<p>I'll be taking Community College Classes for a year. I'm not worried about getting bad grades or anything, I'm sure I'll do great. (The Classes are super easy). I plan to attend University next year. My question is: Do I have to transfer my CC credit over? I'd rather not do that. I'd personally like to start from scratch at the University experience a full four years there similar to a 'normal' student. I know it sounds crazy, but that's what I want to do. Is it possible?</p>
<p>When you apply, you will have to submit an official copy of your CC transcript. Whether or not any of those credits transfer to the university is entirely up to the university. Many transfer students find out that they need to spend four years at the new place for just exactly that reason.</p>
<p>Likewise, whether or not you are considered a freshman applicant or a transfer applicant will also be up to the university that you apply to. You need to ask them which forms to use.</p>
<p>You can’t deceive your university.
When I was at my university, my best friend’s new roommate (private housing) was admitted during our sophomore year. About 2 months after being admitted, the university called the roommate and her parents in for a meeting. </p>
<p>It turns out that the girl had attended Santa Monica CC and did really poorly the year prior. So, she applied to our school claiming that she had taken a gap year and didn’t report her previous coursework at SMCC. Parents indicated they knew of this. The university had somehow acquired records.</p>
<p>She was dismissed from our university for not advising the university of her record.<br>
Lesson: you can’t hide from your past, it will catch up with you so be HONEST!</p>
<p>* I’d personally like to start from scratch at the University experience a full four years there similar to a ‘normal’ student.*</p>
<p>You will have to transfer the credits. Your university will do a search on you to find out if you have any college credits out there…so you can’t lie…you’d be found out and there would be repercussions from that. Colleges pay a clearinghouse service that tracks where every student in the US goes to college, their grades, etc.</p>
<p>However, if YOU want to FULLY PAY for 4 more years, then you can go for 4 years. However, you’re not going to get aid for 4 years if you already have 1-2 years worth of college credits.</p>
<p>You have to understand the limitations of financial aid. If students were to do what you want to do, it would unfairly cost the FA system too much extra money. </p>
<p>Who will be paying for your college costs once you transfer? Also, have you checked to see if you’d get enough aid to transfer?</p>
<p>Allow me to begin by noting that I just graduated High School this past June and I plan to apply to U-M for the Fall 2013 term (So I’ll be taking a year off before attending). I was wondering if it would be detrimental or beneficial to attend a few community classes during this year off. It’s worth noting that I don’t intend to transfer my Community College credits to University of Michigan. I simply want to take a few classes to keep my brain accustomed to the school setting. If and when I do attend the U-M next Fall, I want my experience to be as equal as possible to as if I hadn’t attended any community courses at all.</p>
<p>This is a bad idea since the above is a thread about aid. You WOULD be considered a transfer if you take CC classes this year, and you will not likely get as much aid/merit as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Since you’re doing a Gap Year, do NOT take ANY CC classes AT ALL. That ruins your incoming freshman status for aid and merit. Just work or volunteer this year…don’t take classes.</p>