This guy told me he is attending both SC and CC in the same time. He even showed me his schedule. I’m very curious, you can actually do that?
Who would stop you? You’d probably have to make sure the CC class would count at USC beforehand, though.
That’s the million dollar question. Besides summer classes, I highly doubt that USC is going to accept any community college classes unless you’re admitted as a transfer student. I had a classmate who dropped out of high school and went to community college instead, matriculating as a traditional-aged student, and the university didn’t take many of his credits at all. I’d be skeptical.
I agree with simba9. Check with admissions to see if the cc units are USC transferable. Also, I believe there is a cap on how many cc units one can have to graduate with a USC degree.
Of course a student can attend both at the same time. As simba9 said, who could stop you? But, if the guy thinks he will receive credit for his CC courses, he’s mistaken. As soon as he turns those CC grades in to get credit, USC will see when he took them and not allow them to transfer. I think I saw in the Catalog or something that once you enroll at USC, you can only transfer courses in from summer school, and only in specific circumstances.
It is called “residency.” Once a student matriculated to USC, s/he must maintain academic residency only at USC during fall and spring semesters. Any courses taken elsewhere will not receive credit. Summers are okay, but the student should submit a “pre-tranfer approval” to the registrar.
When our child was attending USC, she had to work with them about courses she wanted to take in HI over the summer. She was able to take 2 terms of German toward her language requirement and take the 3rd semester in the fall when she returned to USC. I would definitely get prior approval from the USC counselor so that your credits count (even tho your grades will likely NOT count if not from USC). Also, as a transfer, nearly all the CC courses she had taken transferred to USC toward her bachelor’s degree. After her 1st semester of CC, she worked with the USC counselor to select courses that would transfer and be accepted by USC.