<p>S attended two summers of special programs through 2 different state flagship universities, the 16 credits he earned were all courses in his major. His LAC accepted the transferred credits and counted them toward graduation, however they don’t calculate the transferred grades into his graduating GPA, which is a shame because it’s 16 credits of 4.0, and would give a nice boost to his overall GPA which is in the 3.3 range. His last two years’ grades average out to about 3.75 without the transfer grades.</p>
<p>He’s planning to apply to graduate school and I’m assuming that the schools he’s applying to will see all his transcripts and be impressed with the summer work. What are your thoughts about how all this will be seen (computed) by graduate schools?</p>
<p>bopambo, we have the same question for jobs. I doubt there is any one answer. It probably depends on the universities and you’ll have to ask them how they handle it. My son is putting all his possible GPAs on his resume. He had a tough freshman year. So he is listing his Tufts overall GPA, his self-calculated overall GPA (where the junior year abroad is a 4.0 not a P), and finally his senior year Tufts GPA which is also very good.</p>
<p>Professional schools (e.g. medical and law) have documented procedures for calculating GPAs from undergraduate course grades from one or multiple schools (even from one school, the GPA may differ from that calculated by the school, or for different professional school applications*).</p>
<p>PhD programs are likely to be holistic, with emphasis on course selection and grades in upper division and graduate courses as they related to the PhD major (in addition to undergraduate research and letters of recommendation).</p>
<p>For resumes for job application, it is best to report each school’s GPA separately exactly as the transcript shows; if desired, an overall GPA can be reported (although this can be tricky if the schools calculate GPA differently*).</p>
<p>*Differences in GPA calculation can occur due to how +/- are treated. For example, an A- may be 3.7 or 3.667, while an A+ may be 4.0 or 4.3 or 4.333. Also, pass/not-pass grades and the like may be counted differently in different GPA systems (most common is not to count them at all, but some GPA systems count not-pass grades as F grades).</p>
<p>mathmom, I am curious what kinds of jobs your son is applying for…</p>
<p>None of my sons put their GPA on their professional resumes, not that they had anything to hide, as they were all strong students. (they did include relevant academic honors). And none of their employers required transcripts, either, although one did require proof of graduation.</p>
<p>Their resumes emphasized their skills and accomplishments obtained through their internships, part time employment, and extra curricular activities.</p>
<p>Think tank international relations type jobs. The last one particular one asked for his GPA and wanted one that was higher than the GPA that Tufts gives him, but if you factor in all his grades his “real” GPA would be fine. He was just trying to be honest! Before that I think all he had was that he was on the Dean’s List senior year. He’s only got one internship which was overseas, but he’s had the same job the last three summers and been promoted to the most senior student supervisor position this summer. He’ll probably be applying to grad school eventually and hopefully for that he’ll just be able to give them all four transcripts!</p>