How do colleges know if you went to another college if you do not mention it on your resume?

Are they solely dependent on your disclosure of prior colleges attended or do they do some sort of background check?





I was a matriculated student for one semester back in '97, had discipline problems and was subsequently kicked out at the end of the semester. My grades were bad.





I have since taken a year's worth of classes at a local state college and have done fairly well. I took the classes for credit, but did not matriculate. I am in the process of applying to several schools for spring enrollment and feel disclosing the college I attended back in 1997 will hurt me.





Has anyone else ever had or currently has this problem? If I add the classes I took in 1997 my current gpa would be so reduced that I would not meet the minimum transfer entrance requirements for the colleges I am applying to now ( or really any college for that matter). If I do not mention the school I attended back in 1997, can current schools find out?





Thanks!

How do colleges know if you went to another college if you do not mention it on your resume?
All college registries are pooled into one national/international database to make it easier for students to transfer between them, it also makes it harder to doop them from knowing your previous college history. So without changing certain items like your name address and ssn your stuck with your past
Reply:Yep, I believe they use your SSN to track you. If its been as long as you say, most colleges will be understanding about past indiscretions, as long as they were not TOO serious.
Reply:Current college always find out base on your social security number.
Reply:they do conduct background check :)