Couple of Items

Hi Jon,

Appreciate your help on these boards. Have a couple of items myself I’d like to get your take on.

Item 1:

I am a dual citizen of the United States and Spain. Do I or the schools make the determination of whether I am a domestic or international applicant? Are my admissions chances positively influenced by my Spanish nationality? Does it make a difference that I was raised and educated in the US? I do fortunately have work experience on both continents and speak the language conversantly but I wouldn’t say I easily “pass” as Spanish.

Item 2:

I took four courses at the local university when I was in high school some fifteen years ago. When I later enrolled in my degree-granting college I received credit for three of the four courses. My assumption is that schools are going to want to see this minor transcript regardless of how unrepresentative it may be.

The grades I received in the three courses were not factored into the bachelor (degree) GPA evident on my official transcript. My transcript does, however, read “credit from University of [xyz]” for each of these courses.

My degree GPA is higher than that of the three courses such that if the three courses were factored into my GPA the result would be lower than my degree GPA.

This is also the case for the fourth course for which I did not receive transfer credit. I received a very poor grade in that class and it would further serve to reduce my overall GPA.

To my question, which GPA are committees going to primarily consider (and which must they report)?

1) Degree GPA (116 credits at degree-granting institution);
2) No. 1 above + GPA of 12 credits of courses applied toward degree from University of [xyz]
3) No. 2 above + GPA of 4 credits not applied toward degree from University of [xyz]

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Regards,

Hugh