Deciding which transfer credits count towards your degree

Graduate School
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<p>Note: I am not sure if this is the right forum, move it Mods if it is not.</p>

<p>Hi Everyone,</p>

<p>I recently transferred schools within my University, and now they are only allowing me to carry 64 credits with me. Fortunately, I am able to select what stays and what leaves. My extra courses are 4 Chinese classes from a CC in hs, and a few others. However, first semester freshman year, I got a C- in a core course, that no longer is needed for my new school.</p>

<p>This C- is weighing down my GPA, I have over a 3.5 all other semesters. In this situation, would it be better to selectively choose to have that C- course marked as "not counted towards current program," and to not affect my GPA, or to remove other courses from prior to undergrad?</p>

<p>I just don't want a future employer to look at my transcript, see that I took the course, but that I am not getting credit for it for my current program, if that will be a bad signal.</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>By and large, employers (and then only your first one) will only care about your overall GPA and that you have the degree you claim. If you interview on campus, companies may have access to your full transcript, but I’d lay odds they’ll only be interested in courses that are directly related to the jobs you are applying for. </p>

<p>Once you get out in the real world it will be very rare that an employer would request a transcript except to verify you have the credentials you claim to have.</p>