<p>Does the transfer credits from the other institute count into GPA at USC?</p>
<p>No, not into USC's gpa. However, grad schools will look at your entire gpa.</p>
<p>ummm.. im pretty sure that transfer credits do count toward your gpa for graduation.</p>
<p>Yes, they do (if coming from another college); however, AP credits do not factor into the GPA.</p>
<p>Transfer credits count as credits, however they are not factored into your GPA.</p>
<p>Actually, my transfer credits factored into my GPA.</p>
<p>Automatically? Your GPA didn't just start over when you started here?</p>
<p>according to usc policy, your transfer gpa should not have been counted in your gpa. Perhaps you just had similar grades at both schools.</p>
<p>you guys are wrong. this is straight from the USC transfer admissions page:</p>
<p>Determining Your Transfer GPA and Class Standing</p>
<pre><code>* For the admission decision, all grades in USC transferable courses (including grades of D+ and below) are calculated into the grade point average. USC takes into account plus/minus grading. Marks of 'credit'/'no credit,' 'pass/no pass,' 'withdraw,' 'incomplete,' 'no record,' 'missing grade' and 'passing course in progress' do not affect a student's grade point average.
If you repeat a transferable course, each grade earned in that course will be used to calculate the transfer GPA for admission. Furthermore, USC does not honor academic renewal or academic forgiveness programs through which students are allowed to improve recorded substandard academic performance.
Once you are admitted, a transfer grade point average will be established for all transferable course work. This average will be included with your USC GPA to determine your eligibility for graduation with honors.
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<p>Look at the the last bullet you mentioned: </p>
<p>"* Once you are admitted, a transfer grade point average will be established for all transferable course work. This average will be included with your USC GPA to determine your eligibility for graduation with honors."</p>
<p>It will be included WITH your USC GPA to determine if you graduate with honors, but it does not directly affect your USC gpa, nor is it factored into it. Unfortunately.</p>
<p>if you are right that is a shady ****ing way to explain it. I am kind of angry now.</p>
<p>Sorry, easttowest, but that's the way it is. Work you did at a community college or whatever can't compare to the same courses had you taken them at USC. Chances are they jsut weren't the same in difficulty and the people you were graded against couldn't possibly have been as high of a caliber. As a non-transfer, I think this policy is quite smart.</p>
<p>haha im glad you are so smug. it's typical of you to assume that I am transfering from a community college. actually i will be coming from Carnegie Mellon.... oh right... is that ranked higher than USC? umm... i think it is. thanks for being so condescending though.</p>
<p>why are you transferring? well, i'm sure you know generalized, overall rankings do not equal the difficulty of getting a certain grade.</p>
<p>EasttoWest ~ I would like to know why you are transferring too, if you care to discuss it. S is considering both CMU and USC for 2006. Your viewpoint would be appreciated.</p>
<p>If you don't want to post, feel free to email me. Thanks!</p>
<p>well then easttowest, you should see my point even more. If you did go to a legitimate college such as Carnegie, then you too should feel like it was total bs if a community college grad walked in with a 4.0 that you had to kick your own *ss for. It makes sense to not accept the transfer gpa.</p>
<p>haha trojangirlie.. good point. i guess im obnoxious too... i feel like a community college doesn't compare to usc or carnegie and was insulted by your assumption. i guess it does make sense about the gpas though.</p>