<p>I am currently a freshman community college student. I never applied myself in high school. Subsequently, my GPA was low for most of my high school career (around 78-81). After a change of attitude, I managed to earn an 88 GPA during the last quarter of my senior year, but my overall GPA was still only a 79.</p>
<p>I've been working hard, and my college GPA is currently an 89. I hope to transfer to a four year school as a sophomore. Would admissions officers overlook my terrible high school grades because of my improvement in college? Or would my low high school GPA still hinder my chances of being accepted into a school? Thanks.</p>
<p>My son did OK in high school and then very well in college and was successful in transferring “up” after his freshman year … in fact, he only had one semester of completed grades (and a mid semester status report) from college when he applied to transfer.</p>
<p>I doubt the transfer schools ignored his high school grades but they seem to have give a lot more weight to his college grades. (PS - he also had board scores which were solid for the school to which he applied to transfer … and retook these while in college and raised his SAT scores about 150 points)</p>
Most colleges will not look at your HS record (a few may want to see your SAT scores but most won’t). What will matter is your college record over 4 semesters (+ summer if relevant).
With an 89 at a CC (especially if you can bring it to 90 which all schools consider an A-, whereas not all would accept 89 for A-) you can transfer to most 4-year public colleges within your state (with a few exceptions). What State do you live in?