Advice on dealing with transfer credits...

Transfer Students
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<p>My daughter is transfering from a nationally recognized Communications program to another university with an equally respected program. After gaining acceptance at the new university, we were told that all decisions regarding the application of credits would occur at the orientation session. The university required a decision on going to the university (which we did) and payment of $$ prior to a determination of how the credits would be applied. After more prodding we were able to learn that all but a few credits would be accepted however none would be accepted within the Comm major. Basically my daughter needed to enter their junior year by taking all of the lower level and introductory classes (the same classes that they have already taken and aced).</p>

<p>We have been told that we can petition their decision however we were also told that the likelihood of having the credits applied to the major is slim. So basically there is no way to finish the degree in 2 years without summer and/or winter classes.</p>

<p>Any advice on how to deal with this type of situation would be appreciated. Thus far we have been dealing with the student advisor...hope this makes sense...</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I honestly don’t have any advice and I’m very sorry to hear but I think other posters on CC maybe able to help you better if you mentioned the school your daughter has transferred to. They maybe able to dig up old posts or records that can assist you.</p>

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<p>She should ask what specific information is necessary to evaluate her coursework for transfer credit. Typically, she would need to submit the intstructors’ syllabi for each class, course catalogue descriptions for each class, and at least some (if not all) of her completed coursework for each class. If the material is distributed differently at University2 than it was at University1, there may not be an easy 1 to 1 correspondence of the classes. It is more than likely that she will end up petitioning to use Class A plus Class B at University1 to replace Class Q at University2, and she will have to repeat at least some previous material as she goes through the new program.</p>