I have a B average at my community college with a cumulative GPA of a 3.1. So far in my current classes I’m sitting right at a 100% in one class and a 90% in my other. I’ve read online that when you apply to a 4 year your CC GPA matters, but when you transfer your GPA doesn’t carry over. Is this true that only your credits transfer and not your GPA?
Generally not for the purpose of the college that you transfer to, which will typically count only grades in its own courses in GPA for its own purposes.
However, if you apply to professional school (e.g. medical or law), all grades from all colleges attended will be included in recalculated GPA for that application. Other post-graduate applications (e.g. PhD programs) will also want to see all grades from all colleges attended.
So lets say I earn a 4.0 at the university then that’s what I’ll have as an overall GPA? Technically is it like having a clean slate GPA wise?
@DonAlexander That’s typically what it’s like. I can give some examples. I know that UCLA starts you fresh, so if you had a 3.5 in CC and manage to get a 4.0 at UCLA, your GPA will be a 4.0 when you graduate. A private school, like USC for example, takes into account your community college GPA. I have a 3.9, so even if I magically manage to get a 4.0 at USC, my overall GPA won’t be a 4.0 when I graduate because USC is going to average it against my community college days. And of course, ucbalumnus is correct - grad schools will consider your grades from every prior institution you’ve been to.
So if I kick *** at university and get a 4.0 hopefully then would I still have a chance to get into T14 law schools or any other professional school?
Not all private schools do as USC does. My university, Illinois Tech, only counts courses taken here for the GPA.