Most colleges (the real ones, not community or possibly online) require you to disclose your collegiate academic history. They require transcripts from every college you have attended. If they have no means to know you attended college before, then it is entirely up to you whether or not you tell them. It is a question of integrity. Are you comfortable committing fraud? If you won't lose sleep over it, then why would you tell them about your dismal performance? Could your academic record keep you from being admitted into the college of your choice? Yes. They may expect you to go to a junior college to prove you are now ready for the rigors of college.
Keep in mind though if you decide to mislead them about your academic history, that when you apply, they will want to know what you have done since high school.
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