Really worried that my gpa is too low, but how much does having an AA really help? Does it put you in front of the other transfer and freshman applicants no matter your gpa? I will be applying for Spring of 2016, hoping that helps as well.
Cumulative GPA: 3.11
Transfer credit GPA: 3.33
AA: Yes (Broward College)
Major: Finance
Ask the school. Is there a GPA requirement for transfer students in that area? Also, your GPA isn’t that bad, at least to me.
An AA degree does give you priority admission over transfer applicants that don’t have an AA.
The biggest issue is that the program you’re trying to transfer into is a limited-access major, and has more stringent requirements than just a 3.0 GPA.
I’m confused though why your cumulative GPA is a 3.11 but the “transfer” GPA is a 3.33. FSU looks at your cumulative GPA as well as the GPA at the most recent school attended, but requires transcripts from all colleges/universities attended. If you did particularly poor at one, it may be a red flag, especially in a limited access program.
Pasbal, I only attended one school prior to my application. By transfer credit GPA, I meant the GPA on the 7 required prerequisite classes. Just wasn’t sure if they handle those credits as a separate GPA, sorry for the confusion on my part.
Also, the degree program says I need a cumulative grade point average on all college work attempted of at least 2.90, and a C- or better on all required prerequisite coursework. Although I meet the minimum requirements, the limited-access part really worries me :-< I’m hoping the AA and priority admission means that I shouldn’t worry. I guess that’s what I’m really trying to find out.
Since it’s limited access, a low GPA could potentially be an issue – IF there happens to be another AA transfer who has better stats than you who is also trying to get in, and they don’t have enough “seats.”
http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/finance.html
A 3.33 GPA doesn’t seem especially low to me for an AA transfer. It’s completely different from getting in as a freshman where a 3.33 wouldn’t even have a chance.
SweetheartCroc, thanks for the response.
So basically, if there where 100 seats left and 30 applicants applied with an AA that fulfilled the minimum requirements, those 30 applicants would have priority and then the remaining 70 seats would be distributed to the rest of the applicants accordingly?
Meaning that there would have to be less seats available than the amount of AA transfer applicants (that reach all of the requirements) in order for the applicants with an AA to be in competition based on his or her GPA?
That’s the impression I get when the word “priority” is used. Hopefully so.
Not really. With Limited Access programs, you’re trying to get into a limited number of seats with not only each transfer student but also all of the underclassmen that are fulfilling the requirements for formal admission into the program as well. The reason it’s limited access is because there are way more students trying to get into the program than it can possibly hold; in turn, the department can be much pickier about who it accepts into the major (almost all non-limited access programs automatically formally admit students to the major when they reach upperclassman status, typically somewhere around 55 credit hours completed).
This doesn’t supersede FSU’s transfer requirements of a 3.0 GPA on all college coursework, though. What is listed on the College of Business website is just the requirements to be formally admitted specifically into that major (not just FSU).
With the high number of applicants that FSU’s College of Business receives for all of it’s programs, even a 3.0 GPA as a transfer may not be good enough. A 3.1 should be good enough, but of course higher is always better.
Keep in mind too that priority admission is to FSU, not a specific program.
With an AA you get priority transfer admission to FSU but not the program? Hmm…
Here’s what I read on another universities website in search of a better meaning of what priority admission might mean.
“California Community College students that have earned a transfer associate (AA/AS-T) degree are guaranteed junior standing and priority admission consideration over all other transfer students when applying to a CSU baccalaureate (BA/BS) degree program that has been deemed similar to the student’s community college area of emphasis.”
http://www.calstate.edu/transfer/degrees/AAAS-TDegreeRequirements.shtml
California and Florida aren’t the same system, so what California does has no impact on policies in Florida.
The only similar guarantee is that if you earn an AA degree with a 3.0 GPA, you are guaranteed admission to a public university if you meet certain criteria. The last time I saw the requirements, that included applying to 3 of the public universities and being denied by all three of them, among other things.
Priority admission does not mean guaranteed admission. Plain and simple. A 3.1 GPA may be good enough to get you accepted. It may not. Personally, I think it’s probably borderline for a limited access program at FSU. Having the AA degree does help. If you were applying to a program that wasn’t limited access, I wouldn’t even question it and would say your odds of acceptance are probably 90-95%, minimum.
Argh, it’s so nerve-racking. I’m going crazy, lol. Thanks for the input. I’ll post my results when I get them!
Yeah, FSU certainly doesn’t like to make it easy on the nerves. The best advice is to just not worry about it, honestly.
Hey pasbal do you know if fsu does grade forgiveness for community college transfers ?
No, they include every class you have taken.
Got accepted all ready