Sacrifice GPA at Community College?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<h2>I am in a dilemma right now. I am in the USAF, and that limits me to attending a community college because of my schedule and all the randomness that happens in military life. When you transfer, from what I understand, your GPA starts over again. Well, the University I plan on attending is not all that "Stellar" (University of Nebraska - Omaha) and is the secondary state school (University of Nebraska - Lincoln is the first). Since I am unable to attend a good undergrad school due to circumstances, I am not going to be a sitting duck. I am going to do well at University of Nebraska - Omaha, and apply to a decent graduate school.</h2>

<p>My Question:</p>

<p>Should I just rush through the classes at CC, while possibly sacrificing some GPA because I know that I will get accepted into University of Nebraska regardless of GPA. Now I am not talking about bombing my classes, but maybe going for a 3.3 GPA instead of a 3.7 GPA</p>

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<p>No, you shouldn’t.
Take your time, when do you ETS?</p>

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<p>With a higher GPA youll likely get more scholarships and be able to pocket some of that GI Bill money, which I am currently doing.</p>

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<p>Most importantly, graduate schools will take both your U Nebraska and CC GPAs into consideration when assessing your application.</p>

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<p>@Srose9173 - If I am reading properly, that is my date of seperation from service? If so, June 2012.</p>

<p>@msc261 - With the new GI-Bill the tuition is paid directly to the school so scholarships do me no good.</p>

<p>@grey_syntactics - This is kind of what I was looking for. I didn’t think graduate schools would look that deep. Either way, a 3.3 GPA is acceptable though!</p>

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<p>You have plenty of enough time to get an associates degree without rushing. My husband only takes 1-2 classes a semester (Army)…just take your time with it, and then plan to transfer when you ETS. That is what I would do, anyway.</p>

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<p>Is there any reason why you can’t go to UNL? If you get a decent GPA, you might be able to get nice scholarship money at UNL. </p>

<p>In any case, you shouldn’t rush because employers will care about your CC GPA and UNO might give you more scholarship.</p>

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<p>Whether or not a 3.3 GPA is acceptable is debatable. You said you wanted to go to a decent graduate school… how decent?</p>

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<p>grey_syntactics is absolutely correct. When you apply to grad schools they will want transcripts from all colleges attended and will calculate your GPA based on all coursework. Take your time at community college. Since you know you want to go to grad school look for research opportunities or at least TA opportunities. There aren’t a lot of these at CCs but what is there will be available to undergrads, which can sometimes be difficult to find, and having the experience may help open doors after you transfer.</p>

<p>What is your major?</p>

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<p>I’d have to agree a 3.3 from a mediocre (or really any) college would make strong graduate programs tough to get into.</p>

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<p>FYI- the OP will not need a scholarship, nor will they have time to do many, if any extracurriculars.</p>