Transfer Help - My UMaryland Dilemna

da6onet
Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:45:57 +0000

Clarification, March 1 is the Fall deadline for priority decision.
June 1 is regular deadline for Fall admission.

Did someone from admissions at Maryland tell you that if you retake a course they only count the higher letter for your GPA calculation? If so, could you please tell me that person’s name?

Just because your current school doesn’t count the lower grade in their institutional GPA, doesn’t mean Maryland won’t use it in their admissions calculation.

As I understand it, Maryland uses all courses that received a letter grade including repeats (Incompletes count as F’s) to calculate your GPA for admissions. Pass/Fail does not count for or against GPA (believe this goes for W’s as well).

Example:
Spring 2012
Course 1 (3 credits), D would be 31.0 or 3.00 quality points
Course 2 (3 credits), B+ would be 33.33 or 9.99 quality points
Semester quality points would be 3.00+9.99= 12.99
Semester GPA would be 12.99/6 credits= 2.165
Overal GPA to date = 2.165

Fall 2012
Course 1 repeat(3cr), A = 12.00 qp
Course 3 (3cr), P = not factorable
Course 4 (3cr), B+ = 9.99 qp
Semster qp = 21.99
Semester GPA = 21.99/6 factorable credits = 3.665
Overall GPA to date = total quality points / total factorable credits (21.99+12.99)/(6+6)= 2.915