stupandaus wrote:
I have a bit of an odd scenario where I attended a relatively prestigious high school program for the last 2 years of high school. During these two years, I took full course loads on a college campus. (
https://tams.unt.edu/) While these credit hours transferred to my undergraduate program, the GPA did not. I completed my undergraduate program in 3 years. At the end of my undergraduate career, 40% of my credit hours were from this program, transferred in as credit, without GPA. The end result, was that I didn't have any sort of "GPA Buffer" from taking basic science, math, and humanities courses that included everything from Organic Chemistry, Multivariable Calculus, and Political Science. Essentially a lot of the easy A's are missing. It's a bit tricky because as a part of the aforementioned program, we were in an ambiguous state as to whether we were high school or college students. Our grades affected the college course curves, but I'm not sure that we were considered as full-time students by the college. When applying for undergraduate programs, we were instructed to apply as incoming freshmen and not as transfer students. Credits from this program are often accepted within Texas state schools, but not outside of Texas.
Is it disingenuous to calculate and report what my GPA would have been including the 40% GPA credit? I.e. is it possible to calculate my GPA as if all of my undergraduate work was at one undergraduate institution? To give you a rough idea, this ends up being a difference of about 0.5 in my GPA (say a 3.6 vs. a 3.1).
As Chettereh said, this is where you can use the optional essay to explain your GPA (which really isn't that bad). I would phrase it more that you elected to take more advanced, challenging courses rather than saying you passed out of all the fluff classes.
But no, you can't recalculate your GPA by taking college classes as a high school student. I think the fact that you applied as a first year student solidifies this. It's somewhat similar with AP classes in high school, which are taught as college level classes and provide college credit, but aren't part of your undergraduate GPA. Granted your real college classes may have been more challenging, I think a similar principle applies.