Unfortunately the answer is no. Your grades will follow you no matter where you go, and you cannot erase them. You can however re-take some of the classes you did poorly in, but I’m not sure that’s a feasible (or financially!) appropriate thing to do. I would recommend taking a look at what your Major GPA is rather than your overall GPA. When building your resume and applying to graduate school, you can highlight this GPA instead. As long as you’re clear that this is your Major GPA and not your cumulative! Don’t lie. But that might be helpful. Also – check into why your GPA is below a 2.0 if you’re pulling over a 3.5 now. Something is off. Most schools allow you to audit your transcripts online (unofficially). See if you can do that. Good luck!

Unfortunately not, but the numbers you mention don’t make sense. I, too, had a bad year and was on academic probation, dropping out before the end of the semester and failing all of my courses, not to mention doing terribly during the other semester. Even so, I graduated with over a 3.7. Something is definitely wrong.

I did the same thing! My first year of college I partied way to much and NEVER went to class. I made F’s in like 5 classes. FORTUNATELY for me, my university offers a repeat and delete program. So I was able to retake those classes and drop my F for the better grade. Check with your school to see if they do the same!

Schools are aware that many excellent students have this issue, and will take into consideration an upward trend in grades. However, as the person above says you may want to look carefully at how you’re calculating your GPA.

Actually YES you can. You’ll have to read your school’s policy on this, but you can appeal your grades but after about 5 years or so. However, once the grade is removed, the credit you earned (if any) is lost.

Nope.. those grades will always be there.

However, most colleges will let you retake classes if you want too, try that.