How Screwed Am I? (Past Poor Performance)

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<p>So, I’m about to get out of the Army and go back to community college, and I was going over my unofficial transcript from my last go round. It was worse than I thought. From 2005 to 2008, I have:</p>

<p>1 C, 7 Withdrawals, and 5 Fs; With a cumulative GPA of 0.5</p>

<p>I’m pretty confident that I’m going to do much better this time around, and I can petition to get the Fs forgiven and removed from my GPA (but they’ll still show up on the transcript as forgiven Fs.) I’m just wondering: How bad is this going to look when I start applying to transfer to universities? Will I be ok if my performance improves? (I’m trying for at least a 3.5 GPA for all my classes from here on out.)</p>

<p>I’m shooting to transfer to University of Illinois for computer science.</p>

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<p>It really isn’t worth wondering about. All you can do moving forward is your best. And when you apply, tell your story. I do believe that the changes you make to improve your life will be viewed in a positive light. You have a good goal. Go for it. Even if you don’t make it into Illinois, you will be better for taking the shot.</p>