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How are repeated courses treated in GPA?

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How are repeated courses treated in GPA? [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 11:48
None of the schools (ranked 15-30) where I am applying give instructions about how to treat repeated courses. Should I simply include both grades, the D+ and A-, in my calculation? Or should I ignore the D+ in my cumulative GPA calculation since my undergraduate university ignores the D+ on my official transcript?

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[#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 11:56
I don't have any idea how you would proceed there. I would guess that if it doesn't show up in official transcripts, then you shouldn't report it. I wish my school would have done that. It would have made a pretty significant difference in my gpa.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 12:04
Your university ignores the D+ on your transcript?

Lucky...
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[#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 13:01
Most universities do not eliminate your lower grade from your GPA calculation, some might but thats going to just artificially inflate your GPA.

If you have a handful of Ds and a 3.8 as your GPA then a school is going to look at that and wonder. Most schools don't have you calculate your GPA, it should be part of your transcript. I would use whatever it shows on that as your official GPA.

Also don't try to convert to a 4.0 if you went to school in some country that does not send many people to b-school write their grading structure in the optional essay.
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The D+ is on the transcript [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 13:12
The D+ is on the transcript, but my university ignores it when calculating the cumlative GPA, only counting the A- for the repeated course. Several of the schools to which I'm applying want me to calculate my own GPA, so I'm unsure how to treat the repeat, and none of them make any mention of this on their websites....
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[#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 13:16
They actually want you to calculate or to self-report?

Either way I would ask the question to someone in the admissions at the schools.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 13:17
If it shows on the transcript, and they are making you calculate your own GPA, then I'd say use the D's in the calculation. If they're asking for your official GPA from your University, I would quote what the University calculated.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2007, 13:45
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Most universities do not eliminate your lower grade from your GPA calculation, some might but thats going to just artificially inflate your GPA.


I know that at my undergrad college, they had this thing called the "freshman forgiveness" rule. Basically, during your freshman year you were allowed to fail a certain number of credit hours (I think it was equivalent to 2 or 3 classes) and then retake those classes. Only the second grade would be factored into your GPA, but the original grade would still remain on your transcript.

Personally, I would use the GPA that appears on your official transcript. Even if the schools you're applying to question the appearance of that D+ on your transcript, I think that they'd be hard-pressed to argue with you self-reporting what the school says is your official GPA.

Or, I would just call the schools to see what their policy on this sort of thing would be. :)
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