So I am taking a dual enrollment class and I fear that I will get a B in it. My professor lost an assignment and I am trying to resolve this issue as we speak but I am terrified of what will happen if it can’t be resolved as the assignment is 10% of my grade and I currently have a zero. So I was wondering, do dual enrollment classes affect college GPA or are they just considered a transfer credit with no grade? Specifically for the university of florida? Also can I just choose to retake the class when I get to college and have the new grade replace my old grade? I want to go to graduate school after college and I don’t want my GPA to be set back by this one dual enrollment class.
I am in this same situation. I’m taking a dual enrollment class and may be at risk of getting a B. The downside is that if the school accepts dual enrollment credit then you must send in your transcripts for the school and it will count into your hs gpa. One B on your transcript will not kill your graduate school chances at all unless you start getting multiple B’s and even C’s in college. Not a huge difference between a 3.96 and a 4.0
The grade counts as part of your HS GPA, thus the word Dual. Your grade from that class will not be counted in your college GPA so don’t even worry about a retake.
@Erin’s Dad
In general, dual enrollment counts towards your official college GPA, which it states on the Florida (the state that I’m in) State education departments website, but I’m hoping ucf just does a pass/fail system or retakes
@checkingforinfo Even if it does count, I’m pretty sure it’ll be more looked down upon if you retake because of a B than earning a B itself.
OP, I can’t find that on the FL education board site, even in the FAQ. http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5423/urlt/DualEnrollmentFAQ.pdf Can you link to that? I’ve never heard of dual enrollment classes counting toward college GPA before.
@Erin’s Dad
Coincidentally it’s located in the document you linked to, question 57: Is Dual Enrollment right for everyone? Towards the middle it states, “In addition, dual enrollment courses
become a part of a student’s permanent college transcript and are calculated into the student’s permanent
postsecondary GPA”
^i would like to know if they still count it into your gpa if you go OOS. I’d hate to start college on a 3.8ish note
I think the OP is misinterpreting what is meant by permanent “postsecondary GPA”. If you get accepted into any Florida 4-year University, it will NOT be factored into that University GPA. However, if you apply to, say a Graduate Program, that program might use ALL College level courses (including your Dual Enrollment course(s)) to arrive at your cumultive GPA for admission purposes.
Many colleges just transfer credit, but you need to check each one’s policy.
Medical and law schools do count all college courses, including those taken in HS, for GPA calculations.
I am in the State of Florida taking 3 dual enrollment classes and my guidance counselor said that it DOES count toward your college GPA but she’s awful at her job so who knows
oh shit. I just read this post… I already got a B in my first semester for my stupid dual math course 
hate my life.
I took more than a dozen dual enrollment college classes. They did become part of my permanent college record, but no other college I went to averaged them in, just the one I took them at. Also, high schools may vary on how they approach dual classes. It may depend on whether you take the course to help you earn high school credit. You may find in that case that you get the credit, but the grade may not be factored into your official high school gpa. Just ask to be sure.
Am I understanding this correctly - a dual credit course my kid took as a HS sophomore will be counted as part of college GPA?
The way it worked at my high school was that if you went to the school the credit was from, it would be on your transcript there. Like my calc course was from Pitt. Had I gone to Pitt, I would have started out with that grade. Everywhere else it just transfers as passing credit.
The point of dual enrollment is that it’s both college and high school. Is it so surprising that it counts for both college…and high school…?
Hey guys i have a question.
So I’m currently taking two dual courses, and I received a B in one of them but the other one was an A.
Does that even up my GPA? or do I still start with 3.96 in college ?
Probably not, except if he later attends the same college. Most colleges do not include grades in GPA when transferring credits from other colleges. But check each college’s policy on that.
However, as noted above, all grades in all college courses, including those taken while in high school, count for GPA calculations in medical and law school applications.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (from University of Florida)
Q: Will I keep my GPA from my previous school?
A: All of your prior course work and grades will be listed on your UF transcript as third party work. Your UF GPA will be based on your UF work.
Georgia College (from their Website)
Transfer grade point average (GPA) is the average of the student’s grades in all transferable courses. The transfer GPA is used in the holistic process to determine admission to GC. Once the student has been admitted, the GC Registrar Office will evaluate students for academic standing using his or her institutional (GC) GPA only. However, a student’s cumulative GPA, which consists of his or her institutional and transfer GPA, will be one factor that determines whether the student is eligible for honors at graduation.
http://www.gcsu.edu/admissions/transfercredits.htm
Thanks everybody for your responses! I emailed UCF and they finally got back to me. They said that each UCF student has three GPAs: their transfer gpa which includes all dual enrollment classes, their UCF gpa which is all classes taken at the school, and a cumulative gpa, which includes both. I’m assuming this applies to most Florida public universities as well.
My mom works in a top graduate school, and she says that they get not only college grades but also high school grades. So they’ll definitely receive the grades. It’s just a matter of whether the graduate schools you’re applying to will consider them or not in the admissions decision.