Graduate GPA Dilemma

Graduate School
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<p>I’m applying to doctorate programs and am sort of in a bind in terms of how to report my graduate GPA on the applications.</p>

<p>My graduate status GPA as indicated on my degree audit is a 3.67, this is the first GPA that’s reported on the audit. However, before being officially admitted into my current masters program; I took a (terrible) course as a non-degree student in which I received a C. I was admitted with conditions the next semester and passed with flying colors.</p>

<p>The issue is that there’s another section on my audit that’s denoted as “Graduate GPA regardless of program of study”, in which it lists a 3.33 GPA.</p>

<p>Which one do I report on the applications?</p>

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<p>The lower one - you were enrolled in the course,after all.</p>

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<p>At least that’s what I would do. Don’t stress about it too much. You’re sending all your transcripts, and they’ll see this class was not part of your degree program. When I went on interviews, I saw that the info sheet provided to my interviewers only had my undergrad GPA from my degree-granting school- not from any of the 4 other schools I took undergrad-level classes at. So, the schools will recalculate however they want to.</p>