<p>Quick question...when putting college GPA on a resume, are transfers essentially able to use the better gpa (total GPA vs. current insitution).
For example, say someone had a 3.0 before transferring, gpa got wiped clean, and graduates with a 4.0. Can you list 4.0 GPA on your resume?
And in the opposite case where you do worse, you could just put like "College GPA" and average it out</p>
<p>As you have to submit all college transcripts to them, you would want to put your cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>Your GPA is never “wiped out” when you transfer. Your cumulative GPA should include grades from your previous and current institution.</p>
<p>Yes Kulakai, because employers want college transcripts along with your resume.</p>
<p>dewdrop is also completely wrong. Please read the question guys. There’s been many discussions on this, and I believe the general consensus is that you put your separate GPA’s from your different institutions (because no school is similar in rigor).</p>
<p>so you have to contact your original school and ask for a transcript in addition to your transcript from the school that you graduated from, even though the courses (although not grades) are listed on it?</p>
<p>and dewdrop, only courses and credit transfers over, grades do not.</p>
<p>Whatever…I’ve been told different things regarding transfers and their GPA. I’ve been in situations where I’ve been asked to combine my grades from all institutions to get a cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>For example, when you apply to medical school AMCAS breaks down your GPA by year…but not by institution attended (although the school will see what institution you took each course at). In the end, you have a BCPM, All Other and cumulative GPA that is created by averaging your grades…which sucks if your GPA changes significantly (like mind did).</p>
<p>I apologize for presenting seemily inaccurate information, but there is no need for the rudeness.</p>
<p>Also, it’s not unheard of for an employer to ask a job candidate to submit a college transcript. I’m not sure how common it is and I’m sure it’s mostly relevant to candidates who are looking for their first job out of college.</p>
<p>Hmm sorry for bumping this threat, but what is the consensus on transfer GPAs? I have heard that some people only include the institution they graduate from, omitting all mention of previous ones (including GPAs etc)</p>
<p>I know that for graduate school you have to include everything, but how about for job hunting resumes?</p>
<p>I am on the same boat and don’t know whether I can do this. My old GPA was pretty poor, and might preclude me from interviews with employers, etc if I do include it.</p>
<p>Your new institution will not add include your previous GPA into your final GPA. This means, that if an employer does not want an official transcript you can use your final GPA. However if they do want your official transcript, than you have to submit your first and final transcripts and your previous GPA will be revealed.</p>
<p>^Some schools do average them, although most do not.</p>
<p>As far as you resume, the proper thing to do would be to list all schools attended, at put the cumulative GPA from each on it. IE if you went to Maryland and then transferred to NYU, put maryland on it, list the dates you attended, and then put the GPA you had while there. Then separately above it put NYU, expected graduation, and current GPA from NYU alone. It does not matter whether the employer wants to see a transcript or not, this is the proper way to put it on your resume. You can’t just pretend you never went to the school you transferred from.</p>