<p>When I started college (back in 1974) I entered with 40 AP credits and 30 units from a CC. The subjects were all over the place, and I think only 10 or 20 units were applicable to anything I needed to take for my Physics major. I skipped a couple quarters of Calculus, and got credit for one gen ed class I think.</p>
<p>But the school gave me 70 units of credit right off the bat (I can’t remember if this was automatic or something I had to sign off on). Most of it was useless.</p>
<p>Two years in I considered transferring, but the place I wanted to transfer wouldn’t even look at my application because they said I couldn’t complete a degree without exceeding some maximum number of unts. I think they called it “academic progress.” So I stayed at my first school which was okay. Eventually I graduated, with over 200 credits or something like that. I think the typical degree required around 140 (I could be a little off).</p>
<p>Anyway, I don’t know if there was a way around this or if this is still a problem anywhere. It may also have had something to do with the major I wanted to transfer into. But that was my experience.</p>