<p>I will be applying for grad school in about a year or two. It's either going to be Clinical Psychology or Behavioral Neuroscience, depending on how enjoyable I find researching next fall with one of my professors.</p>
<p>I recently transferred schools and spent the first two years in a pre-med program and realized it wasn't for me since I got 4 C's in my chemistry classes. I ended up with a cumulative of 3.0 from there. At the school I transferred to, I recently finished my first semester with a 3.66. Assuming I keep this up, and even raise it a little, this is where my question comes in.</p>
<p>When I start applying for graduate school, how will I calculate my cumulative GPA. I know they look at all my transcripts, but will I have to calculate every single semester or how does it work?</p>
<p>Online grad school apps usually ask for GPA, major, enrollment period, etc. for each institution separately. As in, all of those textboxes are repeated for "Institution 1," "Institution 2," etc. On such applications, you never have to average your GPAs from multiple institutions.</p>
<p>If you find an application with only one box for GPA, I would leave it blank. Do not attempt to average, because grades at one school are not equivalent to grades at another. Instead, explain the situation and list both of your GPAs in a separate essay (NOT your SoP) that you either send in as a supplement or include in an "Additional Information" field.</p>