When I first attended college, 20 years ago, my performance was pretty abysmal. Fast forward to today and I want to return to school in my hometown. Unfortunately, when transferring you have your previous GPA figured into your work done at the current college. I had never heard of this policy before, I thought credits transferred but the GPA slate was wiped clean. For reference see point #4 under Transfer credit and Degree Requirements http://www.cn.edu/administration/registrars-office/transfer-credit-policy
I would have to have 2 years with a 4.0 GPA just to pull my overall up to a 3.5, I’m so bummed. Is this becoming a more common policy?
I think this is common…“permanent record” kind of thing.
As far as I know there is “cumulative” GPA and “institutional” GPA . . . so you will have both.
Maybe you should consider another school. Most schools don’t use GPAs from another institution.
I don’t think it will be a huge thing. Your transcript will show your “new” grades. One would think this would be wiped clean after so long, but I guess they can’t figure out where to draw the line maybe?
This was the standard at my university 30 years ago and have never heard of anything different. Some let you retake courses to replace a grade. I wouldn’t worry about it too much. We had non-traditional students who brought a 1.5 from decades earlier and made near 4.0 on the second go around. What ever you apply for post college will see your GPA for the new school separately from your cumalive GPA on the transcript.
I did the math and 2 solid years of straight A’s barely brings me up to a 3.5 overall. I’m thinking about grad school already and just feeling like it’s almost hopeless unless I want to start over as a freshman.