<p>I know it's good to get your AA, I will probably, but out of curiosity.
Say I have 24 credits with a 3.4-3.5 gpa and taking 12 more credits. Could I transfer into rutgers NB?</p>
<p>I’m transferring in with 19 credits and a 3.6 I think its actually better to transfer to a 4-year school before you get your AA. The reason being is that if you were to apply for a job with an AA then a BS and someone applies for that same job with a BS and have similar GPA and skill sets the employer will hire the person who just got there BS. So I say transfer out as soon as you can.</p>
<p>thanks for the info! Curious, new brunswick SAS or Newark campus?
also, what was your high school gpa/sat?</p>
<p>what?? JBO86 logic doesn’t make sense at all. First of all, you will be saving tons of money by getting all your lower level/courses out the way at a CC and it will be easier because smaller classrooms and fewer distractions. Further, if you get your AA, you will have something to fall back to if something happens that will prevent you from finishing your BA…
And employers favoring a person with only a BA than someone with a BA and a AA is total total BS. Having an AA and BA shows that you have perseverance, motivation, and adaptability yadda yadda…</p>
<p>interesting… how many employers, advisers have you talked to? Every single employer that I have ever talked to about the situation gave me the same response. I know many people that are also in charge of hiring and have given me the same response. So tell me what are your sources? </p>
<p>Furthermore, depending on your financial situation or grades will depend on if you will save money going to a community college. But honestly I don’t feel that I have learned very much in community college compared to the courses that I have been in at Rutgers. Classes are much easier at Community College and I guess that would be an advantage if you didn’t want to learn as much possible and give yourself an advantage in the future. And the only benefit of having small glass is that the professors baby the students more. I have honestly seen people get away with more stuff than kids in high school. So if you need your hand held throughout college in order to stay focused to get your degree then go to community college and get your AA but don’t attend a 4-year school because you will be highly surprised. </p>
<p>Anyway my high school GPA wasn’t good at all. Never really calculated it but I know it was that good. I got accepted in the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at New Brunswick.</p>
<p>also on average it takes students who get there AA 6 years to graduate from a 4-year university.</p>
<p>i don’t think having an AA or not matters at all in the long run.
Im going to have like a 3.6-3.8 gpa depending what my final two grades are this semister with 24 credits. going to take online classes over the summer, one class each summer semister so Ill have about 9 more credits and hopefully all As since it’s one class at a time, 33 credits total by fall. Im going to apply in the fall with 33 credits, let’s just say 3.3 gpa (i really doubt ill dip that low, probably 3.6ish~ but just to say) and taking 12 more credits that fall. I got a good chance to transfer to rutgers NB in the spring no?</p>
<p>Having an AA will not take longer to graduate to a 4 year university if the CC and state university has a deal, like rutgers/bergen does. if it was like a private or outta state i probably agree with you, maybe just 5 years instead of 6.</p>
<p>like take a guess, how low was your HS gpa JBO86?</p>
<p>you would actually be surprised in how those “deals” work. They say that if you finish your AA that the credits will transfer and you will start as a junior at a 4-year school. But technically it doesn’t work that way. All your credits transfer but if you have a course that they don’t normally take such as a business law or international business, just two examples, they only count as elective credits not the requirements needed for the major.</p>
<p>i think my gpa was around a 2.4 i went to high school in Arizona</p>
<p>oh and the 6 years was an actual statistic for students coming from a new jersey community college and graduating from Rutgers. I believe it was like 5.9 years average and then the US average was a little higher at 6.2</p>
<p>well all the courses i took do transfer according to the site. I don’t mind if i take a year or two longer tbh. i slept through bergen (outside of a few classes that actually required work). having a full 4 year experience wouldnt hurt too bad, but i’m pretty sure its gonna take 3 years if i transfer out now</p>
<p>hows the workload at rutgers??? i actually want to learn a bit unlike high school</p>
<p>I don’t see how having an associates AND a bachelors would be a problem…</p>
<p>Anyway, if you do plan to transfer it is recommended that you get your associates degree first. That doesn’t mean that it’s required, but every transfer coordinator I have dealt with has highly recommended finishing your degree before transferring. Of course that doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t be accepted into a four year school, but I guess it just looks good. </p>
<p>I would say try and transfer with what you have now and if it doesn’t work out, finish your degree and try again.</p>
<p>yea i dont see having a AA or not having a AA matters.
it can only look good i guess, i don’t see how it could ever look bad</p>
<p>that’s good that all your courses are transferring. I tried to do that but unfortunately didn’t work out that way. I’m just finishing my 2nd semester at CC and I probably have 3 classes that aren’t going to transfer to anything. But just be careful if you stay there longer because a lot of CC required course for the degree that don’t transfer. For instance, Mercer County Community College requires you to take a computer class, IST101, that doesn’t transfer to Rutgers. Also when I first choose a major I was in business administration and like half the classes didn’t transfer to Rutgers so I got out. </p>
<p>But good luck if you keep on the path you are on you will be fine getting into Rutgers. The way I look at it if you have a good GPA and write a good essay youre golden.</p>
<p>yea actually my cc gives a sheet that tells you every course that transfers to rutgers. so i just pick courses from there and im golden hah</p>
<p>what i can tell you about the workload at Rutgers is that my gf goes there full-time, takes 5 classes and is a Psychology major, and she does homework/studies every night. But she has actually been surprised in the lack of having to actually write papers. From what ive seen it really depends on the course. A lot of the class are based strictly on test. other have like quizzes and what they call clicker questions (which are like questions they ask the whole class and you push a button on your “clicker” to select your answers. But the overall learn environment is a lot more intriguing than CC.</p>
<p>that’s sounds good but is like studying 6 hours long a night? ■■■■■. One of my friends does that and that sounds ****ing crazy. I want to have a social life too. (not including midterms/finals, those i expect to be crazy studying)</p>