<p>I have a few questions I have been mulling over and hopefully I can get some answers or at least clarity for them.</p>
<p>A little background…
I graduated in '04 and am now rather serious about my education. I had completely forgotten about a previous college attempt while I was working right out of high school and got a rather dismal 2.5-ish GPA through 30 or so credits. After joining the workforce (and leaving about a year and a half ago) I knew I wanted to go to college. At the end of this semester I’ll have upwards of 45 credits at my current school wiyh a 4.0 GPA. It wasn’t until I was looking to transfer that I remembered my past college experience.</p>
<p>Now onto the questions…
- I’m enrolled in a program with a state school which guarantees admission for 30 credits at a 3.0 at the “member school” which isn’t a problem. How much would my grades from 8 years ago affect my chances of getting additional merit aid?
- Is there some sort of time that schools would overlook past performance and judge primarily on my last two years?
- Would this be drastically different from school to school?</p>
<p>I doubt I’d have much trouble getting into the schools I want but aid would be a primary factor in where I’d choose to attend.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>