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What is a good GPA to transfer to CSULB?

If you transfer to a new college, what affects your GPA at your new college?

  • I'm transferring from a community college to a four year school. I'm finishing my associate's degree, and have a couple classes with C's. These classes won't transfer, as they don't relate to the bachelor's degree and they aren't going to be used as electives by the university. I know they will affect my community college GPA, but they wouldn't affect my university GPA right? Only the ones that transfer would affect that GPA right? I normally do very well in school, I just had a rough semester and now I'm worried about it. On a related note, would employers at jobs I would try to get when I graduate look at that community college transcript? Or would they just be interested in the university one? Thanks

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    This is a very misunderstood area of college academics. GPA does NOT transfer. Period. What transfers is the *recognition* that you have satisfactorily completed the requirements for your new college's course requirements for a particular class. The class does not itself transfer, nor does the grade earned. Transfer credit just allows the college to check off that class as one you no longer need to satisfy for the program. And some schools will charge you a fee for every credit they award you for transfer! Check your new schools rules. Thus, if someone goes to a community college and gets C's and has a 2.1 GPA, but transfers to another college and in the first semester takes basket weaving and makes an A, then their new GPA is 4.0! (or 5.0 if on a 5 point scale). Your GPA starts over. Now that can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how you conduct yourself the first two semesters at the new school. It means that good grades will reward you highly. And bad grades will kill you. But the short answer is, nothing impacts your GPA at the new school except how well you do THERE, not before. Good Luck! See http://www.World-Glass-Graduates.com for a great free, down-loadable book that will help with your college experience.

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I dont know what employers look for but i have transferred schools twice. I went from a 4 year college to community college and im now at a different 4 year college. All of your grades follow you. you have two different GPAs a current GPA which includes the classes from the current semester and a cumulative GPA which will include all of the classes that you have taken so far, even the ones from the community college that may not count towards your degree. But you shouldnt be worried, C's arent bad and you should have no problem bringing your GPA up.

michelle

I did same thing, CC to 4YC. When I xfered, some of my classes didn't xfer, but the GPA did. :/ My PSY241 didnt xfer, but now it shows up as XXX2xx-B which is actually kind of worse, because I can't retake them. Also, I had a D in Bio Lab but a B in Lecture, at the CC they were separate grades, but at my 4YC Bio Labs were 25% of lecture grade. My lecture xfer credit changed to a D with my Lab grade! Which affected my cumulative GPA! Gayyy

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Depends on the school. At mine, transfer credit grades only show up in a "dars" report - the report that shows exactly which classes we have completed and which we need to graduated. we take out major gpa from this report. on the transcript, only the university grade shows.

kels

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