<p>If I did not misread it - On another thread a parent posted that their child had taken a leave of absence, attended another college for a short time, and then returned to the first college. How do you do that? Wouldn't the 2nd college want/expect some records from the 1st college? I was under the impression that to attend another school full time, you had to officially withdraw from first school.</p>
<p>All of the kids I’m familiar with who have taken a leave of absence have attended schools which forbid them to matriculate at any other school during the leave. If they had done so, the approval of the leave would have been withdrawn and if they’d chosen to return to the original school, they would have had to go through an application process again. I’m not sure if it’s like this at every school but I think it’s a fairly common policy.</p>
<p>In the leave-of-absence case with which I am most familiar, the student’s home college <em>required</em> proof of either work or courses taken at another college during the leave. This required transcripts from the visited school or at minimum emails from the professors. Many colleges (but not all) have programs for visiting students, where they can take a small number of classes at cost and even receive a special transcript for the courses successfully completed. It’s also possible to audit classes at many schools, which would not produce a transcript but would keep the student involved in college studies, and of course the student could ask professors for emails or letters confirming their attendance and participation in classes they audit, as needed for their home college.</p>
<p>I would assume that most/all students on leave who take classes at another school do so as this sort of visiting or auditing student.</p>
<p>Well…a long while ago (ok..back when the dinos roamed), DH was ASKED to take a leave of absence from his college due to less than stellar performance. A condition of his reenrollment was that he had to take courses at a community or state college and PROVE that he could get decent grades. SO in his case, a college coursework and a transcript verifying it was required during his leave time.</p>
<p>I know of several students that have taken a leave of absence and then took a full load of courses at another school. By taking a leave of absence instead of withdrawing, this allows the student to return to the original university. I suggest to any student thinking of transferring, to take a leave of absence and not withdraw if possible. I know a few students, my daughter is one, that decided to return to their original university. With a withdrawal, the students has to reapply to be admitted; with a leave of absence, they can return with ease.</p>
<p>My sil many eons ago withdrew from Harvard and attended the U. of Florida for a while. In fact long enough to get close to graduating (with a lot of CLEP credit). Then she thought better of it and returned to Harvard. I don’t think Harvard gave her any credit at all, but she was a lot better prepared the second time around - both emotionally and academically.</p>
<p>All of the kids I’m familiar with who have taken a leave of absence have attended schools which forbid them to matriculate at any other school during the leave. If they had done so, the approval of the leave would have been withdrawn and if they’d chosen to return to the original school, they would have had to go through an application process again. I’m not sure if it’s like this at every school but I think it’s a fairly common policy.</p>
<p>this is why my daughter took classes at a community college instead of a university</p>
<p>The on-leave student I am most familiar with took courses as a visiting student at UC Berkeley and San Jose State, both universities. As long as the student is on leave and studying part-time as a visiting student, it may not need to be a community college, although that would certainly be a good option!</p>
<p>My d was taking courses that were very popular-( pre- reqs) so all the sections were full by the time the matriculated students ( who register first) had registered. If she had wanted to take other courses it wouldnt have been as problematic</p>