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

TomDub
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:10:17 +0000

Hey all,

My High School GPA was horrible, hence why I’m currently in the VCCS school system. I was one of those kids that did not care whatsoever. I’m not sure of my GPA but I would guess it would be in the range of 2.0-2.5. Honestly not sure.

Unfortunately, I was almost forced to attend VCCS schools right afterwards, so my not give a damn attitude carried over and I ended up failing my first year, being put on academic probation. I left VCCS soon after.

4 years later I return with a completely different attitude. I’ve retaken all of my failed courses and replaced them with As. I’ve been back for 3 semesters so far and have made straight As and President’s list in each one.

I hope to be able to transfer into Virginia Tech’s Computer Science department. I still have difficult math classes to take (cal 1, 2) before I can apply but I do worry that my past with bad grades in high school as well as first year of college will come back to haunt me and deny me admission. I’ve also never taken SATs.

My GPA right now is 3.7, if I continue to excel in my classes, how much of a chance do I have with transferring into VTech?

Thanks