Question about GPA and transfer credits

[sje]

Hey guys! I'll be applying to MPH programs next year and I was wondering if anyone here can give me some advice. I'm a transfer student and just started my senior year. I've been at my current uni for only one semester so far, and by the time I finish I'll have been there for three. My GPA is currently very good (3.89) and I plan to keep it that way for the remaining to semesters. However, on my transcript there are a lot of credits that transferred over from my previous uni and aren't as good. Most are in the B to A- minus range, but there are 2 Cs on there also. But they don't figure into my GPA, so my question is this: will grad programs look at my transcript and think that I don't really deserve such a high GPA because I transferred late in the game and then did well, or will they look at the GPA and consider the fact that I got my act together in the last year and a half after the transfer?

[Rachel B]

Improvement is always a good thing. Were the classes you took earlier and didn't do as well in just general education requirements? A school would probably look more favorably on your transcripts if you did well in challenging, upper-level classes and classes related to your major. But if you're packing the last year and a half with a lot easy, gen-ed classes they may see as you trying to inflate your GPA.