Once you get in, you will have a transfer advisor. They will let you know which credits count for which of their courses. Many colleges use degree works. This will help you manage how many more courses you need for your major and the new colleges core requirements. You may want to inquire about this from all of the colleges you apply to do you know what credits they are willing to accept towards your major and their requirements- that will help you make some decisions on where to go.
You may need to take more than 3 courses your first semester depending on the college and sequence of classes for your major. If you end up in a college with a quarter system it may be 3.
Everyone is different and majors are different.
My son who commutes now to campus found that 4 classes along with any labs or recitations was really his max most semesters due to the time lost driving, parking, and shuttles. He went in with enough credits to be able to have that flexibility and still finish in 4 years. He chose to take a few classes in the summer out of interest in what was being offered or for things that did not fit into his schedule.
Actually, once you get in to the four year school, you will have an advisor. You wonât be transferring anymore.
Right now is the time to find out what courses the university will accept. Does this university have an articulation agreement with your community college? Find out.
Even IF there is an articulation agreement, there is still not a guarantee that all courses you have taken will satisfy your degree requirement. Your advisor at the new university will look at your courses, help determine what degree they can fulfill, and then help you plan your courses for the upcoming terms.
Yes, most students take about 15 credits, BUT as I said earlier, it depends what the courses areâŠnot the credit number per se. One of my kids took 20 credits most termsâŠ.but 3 of those were elective music (lessons and orchestra). Her school allowed this overage above the 18 max credits they allowed without extra cost because they didnât want to discourage students from this elective music study.
Your advisor at the university is the best one to guide you. As soon as you are accepted, reach out and make an appointment to talk to this person.
My kids usually registered for around 18 credits each semester, that way if the needed to drop a class they would still have 15. My kids are poor, 18 credits costs the same as 12. My oldest graduated a semester early, the next couldâve if he realized a mandatory class was only offered in the fall, so he had one class his last semester, my 20 year old is graduating a year early in May (which is great, she has 3 years of grad school). All of them worked part time.
For semester based colleges, the usual is four classes a semester. However, if you have a lab, you might want to do three classes a semester.
I attended a college for a trimester and had three classes. They were not worth the same credits as my semester classes, though they were part of the same state system. You need to talk to an advisor and take classes within your major if you are going in with junior status.
A memory came back to me, I remember my elementary school teacher showing us a typewriter and how it worked. I thought I had âdark agesâ on second thought I take back on what I said, I love Word and using a laptop to type. Typewriters are a whole new dark age for me.
PLEASE! Stop coming up with ideas on your own, in a vacuum. Register for the standard 4 class course load, in consultation with an advisor at the 4 yr college. Better yet, register for FIVE classes, and then before the end of drop/add, drop the one you like the least. But take a normal full-time course load, and get done with college, and get done with this prolonged adolescence! You are a 30 year old man who doesnât work and support himself, let alone his family.
Thatâs a big thing to forget to mention. Meanwhile, in case you donât somehow wind up working (which youâve somehow wound up not doing for the past several years), register for 4 or 5 classes, and if you need to drop one or even two before the end of drop/add, you do so. You sound as if youâre paralyzed with fear about starting at the 4 yr college, and coming up with every reason not to take a normal course load.
15-16 credits or equivalent is the typical full time course load*. At most colleges, this is 3 to 5 courses, depending on the credit value of each course (some colleges have different means of counting credits).
*The minimum full time course load for financial aid purposes is 12 credits or equivalent, but that would result in taking longer to graduation than averaging at least 15 credits or equivalent per term.
14-16 semester credits, or if your college goes by 1 course=1 credit, then 4 courses/credits.
It would be time consuming alongside a part-time job.
Map out the pre-reqs first and balance all graduation requirements.
Many university students take a full course load and work about 10 hours a week.
As others have said, a full couse load depends on your university, but is often 4 courses/16 units, depending on how your university calculates this. Your assigned academic advisor can help you with this.
Age doesnât matter as long as youâre passionate about something. Someone I know got their associateâs degree in fine arts at uni after at the age of 28 in 2013.
Iâm not going to be working all my life, depending on my career paycheck, I have plans for passive income as well. Depending on a career paycheck is not enough. Even if it payâs 300k per year still not enough.
. Maybe Iâm jumping into things way quicker.