My gpa at high school is a 2.3 at the moment and I’m going into my senior year. I had to go to my local community college to get dual credits because I became terribly ill the last couple of years. Now I go to college not only to get the credits but for fun. My gpa at college is a 3.3. My guidance counselor told me that the classes I took at my local community college will replace my old grades at a honors level. I want to study in the UK for university and I want to know if they’ll look at my college gpa as well as my high school one. I would like to study sociology. I got over an 1800 on my SAT and over 600 on my SAT II. Here’s what I took at my local college:
English Comp 1
English Literature
Biology 1
World History
Human Resources
(This is a total of 21 credits)
I understand that my high school gpa is fairly low, but during my whole high school career I’ve had some “special circumstances”. So would UCAS and the universities I’m applying to look at my college gpa as well?
Mostly the UK isn’t interested in GPAs, b/c it is too hard to compare- schools vary too much in their grading. The ones that use GPA typically use a rather low figure (compared to the AP scores they want, for example), b/c it’s more of a baseline than anything else. If you applied with a year of university, some would consider that, but typically not as part of your secondary school application, and not random classes at a CC.
Standardized test scores will be what counts, and luckily they put those online. If you have them you are probably good to go for an offer.
From another thread, I see that you are looking at London mostly. Do your homework: it is a fantastically expensive city to live in.
If you are having trouble figuring out which universities might suit you, you might check these sites out:
http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/universities/choosing-the-right-university/
http://university.which.co.uk/
Some of the UKs ‘second’ cities will give you a great experience and put a lot less pressure on you financially.