text: i want to transfer to a different college.  can i transfer just my first semester and not second  (failed 2nd) i had a 2.8 gpa first semester--bombed the second for most colleges if you are accepted only the courses that you received a c or better will transfer to the new college. so, the credits that you earned at your first school will transfer, the credits you failed won't.  your gpa will usually not transfer to the new college; your gpa there will usually only be figured on the courses you take at the new college.   the fact that you failed the second semester will be more of a problem in gaining admission to another college rather than a problem once you get admitted to another college.