<p>I currently go to community college and am about to get ready to apply for transfer. Previously, I made some bad decisions related to academic integrity at my first post-secondary institution. I have since learned from my mistakes, and am trying to get character references from my teachers in order to convince adcoms that I have learned my lesson. How should I go about doing this? Should I tell my fall semester teachers before class starts? After? Should I be ambiguous about it or should I tell them all the details of what happened? How should I approach the situation?</p>
<p>Also, I am only applying with around 35 credits. I have approximately 25 credits worth of APs, but even so, I am under the average number of credits that students who are applying for spring transfer admission have. Will this hurt my chances of transferring?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>