<p>I went through a few hard years in high school (personal reasons), so my 3.6 freshman GPA kept going lower until it had gotten to 2.2 by the time I had graduated. Right now I'm at a community college and just completed my first semester. I'm on winter break right now. First semester my gpa was a 3.76. I received one B and 4 A's, one of the A classes was only credit and the rest three credits. I think I can do pretty well the rest of the semesters, since things at home have calmed down. So, the reason for this post.... A lot of online scholarships ask for GPA and I'm assuming they mean high school GPA. When can I start putting my college GPA down for scholarships? My parents can afford to pay for the community college tuition, so it isn't a problem. The problem comes to paying for schools when I transfer... Personally, I want to take out as little in loans as possible, so grants/scholarships would be really helpful. I'm still going to try my best to raise my GPA even higher. Can I put my college GPA after I have completed my associates, not at all(only high school), or before I completed my associates. I've been mainly looking at scholarships on *****************, if that means anything... If anyone has other decent sites for scholarships, then that would be appreciated. </p>
<p>Where I live I have heard of folks going by their community college GPA after they have done two full semesters worth of study and have a good 24 community college credits or so. </p>
<p>I think that the scholarship opps would specify what they want on their apps, right? </p>
<p>You need to just go ahead and start making a list of transfer schools and look into what transfer student scholarships and the like which might be out there. It is also good goal setting to start looking at possible transfer schools.</p>
<p>You also need to think about if you would like to just earn the full on AA at community college or what. Since you graduated high school with a humble GPA (no disrespect intended at all), you might want to go ahead and earn the full on AA just because that kind of thing makes transferring a piece of cake.</p>
<p>The fin aid offices at your community college would have scholarship info.</p>
<p>I was planning on getting an associates degree, it’s just that a lot of the scholarships at the school I’m planning on attending is for current students. The school I’m planning on attending has a transfer agreement as long as I am able to earn an associates degree. I just want to start applying for scholarships before I transfer, since I hear the school isn’t the greatest about financial aid. BTW, the school I’m planning on attending is George Mason University, but considering James Madison Uni. GMU is closer to home and I think commuting is better for me.</p>