Lack of connection between ASU and MCC causes anxiety
Elizabeth Taggart
It seems that ASU is more concerned with higher profits than with helping students overcome mistakes from their past.When I applied to the Cronkite School for Journalism, I was denied due to a low GPA, despite the fact that I have gotten straight As for the past 26 credit hours and have a 3.8 cumulative GPA over 38 credit hours at MCC.
When I inquired why I didn’t meet the 3.25 GPA admission requirement for transfer students, I was told that my MCC grades were not considered during the application process and that only my old ASU GPA counted.
I was astounded.
Isn’t my academic record over the past couple of years a more accurate assessment of my abilities than my ASU transcript from 2002-2005?
I understand that it is a popular program and there are admission standards for a reason, but why did they ask for my transcript if it had no bearing whatsoever on my admission to the school?
After aimlessly bouncing between intended majors and getting into academic trouble at ASU, I figured I would be better off at MCC until I got my act together and figured out exactly what I wanted to do.
I thought that by going to MCC and doing well, I would earn a second chance for academic success at ASU and save a little money in out of state tuition fees along the way.
I was wrong.
I do realize that the obstacles I face now are entirely of my own making.
I was the one who didn’t have my priorities straight, got kicked out of the Barrett Honors College and flushed my scholarship down the drain.
And maybe I don’t deserve a second chance.
But if I had been able to afford to stay, and got the exact same grades for the exact same classes at ASU, even combined with my abysmal GPA from before, I would meet the GPA requirements.
So why does ASU discount any MCC achievements?
Is it really a matter of courses being “easier” at community colleges?
Or does it actually come down to ASU wanting to make it harder and harder for community college students to transfer credits so that students are forced to take more classes at ASU and pay more in tuition to the school?
