Hey,
Just a question regarding summer courses – which year does a summer school credit go towards? For example, if a student took a summer course immediately after second year, does that credit affect his/her second year GPA or third year? I am wondering because grad schools tend to focus on one’s last two years of undergrad and I was trying to calculate my GPA.
Thanks 🙂
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Hey!
That’s a really good question actually. I’ve always wondered that… but then I killed the grad school dream and stopped wondering. Ahem.
Essentially, your summer grade is its own session, meaning it’ll get its own GPA and won’t contribute to your second or third year’s average. So if you end up rocking that course and getting an 84, your sessional GPA would be amazing.
Now there’s no concrete answer on if a summer course between second and third year is something grad schools might look, but here’s what I can tell you: The best way to see just what a potential grad school is looking at exactly is to go to your Academic History on ROSI and view the complete version, which lists absolutely everything and what specific session you took x class in.
So since they look at your last two years, I would say that logically, they’re looking at the last half of your credits. Make sense? They’ll definitely see you took a summer course on its own which may explain why it’s incredibly good, but it won’t exactly “count towards year two/three.”
Cheers!
aska