<p>A friend of mine who transferred from a county college with a 3.2 gpa told me that my current county college gpa will not matter because my Rutger's transcript will only display the cumulative gpa based on courses from Rutgers. I think its unfair because his cumulative gpa is now a perfect 4.0 and he hardly did anything his fresh and sophomore year. Can anyone confirm whether this is true or not?</p>
<p>I believe it’s true…at least thats how it usually works when you transfer. </p>
<p>Why is it unfair? Wouldn’t you want your friend to do well? lol</p>
<p>My gpa is perfect because I busted my ass and to know that I have to start from scratch bums me out. If my gpa follows me to Rutgers, a C will barely dent it, but with a fresh start, a C can play a big part. Should I not even take my upcoming finals if I will still pass the class but with a lower grade? I do want me friend to do well, but it’s unfair nonetheless.</p>
<p>Self-pride matters most</p>
<p>my friend also transfered from a county college and none her gpa did not transfer at all, just the credits. but i can understand how you feel about not keeping you well-earned gpa. i guess its just a fresh start.</p>
<p>You’ll just have to keep working hard! haha & I don’t think you should blow off your classes now. Don’t think about it so much! I never really thought of it as a bad thing.</p>
<p>Well think about it this way: How fair would it be to people who started at Rutgers for you to come in and get a 4.0 from your Community College courses when generally the courses at Rutgers are at a much higher caliber and are harder to earn A’s in? Your friend that you described is more the exception than the rule.</p>
<p>zhupolongjoe, I’m also thinking of it this way: people who started at Rutgers will have grades shown from lower level courses (fresh & soph) while transfers’ gpa will be based only on higher level courses since they are generally transferring as juniors. </p>
<p>Of course I am not going to blow off my classes now, I was trying to illustrate how pointless my current gpa will be. </p>
<p>I thought of a solution on how to carry my gpa with me to my next level of study- I am going to tattoo my gpa across my chest.</p>
<p>That’ll work, but the problem is that a lot of the lower level classes at Rutgers, particularly math/science courses serve as weeder courses, and so, the grades aren’t as high even if the material is easier.</p>
<p>Keeping the high GPA should have been to maintain and actually be ACCEPTED for the transfer =P</p>
<p>I mean why don’t you shoot for a higher college to transfer to, then?</p>
<p>Redcathasis, I don’t understand your first line at all, it confused me…</p>
<p>I understand your second line, however. I chose Rutgers because I have pride in New Jersey, lived here all my life, and I am wise enough to know that it doesn’t matter what school I attend, it is up to me and how I make of it…a cliche but i like cliches. besides that, i am receiving a full ride which i heard is really rare for transfers.</p>
<p>I think they meant the point of getting good grades in community college is to be accepted into a four year school.</p>
<p>well, I guess this only applies to my case, but I didn’t need a high gpa to get accepted to Rutgers. I had a contract with them that states that if I graduate with a 3.0 from a CC, they will guarantee my acceptance. I’m over this matter now though, my hard work did pay for my tuition (i.e scholarships)</p>
<p>Dude, the full ride was your reward for those good grades. I would surely “reset” my 3.99 (literally I got 1 B+ in one-1 credit course) from my first two years at Rutgers in exchange for a full ride for the next 2 years.</p>