So I've always been listing the GPA from my transfer institution and current institution separately on my resume, but to be honest my first institution's GPA was much higher before I screwed up at my current institution with a bad semester. I feel that the downward trend hurts me. If I combine the 2, I would have a much higher GPA, and it technically isn't lying because the combined GPA is cumulative, after all since all of my old institution's credits counted.
And it's not like I'm combining a CC GPA with Ivy. The previous institution was of very much the same caliber as my current one, so I feel that it really isn't fair that my high academic achievements during freshman year is discounted. What does WSO think?
There is a lot of conflicting opinions. I actually recently found out that UNC Chapel Hill's career services (which is a very respected semi-target) actually encourages combining pre-transfer institution's with the UNC GPA. Link here :http://careers.unc.edu/sites/careers.unc.edu/files...
In addition, it seems that grad schools/law schools/med school admissions all combine your post high school GPAs (no matter how many institutions, CC, or ivy) into one GPA when considering whether or not you meet admission requirements (go look it up, it's standard practice). I don't understand why IB internships would care if you did the same?
