Will my gpa be weighted to my advantage if I am transfering from a Top 10 University to a far lower ranking U?

Question

I am currently enrolled at UW-Madison which is a Top 10 University and has a very difficult and strict grading system. For many reasons I'm considering moving to Florida. I have heard in the past that many Universities weight grades coming from UW and other Top Ten's as well as Ivy League schools as they are aware their curriculum is much more difficult than their own. I have had no luck getting ahold of anyone at the UCF office who could begin to answer my questions. Does anyone know if this is true? Do many schools weight grades (thus improving your overall gpa) if you downgrade from a difficult university to a more lenient school?

I suppose I did not phrase this properly. What I am really trying to find out is if my grades will be "weighted" in regards to allowing my admission to a different school, not specifically changing my future GPA. Furthermore, I am not arrogant about the school I go to, nor did I intend to appear that way, I was simply stating a fact. To the person who said I was smoking crack and UW-Madison is not a Top Ten University, I would like to direct you to http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

That is the yearly report by US News and World Report which gives the ranking of colleges. If you take a look at the stars on the side, UW-Madison is a Top Ten PUBLIC University. It actually ranks #7. I do not consider myself "downgrading" if I leave, but simply stating a fact regarding the difference in course work between certain Universities.

Answer 1

You'll have a transcript from UW-Madison. When you start your new FL school, you'll have a transcript from that school for classes you took there. The only thing that transfers might be the credits. The grades don't come over.

Doesn't matter what schools you're talking about. Although, I am curious which rankings rated UW-Madison as a top-10 school.

Answer 2

Nope. Your GPA is your GPA but they will consider what school you are coming from and what courses you have taken when they are trying to decide on your admission. UCF shouldn't be that hard to get into UCF unless your GPA is like a under a 2.0 then you might need to talk to an admission adviser at UCF to explain your situation. Worst case scenario is you might have to go to a community college a couple of semesters to get your GPA up then transfer to a 4 year school in Florida. I'm sure you can do that since you are good enough to get accepted to UW and have gone there.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

No, I think once you start florida, they'll create their own average just based on the grades you get there. You'll always have that old transcript, and many jobs ask about every school you attended and the gpa for each- so it won't go away or improve, but if you go to florida and get all As, that first average will be a 4.0- but don't tell them your down grading- never say that- it maybe downgrading to you- but that's a quick way to make many enemies.

Answer 5

I have never seen a university weight grades. I transferred from Ohio State to New Mexico Tech and entered a PhD program at the University of Delaware. Your GPA does not carry over to the new school. You start over.

Answer 6

Highly unlikely. More likely than not, you won't even get GPA credit at your new university, and if they do, they certainly won't give you any more weighting than you ordinarily would get. Alas, the difficulties of the GPA-dance.