Interesting Transfer Question – Past Transcripts from other colleges required?
Now, I have all A’s at the community school where I am at right now, and would like to transfer to a State University next fall.
I am completely positive that I can get in, but transfer students’ GPA is calculated by “transcripts from all previously attended institutions.’
Well, if I don’t tell this university that I attended my previous one, will they know? Am I forced to give them my terrible transcripts from that other school? Can I just pretend it never happened?
Thanks!
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Most universities take only an institutional GPA (from only their college) however they will list any TE (transfer credit) with your other grade next to it, it just doesn’t add into your GPA. This said, I attended an university that did both an institutional and a combined GPA from all colleges attended. I always listed both if asked. So your other grades will be listed on a transcript, but not added into your GPA (unless you attend a rare school that does both GPA’s).
A Note: I work at a community college and many university students take summer classes there and they don’t care what grade they get as long as it is a C or above. They know they can transfer it back to their univeristy and it will not count in their GPA. Where a low GPA will matter is in scholarships and other honors that ask for combined grades.
Hope this helps you decide. Tread carefully.
Check with the university, if you made a F then its not any credit and the school may not even list it. If they don’t take Ds maybe they won’t count it either. In other words, if its not credit then does the new school count it? Mine didn’t list any of my Ws because it didn’t count as credit even though it was on my community college transcript.
DO NOT leave out any transcripts–if they catch it, you’ll be expelled, in all probability. In any case, don’t worry about it. The reason I say that is normally, the only grades that are really considered are the ones from the most recently attended institution And you’re in good shape there.
I’m not sure where you heard that a transfer GPA is “calculated” by combining prior transcript grades–but I’ve never heard of a university doing that. So–be honest. If this particular school has such a wierd policy–they are a rare exception.
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