Hi! I am currently a high school junior that is searching through colleges and I am currently taking 2 dual enrollment (calculus 115-116) courses through an accelerated STEM-program at my school alongside George Mason University. I believe each class is worth 4 credits at GMU and I was wondering whether these credits would be transferrable to other schools that I plan on applying to in the fall? If so, I was wondering if my grade in these courses would transfer to my calculated college GPA when the courses transfer or if I would just be exempt from that class upon matriculation? I unfortunately received a B+ in one of the classes and I really do not want this to affect my college gpa. Also, I really want to select a school that would accept these credits in order to save money in college! Below is the list of schools I plan to apply to this fall:
Virginia. Commonwealth University, Upitt, George Washington, UVA, BU, NYU, USC, Upenn, Columbia, and georgetown
Yes, it can. While your undergraduate college may or may not factor it into the GPA you earn there, you WILL have to submit your DE transcript when applying to graduate schools. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, though. A B+ is not a bad grade and they will know it was earned in high school.
Generally speaking DE credits don’t count in your college GPA. Where it gets tricky is that some grad program will include them in their calculations. That said, a B+ isn’t anything to worry about.
Each school will have their own transfer policy. If the class transfers, it normally isn’t counted as part of that schools GPA. However, if you apply any graduate/profession programs, that grade will be included.
Note: Grades in college are normally much harder than HS. A B+ is a good grade.
If you do DE with GMU, then your grades will be included in your college GPA if you attend GMU as your college.
However, most other colleges that accept your GMU courses for transfer credit will not include the grade in calculation of GPA for their purposes.
However, if you apply to professional school (e.g. medical or law school) or to transfer to another college, all college courses and all college grades (including from while you were in high school) will be included in their college GPA recalculations.