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[BlueEyedLady]

Must be something specific to a college or a state. I know when I ask for a transcript from my 4 year college they list all the classes that were transfered (college classes I took in highschool) and the grade I received and they are used to calculate my overall GPA.

You might want to double check on that. The transcript will typically list all transferred classes and their grades, but I’ve never heard of those grades being used to calculate a GPA.

To do so would be pretty unfair to the people who took all of their classes at the university level. If I got an A in Calc at the university and someone else got it at community college, their GPA should not reflect it the way mine should. That would screw up class rankings pretty badly, and would probably cause quite a backlash.

 

[SamH]

You might want to double check on that. The transcript will typically list all transferred classes and their grades, but I’ve never heard of those grades being used to calculate a GPA.

To do so would be pretty unfair to the people who took all of their classes at the university level. If I got an A in Calc at the university and someone else got it at community college, their GPA should not reflect it the way mine should. That would screw up class rankings pretty badly, and would probably cause quite a backlash.

What would be the point of going to a junior college if the classes don’t count? I could see your case if the junior college wasn’t accredited in the state where the university was located. A 100 or 200 level class is a 100 or 200 level class no matter where is taken - as long as they are standardized. Given the case of graduate assistants teaching many of the lower classes at the university level a person at a JUCO probably had a better instructor.

Emporia State University awards transfer credit according to the guidelines discussed here. The university reserves the right to accept or reject credits earned at other institutions of higher education. Work taken at other accredited two-year and four-year colleges may have it transferred to ESU by requesting that the previous college send an official transcript of the work taken to the ESU Office of Admissions. All transferrable credits are listed on the Emporia State University transcript and the transfer GPA become part of the overall cumulative GPA.
emporia.edu/regist/com/policy.html

I would assume that all the members of the Kansas Board of Regents have the same policy. I took several junior college classes while in highschool, I would not have done so if the credits earned were not given full credit towards my degree.

 

[SamH]

I had looked at going to The School of the Ozarks, I didn’t because I learned that many (most) of the credits would not transfer back to a Kansas university.

images.cofo.edu/sofo/info2.pdf

 

[ack]

I just looked at my own college transcript. The credit (transferred from my community college) does appear on the transcript of my 4-year institution, but the grades do not appear at all.

So, the credit did count toward my graduation, but the grades were disregarded.

 

[HouseArrest]

What would be the point of going to a junior college if the classes don’t count? I could see your case if the junior college wasn’t accredited in the state where the university was located. A 100 or 200 level class is a 100 or 200 level class no matter where is taken - as long as they are standardized. Given the case of graduate assistants teaching many of the lower classes at the university level a person at a JUCO probably had a better instructor.

I would assume that all the members of the Kansas Board of Regents have the same policy. I took several junior college classes while in highschool, I would not have done so if the credits earned were not given full credit towards my degree.

It doesn’t mean the classes don’t count. You receive credit for taking classes but your grades are not averaged in.

Calculus at first college grade A, 3 credits. History and Chemistry at second college grade B in both 3 credits each. GPA overall 3.0 earning 9 credits.