<p>When filling out my applications would it better to report my current GPA, which is 3.0, or what my GPA should be after my last semester of community college?</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because I do not want to be ruled out for having only a 3.0 when I may have a 3.25 after my last semester of community college. My gut says to report the higher GPA just so that schools don't deny my application based on me having 3.0 at the time of applying when in fact my GPA at the time of transfer may be higher, but there's always the risk that something goes wrong and my GPA doesn't get to 3.25 or even worse goes down. I would also like to add that though .25 more points doesn't seem like much, I do believe that it could make a significant difference in my being accepted or not. I'm having such a tough time with this decision and any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>Colleges expect students to use their current GPA – the GPA you have on the date when you press the submit button. Anything else would be less than truthful, as you haven’t yet received an “expected GPA,” whatever it might end up being.</p>
<p>Current … grades and test scores should only reflect actual data. One big reason to delay submitting an application, and possibly skipping EA and ED options, is if the applicant wants new improved actual performance added to their application.</p>
<p>Awesome! thanks for the super quick replies. I applied for this coming fall semester and was accepted at a school, then later denied because my gpa was a .2 lower than what was on my application. The head of admissions said I wouldn’t have even made it so far in the application process had I been honest about my gpa on my application, when in fact the gpa I put on my application was correct at my time of applying. That’s where all my confusion comes from. I wouldn’t doubt that I was denied because my gpa dropped rather than me not being “honest”, but just hearing that made me wonder.</p>
<p>Whoa. You are quite confused about what a GPA is. Your GPA is not a day by day ever-changing number that varies with your last quiz. There’s no “correct at the time” that will turn out to be different later. Your GPA is a calculation of grades for solely your COMPLETED courses that will never change until you have additional COMPLETED courses. It will have to be supported by a transcript supplied by your current college, and if your stated GPA in your application doesn’t match the one that can be calculated from your transcript, your application will be considered defective and will be rejected. Get it now?</p>
<p>“I applied for this coming fall semester and was accepted at a school, then later denied because my gpa was a .2 lower than what was on my application.”</p>
<p>And you want this to happen a second time?? On the bottom of the application, isn’t there a statement affirming that all the information you are reporting is true? Signing that while misstating your GPA is fraud, and would make the admissions people wonder what other dishonesty you are capable of.</p>
<p>Wait and apply after you bring up that GPA.</p>
<p>I really appreciate your response MommaJ, but I am definitely not confused about what gpa is. I applied in the middle of the fall semester and had a 3.2 before that semester had even started. When it came time to send transcripts in the following spring I had finished the fall semester and my new gpa was 3.0.</p>
<p>KKmama thanks for your input. I used the 3.0 on the application and am just hoping that it will be enough to get me accepted for the upcoming spring. I’m sure I’ll be kicking myself if my gpa is 3.2 (which should be more than good enough to get in) by the end of the fall and I get denied because I reported a 3.0 gpa (which is about the cutoff). Anybody know if a gpa going up is grounds for an appeal?</p>
<p>^ when the semester ends send the schools to which you applied an update and let them know your new GPA … and send a new </p>
<p>PS - and from your description the earlier misunderstanding is on the school … they should know GPAs change after the completion of each semester … and should not have had an issue with a change after a semester finished.</p>
<p>Many schools provide a provisional acceptance assuming that there are no significant changes to your applications (dropping a required course, failing a course, etc). Your GPA dropping .2 is a pretty significant change, and that is probably why your admission was revoked.</p>
<p>Put your GPA as it is now, not as you hope it will be later. If it goes up, that certainly will not be a cause to revoke an acceptance. If your GPA is a significant factor in your admissions, you can always reapply later with the higher GPA, send an update letter to the school, or try to appeal.</p>