BAD Community College Transcript Question

[PoetofEthics]

Hi, the transcript at my main university shows that I have a 3.26 overall GPA and a 4.0 in the last 60 hours, and a 4.0 in philosophy. However, after graduating I discovered that only 2 of my community college semesters are on the transcript. I have two other semesters that are terrible which makes this community college transcript a 2.22 overall. When I called the school to get them "added" to the main university transcript, they said I cannot do that since the transcript is already finalized (because I've graduated) and that I should just send both transcripts to the grad schools I apply to. So I have 2 transcripts (I am sending both), but committee would have to average the overall GPA of both transcripts together to get my "true" overall GPA. My question is, should I tell the committee this in my Personal Statement or should I just let them look the transcripts over and figure it out on their own. I'm not trying to hide anything purposely and they will have both transcripts.

Currently, I've taken my GPA off of my CV altogether and I have mentioned in my Personal Statement that I had personal issues (not a lie) early in my college career (which was in the early 2000's), but that since I have found my academic fit I have achieved a 4.0 in my last 60 hours and a 4.0 in philosophy. What strategy would you all recommend in this instance?

Thanks in advance!

Edited January 6, 2022 by PoetofEthics
Fixed typo

[thescientificmethod]

One possibility to consider is to talk about this with your letter writers and request them to explain the situation in their recommendation letters

[PoetofEthics]

Thank you! I have had the letter writers say that the student of my early days (15 years ago or so) is not the student they currently know and that I am a now a dedicated student etc. I am sending the committee both transcripts and mentioning a very bad start 15-20 years ago, but I just don't want them to think "there is something fishy with this guys transcripts". Maybe they wouldn't however because I am very clear that the whole beginning was a mess and my last 60 hours show what I can currently do as a student. It might be overkill to point out all of the "details" of the flaws early on because of this, but I'm not 100% sure. Any other input appreciated!

[StringOfSymbols]

Generally what matters is just what is on the transcripts, and the GPA for each institution - there's really no need to average your total cross-institution GPA

[PoetofEthics]

Thank you, that is what I've decided. I'm just going to send them everything with a brief explanation of early (bad) work. Hopefully they will look at my recent work as evidence of what I can do now.