Hello,
I wanted to get a take on how much students’ GPAs drop after transferring to major universities (Public Ivies, Major state schools, Top 50s, etc.) after transferring from community college or other schools. That is, if it did drop.
If you could, please let me know what your before and after school is, as well as your GPA at both.
I had around a 2.8 gpa when I transferred, and a 1.6 gpa after my first quarter at my university. However, now I’m at a 2.2 gpa. I’m not giving you the name of my schools.
Mine from community college doesn’t transfer at all. My credit does, but my GPA is fully determined by credits I take at the university. It kind of sucks a little bit, because I went to the university my first quarter and did terrible because of family and personal issues I needed to work out. So I went home, got my AA, and now looking at going back to the university when I find out the 3.7 I earned here means squat. Guess I should have learned about that before I worked my butt off haha.
What were both of your guys’ majors?
And @sweetlacecharm did you transfer from a community college?
I originally went to the university for math education, but learned pretty quickly it wasn’t for me. At the community college I just got a transfer Associate of Arts, so all my general classes out of the way. I’m planning on going back for Communication Sciences and Disorders to go into Speech and Language Pathology.
@penguinox what school? (not to be nosy)
It’s not Ivy League or anything, but Western Washington University.
@marcoschizzle yes, I transferred from a community college. My major is currently Japanese, but previously it was East Asian Studies. It’s not that the majors are hard, it’s that the quarter system overwhelmed me at first to where I fell behind because I wasn’t keeping on top of my studies. Also, taking an upper div course in a subject (linguistics) I knew little about hurt my gpa. I should have taken intro linguistics first and then that course, but i didn’t.
It took a huge hit. From a regional state college to a Top 20 school, 4.0 --> 2.7 my first semester here. Needless to say, there was a HUGE difference in difficulty.
@Juvenis what is your major
I’m at a community college. I’m expecting to have around a 3.8 this semester. I want to transfer somewhere that is competitive, but won’t put me down below a 3.0 GPA while studying business. Business majors tend to take the biggest transfer shock, decreasing their before and after GPA the most.
Just my concern behind this whole post
@Juvenis @Penguinox @sweetlacecharm
sorry, meant just *after GPA
@marcoschizzle Before I transferred, I was a biochem major. Now I’m a Classics major and Math minor. I’ve been on the pre-med track both in my previous school and in my current school.
It wasn’t the math or latin courses that were harder; it was the pre-med classes. Exams were way harder, more material on more difficult topics, less help available for students, and the professors didn’t curve much because the class was, on average, way smarter than in my previous school.
IMO, pre-meds also have an incredibly rough transition.
What semester are you into @Juvenis ?
*year, sorry again
@marcoschizzle sophomore
Do you find it becomin easier? How’s this semester so far?
So far so good. Looks like 2 tough science/math classes per semester is my limit in preserving a decent GPA. Last semester’s biology class is the 2nd toughest weed-out in my school (harder than orgo, imo, and just behind biochem), and everybody says this semester’s biology is MUCH more doable (which I find true so far).
@Juvenis just following up. How’s this semester looking?