How much does your high school GPA matter when transferring from a CC?

downtimer
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:12:54 +0000

Not to splash cold water here, but I spoke to a girl attending one of the CC’s in the Va system, and she said that about 100 students are accepted from all of the CC’s as transfers to UVa and VT each year. Obviously their GPAs must be a lot higher than the 3.4 given as the minimum in the articulation agreement.

I don’t know where she got this information about the number of students successfully transferring.

So the idea that there is ‘guaranteed admission’ isn’t exactly correct. It turns out that there is a cap on the number of students transferring in–you may have the 3.4 or higher and the right courses, and still not be able to transfer. A bit sobering, but it makes sense.