<p>Hi, I'm currently a high school student going towards my 2 year diploma which is basically a transfer program at a college. I accepted my offer at Sheridan college and took General Arts and Science (2 year- university program)</p>
<p>I know for a fact that Canadian universities don't give equal credits and they end up giving you less credits. Hence, 2 years at college would be 1 year at university or less. On the other hand, most American universities give equivalent credits. I plan on doing BA in psychology. Is it possible for me to get into a well reputed or ivy league American university after transferring from Sheridan with equal credits or at least considered as one year of university? </p>
<p>Also, I plan on doing clinical or forensic psychology in the long run. Can someone tell me the pre requisites I need?</p>
<p>Top 20 schools are almost impossible to transfer into and you would lose a lot of credits.
If you look at state universities it is likely to be different but you have to check university per university as there is no uniform policy.</p>
<p>Okay thanks @MYOS1634<br>
So do you think I should do grade 13?
I know someone who transferred to university of Michigan on scholarship from Sheridan and its a well known university too. That made me curious.</p>
<p>Why aren’t you applying to universities if you want a university degree? It makes no sense to go to Sheridan for two years if you want a degree, unless you’re enrolling in a program that Sheridan partners with an actual univeristy which will confer a degree.</p>
<p>The chances of you getting into an Ivy league school from Sheridan are zero. If you want to do a BA in psychology, there are many excellent psychology programs at Canadian universities. </p>
<p>What do you call “grade13”? -2nd year of the DEC in a cegep?</p>
<p>Ontario used to have grade 13 up until a few years ago. Now students sometimes aren’t able to take all of the credits that they want in the 4 years of high school, so they do 5 years and call it grade 13 or a victory lap. </p>
<p>OP. doing 2 years of community college and then transferring to university is popular in the States because of one reason: money. Community college in the states is much less expensive than university. Also, university in the states in much less specialized than in Canada. So, they often take a couple of years to do general studies, with a range of courses, like high school. If you were to study psychology in Canada, most of your courses would be in your major. </p>
<p>There are several universities in Ontario (and Canada) which are just as good as or better than major US universities. What is your end game? Forensic psychology requires a PhD. Which country do you plan to get that in? Which country do you plan to live in once you finish? </p>
<p>The last year of Ontario having Grade 13 or the OAC year was in 2002/2003.</p>