'm applying to schools anyways. Let me know how it goes for you. Oh and I replaced all of my f with a's. Good luck!

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I recommend that you do not send the previous transcripts.

Your grades are private information protected by FERPA. You do not have to disclose that and there is no reason why you should.

Good luck

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Our nursing program automatically knew which prior schools we attended. Right on the application my precious colleges showed up and each received a complete one the transcript from that institution was received. There is definitely a way they can tell.

Legally, a school can't send your transcript to anyone without your express permission. So that definitely did not happen.

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Legally, a school can't send your transcript to anyone without your express permission. So that definitely did not happen.

But again- if the school asks for ALL transcripts and you do not provide them- you re committing fraud and that will not get you admitted.

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Not sending your transcripts is not a crime. It's not fraud. That's absurd.

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Centralized nursing school application system. They did not have this back in my day. Don't think that virtually all nursing schools participate. In CA, there is something similar for applications to the community colleges. You can't move to the opposite end of the state, apply to the local community college and keep your enrollment at another state community college secret.

Check out this link: NursingCAS | The Centralized Application for Nursing Programs . The essential information is right at the top of the page. This is how different nursing schools gain access to your academic information.

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