Overcoming a bad GPA

[cookderosa]

You should know that gaining admission to graduate school is not nearly as hard as you think. True, there may be "a specific" school you can't get into, but if that's the case, simply create a new plan. Lucky for us, we live in a country FULL of regionally accredited colleges and universities, most of whom would love to have your money.

When you transfer into TESC (or any school) credit comes with you, not grades. So, your TESC GPA will only consist of credit earned at TESC. (CLEP would not raise or lower your GPA directly). Now, that's not to say your old failures won't still be around- they are. However, first question, is are there a lot of questions on that transcript that you need? For instance, if you have an old transcript with 4 classes, 3 were failures and 1 A, there is no reason to even use that. Drop it like a hot potato and walk away. Start fresh.
*there are some programs, like med school, that would require you to reveal that old forgotten transcript. That's an exception, and unless you're headed there, don't worry about it.

Some grad schools want your last 60 graded credits, or some such amount. Just do your best and move forward.