<p>hi</p>
<p>I need an advise really quick. I'm a junior in high school.</p>
<p>I am taking a duel enrollment course which allows me to get several college credits while still in high school. I hope to go to Harvard for college. Do you think the community college credits could be transferred to Harvard when I go there for college? what are the chances of getting transferred to Harvard after the first year at a state university or for a graduate degree?</p>
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Do you think the community college credits could be transferred to Harvard when I go there for college?
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<p>No. This is a frequently asked question in my state, where we have a lot of dual-enrollment students, and I have seen two different Harvard admission officers respond to this question. If you have previous study beyond the usual high school level before you are are admitted to Harvard (and you nearly always have to have that to get into Harvard), then you will be placed into the appropriate class a freshman, but you will NOT get transfer credit. More detail can be found at </p>
<p><a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Efdo/publications/advancedstanding0607/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Efdo/publications/advancedstanding0607/</a> </p>
<p>a document about advanced standing at Harvard that is revised each year by the Harvard College Freshman Dean's Office. </p>
<p>After edit: To answer your other question, it is more difficult to get in as a transfer student than as a regular freshman applicant. It's never easy to get in, and some students get in as transfer students, but to maximize your odds apply as a freshman applicant after a challenging high school program at which you performed well.</p>
<p>No. Not even Harvard Extension credits can transfer. The only credits that count are APs with scores of 5.</p>
<p>to tokenadult:</p>
<p>so does that mean I should still take those duel enrollment classes and get college credits to maximize my chance of getting in?</p>
<p>You should challenge yourself academically to be well prepared for Harvard and to be a competitive applicant to Harvard. That's why a lot of students here take dual-enrollment classes--they are more challenging (and, thus, more interesting) than regular high school classes. Something I read in the early 1990s suggested that something like 40 percent of admitted students to Ivy League colleges have at least a year of previous "college-level" study through dual enrollment, and that's not something to miss out on if you like it, it fits your schedule, and that improves your education in contrast to going to regular high school classes. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications next year.</p>
<p>what about state university credits?? do they transfer to Harvard?? I might try something during the summer for something that gives me a state university credit.</p>
<p>Credits don't transfer to Harvard. I already answered this question.</p>
<p>See my post #3. If Harvard College will not accept Harvard Extension School credit, there's no chance that it will accept ANY other college course for credit. The only exception is for transfer students, for obvious reasons.</p>
<p>well than what if I go to state university at my home state for like two years and maybe transfer?? ....I guess thats a really slim chance...</p>
<p>University courses you take in high school are high school, in Harvard's view. Many Harvard applicants have them, especially the applicants who are admitted. The courses don't transfer to Harvard in any case. It's always better odds to apply to Harvard as a well prepared freshman applicant than as a transfer applicant.</p>
<p>thanks for your advise! By the way, are you from Minnesota or something?? I lived in Minnesota last year.</p>
<p>Yes, I live in Minnesota, where many strong high school students take two years of college-level courses for dual enrollment in the state's first-in-the-country [url=<a href="http://education.state.mn.us/mde/Academic_Excellence/School_Choice/Post_Secondary_Enrollment_Options_PSEO/index.html%5DPSEO%5B/url">http://education.state.mn.us/mde/Academic_Excellence/School_Choice/Post_Secondary_Enrollment_Options_PSEO/index.html]PSEO[/url</a>] program. That's why I'm so familiar with this kind of question--everyone asks it here every time there is a Harvard representative in town.</p>