A friend of mine has two degrees, one is in marketing and the other is business management. My friend overall GPA is 2.3, the average is to low for him to get into the Law school he wants and what's worst he had planned on going into the navy's officer candidate school to help pay for school expenses but needs least 3.00 GPA to be considered. Therefore, the plan is to try and combined his two degrees in order to get a third one with a higher GPA. The school he is shooting for the third degree is Excelsior College because they let you make changes to your transcripts.
I believe your friend would have to petition Excelsior for permission to enroll for a third degree. If permitted the degree would probably have to be something other than business. Maybe earning a graduate degree might be a better option.
As far as I'm aware, graduate schools will require you to send transcripts for all prior coursework (which they then use to calculate a GPA), not just the transcripts (and grades) of courses used toward a particular degree. Also, a new bachelor's degree will probably require 30 new credits that would need to be earned after the last degree was awarded (at least I know that TESC requires this), so in that case he couldn't just form a 3rd degree as an amalgam of two previous degrees. However, many graduate schools will calculate a GPA using only the last 60 credits earned, only upper division, or only credits earned during the senior year, so maybe this would help your friend. Also, if he's had extensive work experience since he earned his degrees, and can submit an otherwise strong application, an exception might be made. I know that UT Austin has a program that lists a minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0, but they list the range as 2.0-4.0 for accepted applicants, so they obviously make exceptions. A high GRE or GMAT score would probably help as well.
I think Excelsior would be a good place to start......they will NOT let you make changes to your transcript, they will, however, allow you to select the courses from previous institutions that you wish to be on the Excelsior transcripts. I think a poster stated you would need to petition them for the degree. I believe their policy is that they will not issue more than one degree from Excelisor, I don't think it matters how many you have from other institutions. I believe a new major with selected courses would be achievable.
Statistically speaking With two degree probably comes a whole lot of semester hours! To raise a 2.3 to a 3.0 or better would rquire a whole lot of course work with "A" grades. This probably isn't going to happen in his lifetime. So maybe the best course of action would be to beg and plead for provisional entry status if it exists. Dick
Mistakes of the past Hello, My guess is that your friend has found focus in his ability to study. I would take several graduate courses where the admission is not a prerequisite. Generally to stay in a program a B must be maintained. Then begin to beg and plead. A letter from an employer may do the trick. Many people have undergraduate transcripts they would prefer to forget. Please e-mail me directly and I will explain the process my daughter has gone through with an undergraduate GPA that cried "PARTY TIME" Hille
