One of my friends who has taken all of her pre-reqs in our Community College decided to go for her BSN at a University. Well, she HAD a 4.0, but when she told this to the University, they said that they wouldn't accept her 4.0 as valid, because it came from a COMMUNITY COLLEGE!!! They downgraded it to a 3.8, which put her on a waiting list. This made me mad, and her as well. She ended up getting into the program, though. My Anatomy teacher was mad, also. She atteneded the same community college that she teaches at, and went later for her PhD. She said her HARDEST classes were at this Community College, and she didn't understand how they couldn't accept her hard earned 4.0
I never heard of changing a person's GPA based on the school he/she attended. How can the university get away with that?! I understand that universities can decide not to accept certain classes as transfer credits, but to suggest that grades from a community college aren't as "good" as grades from a university is ridiculous! :angryfire What's next? Colleges deciding that students who have a 4.0 GPA from a public high school should have their GPA lowered because they didn't attend a private boarding school?
smk1, LPN
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i agree! this is total classism!