Will taking a community college class as college grad affect GPA going to grad school

[DougoMan]

As title says, I'm taking a couple of community colleges classes that lead to an internship I am not all that excited about. It was something to do while I look for a job.

So far I have a BA and am going to get a teaching credential eventually. I'm not into playing the grade game anymore, so I'm wondering if my grade in this class will calculate into the GPA grad schools use.

 

[Wreckem]

Most likley no.

 

[fstime]

When applying for most graduate programs, you are required to provide transcripts from all college institutions you have attended.

If the class you are taking is not related or required for entry into your graduate program, I suppose you can 'forget" to include it in your applicaiton seeing there is no way they will track it down. You will simply show your transcript from for your B.A. degree.

Another option is enrolling in the class as pass/fail. It will most likely be too late for that now however.

 

[Wreckem]

When applying for most graduate programs, you are required to provide transcripts from all college institutions you have attended.

If the class you are taking is not related or required for entry into your graduate program, I suppose you can 'forget" to include it in your applicaiton seeing there is no way they will track it down. You will simply show your transcript from for your B.A. degree.

Another option is enrolling in the class as pass/fail. It will most likely be too late for that now however.

Yes, you have to provide transcripts, but most programs will go off the GPA at time the BA degree is awarded. They don't let someone pad their GPA after they get their initial Bachelors degree.

OP should ask the question to the program he wants to apply to.

But really, its a Teaching Credential. So as long as he has a pulse, they will let him in*.

*Most schools are VERY lax(GPA wise) on people applying to get teaching credentials/Masters of Ed.

 

[bhanson]

When applying for most graduate programs, you are required to provide transcripts from all college institutions you have attended.

If the class you are taking is not related or required for entry into your graduate program, I suppose you can 'forget" to include it in your applicaiton seeing there is no way they will track it down. You will simply show your transcript from for your B.A. degree.

Another option is enrolling in the class as pass/fail. It will most likely be too late for that now however.

Do not do this. If they require that you submit all post-secondary level transcripts then you must submit all post-secondary transcripts. Even if you just took 1 gym class at podunk community college.

Most programs will use the National Student Clearinghouse to verify enrollment and if you do not submit a transcript from a school you have attended it will red flag.

Or worse, if they find out later they could kick you out just months before graduation. This has happened to people before.

 

[unokitty]

While it would depend on the specific graduate school, I wouldn't expect them to have much interest in your CC grade point.

Uno

 

[DougoMan]

While it would depend on the specific graduate school, I wouldn't expect them to have much interest in your CC grade point.

Uno

That would be nice. I have a 2.0 at community college and a 4.0 in my upper division work at a real university. Averages out to 3.0 which is the cutoff for most credential programs, but hopefully they weight recent work more since I got a perfect GPA the last two years.

I guess I will just finish the course since I'm a month into it, probably better to show that I was doing something with my time than worry about getting a B in it.

 

[jlee]

That would be nice. I have a 2.0 at community college and a 4.0 in my upper division work at a real university. Averages out to 3.0 which is the cutoff for most credential programs, but hopefully they weight recent work more since I got a perfect GPA the last two years.

I guess I will just finish the course since I'm a month into it, probably better to show that I was doing something with my time than worry about getting a B in it.

How can a couple of community college classes at 2.0 pull down an entire 4yr degree at 4.0 down to 3.0? Or did you only get a 4.0 in your last couple of classes?