transferring from a 4-year school to a CC:)

<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I just finished a year of undergraduate study at Penn State. Due to various circumstances, I will be relocating to California in August. I only have 47 credits.. and most transfer deadlines to UC, and Cal State schools have passed. So, I will be attending Pasadena City College for a semester.</p>

<p>My question is this: Since I will be transferring my credits from Penn State to Pasadena.. will MY GRADES transfer as well? Please, please respond!:) It will be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>The courses will transfer but the gpa will not. Your gpa starts over at a new university.</p>

<p>Is that 47 semester or quarter and are you going to try to get into a UC school eventually? The biggest deal with that is whether or not your Community College will accept classes from Penn State to fulfill your general ed. requirements.</p>

<p>The GPA thing is sort of confusing, as far as I know you end up with 3 GPAs when you go to a 4 year again: your overall GPA (all the coursework you have taken, ANYWHERE) is what another 4 year will use for admissions, your transferrable courses GPA (the classes that will transfer to the new 4 year you will be attending, from both PSU and your CC), and your new GPA that is just classes you take from your new 4 year.</p>

<p>From what I have heard, when it comes to graduating with honors, the school uses your overall GPA; when it comes to scholarships and stuff, they will use your GPA from just that school.</p>

<p>I am not sure if any of that made sense... sorry.</p>