Can you get back into college, be readmitted, if you did not leave on the best of terms?

It can feel a bit scary, when you are thinking of going back to college if you did not leave under the best of circumstances.

Initially, when we’re planning to go to college we want to do well get good grades and find a job. But sometimes things don’t work out quite the way we’d like.

Life can be messy sometimes, and we have to take time away from college whether we want to or not, and if an emergency happens we don’t always have the time we need to completely withdrawal from college properly.

Don’t worry let’s put together a plan or two to get you there.

Once things calm down in your life, the next question is how to you get back into college?

Well I’m here to help you answer that, so set aside frustrations and concerns for a few minutes and let’s look at what you need to do to be considered for college again.

Grab a pen and jot these down, they’ll help put together a plan to get back into college.

1. Talk to your Academic Advisor find out what your standing is, it may not be as bad as you think. If you contacted the college and made them aware of your situation there should be some note of this. If not ask what you need to do to be re-admitted to the college, if your application has expired you’ll need to reapply.

Often you’ll need to re-apply to the college, and in this process you’ll have the opportunity to tell the college what happened.

2. Talk to an Admissions Advisor, they can be your best resource for getting back into college.

Ask if you need to appeal for re-admission. Frequently this is a letter outlining what happened submit this to your Admissions Advisor or whomever they advise you to send it to. Be clear on how things have changed for you now and how you’re planning to work around any types of concerns that may come up in the future.

Word of Caution:

Make sure that this letter is grammatically correct! This is vital to getting into a college if your appeal letter is full of grammatical mistakes this can really hurt your opportunity to get back into college.

And be aware: If the college accepts you at this point there will often be stipulations, like you cannot let your grades drop, or you have to be sure to get a high grade in the class you left, etc.

But What if…

Now no one wants to think about this but what if they don’t accept you back, now what? If this is the college you want to graduate from, then find out if there are steps you need to take so that you can be considered for admission again.

You know the saying Patience is a virtue; well this is where you may need to pull out a bit of that virtue.

Here’s an example I saw several times: If you didn’t have a good GPA then the college might like to see you prove yourself by getting higher grades in a couple of classes before they’ll consider readmission. Attending another college for a semester and bringing up your grade can do wonders for you.

3. Now if you don’t want to graduate with the college you left, then look around for one you do want to graduate with, let your Admissions Advisor know upfront what has happened, ask what the procedures are for being admitted.

Some colleges don’t count this against you, they’ll just take the good grades you have and you’ll need to re-complete the classes that had a lower grade in. Some colleges I’ve worked with would only take classes that have a C or better, C- didn’t count, it had to be a C or above.

4. If the college has a policy that you need to let them know what happened, then be prepared for this, take the appeal letter from before and change it for the new school.  They’ll want to see that you didn’t just leave college simply because you felt like it, and they want to know what’s changed and that you’re committed to graduating.

If there are certain things you need to do to be accepted, get this information in writing so you know when you’ve accomplished the necessary steps for re-admission.

It may feel like an uphill battle, and you may need someone to help you, talk to your Admissions Advisor, often they’re the best person to work with you on this, and ask me, I’m here to help. Send me an e-mail, click on the contact me button above.

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