Community College Credit Transfer

Hi all!

I am a current UM student, and I am taking an intro Econ class at a local community college this summer to satisfy the Econ 101 co-requisite for the Ross minor. Does anyone know if the actual grade I receive in this cc course will transfer over onto my UM transcript for future grad schools/med schools to see? Or will it just show up as completed credit? I know I should be aiming to get an A anyways, but I am simultaneously studying for the MCAT, which is obviously a trillion times more important than this class, so if I have a little leeway I plan on using it. I just don’t want my GPA to suffer.

Thank you so much!

Look up the class equivalency first and make sure it transfers first on michigan site. If it does then the grade should transfer. For a Ross Minor I don’t think you can take it pass /fail but you can call/email and find out.

https://michiganross.umich.edu/programs/minor-in-business/application-requirements

Yes, this credit transfers over as Econ 101. Pass/fail at the community college is not an option though. So on my transcript it would say something like “Econ 101 3 credits transfer - A received,” and not just “Econ 101 3 transfer credits fulfilled”?

My son just took Econ 101 and found it pretty easy. He is engineering with a hopeful business minor. He had AP economics in high school and felt a lot of it was a review.

Since I’m OOS and have two full terms of 18 credits left to graduate, taking Econ 101 in Ann Arbor would cost me around $7,000 extra. I’m avoiding that by taking this community college class which transfers over as Econ 101, fulfills my necessary co-requisite, and only costs $400.

I’m just wondering if the letter grade (A+, A, A-, etc…) I receive in this cc class will show up on my UM transcript for med schools to see in the future, or if it will just say I received transfer credit.

I am pretty sure you get the grade from the cc.

It will show up on your transcript as a “T” if it successfully transfers over. It will not be included in your UM GPA.

Med schools will ask for all transcripts of colleges you have attended, so they still get to see the grade.

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