Can I leave off college I attended for 1 year before transferring to another school?

I attended a good private school for high school, but I made terrible grades and had to go to Crappy College my freshman year before transferring to Semi-Target for the remaining three years of undergrad. Is it misleading to include my high school and Semi-Target while leaving off Crappy College (which I obviously attended after high school)?

Edit: I just found out it's actually a target; I thought I'd update this so that I wouldn't be lumped in with the losers at semi-targets.

 

I transferred schools. Nobody will find out if you don't want them to. If you transferred to a better school though, I think it might be beneficial to tell them. It speaks to your work ethic post-high school.

"There's nothing you can do if you're too scared to try." - Nickel Creek
 

my understanding is that they usually don't actually. Mine didn't, and I transferred after sophomore year. The school basically said "your degree's from here, so your transcripts will only show us."

"There's nothing you can do if you're too scared to try." - Nickel Creek
 

I disagree - I wouldn't put it. It's going to be some HR person checking the transcripts anyway and they will likely be smart enough to figure it out and see you graduated / are attending your new school. Sure, it can shine a positive light on you in that you worked hard to transfer, etc. but in my mind it's a distracting topic that makes them second guess you.

 

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