Hello, I’m an incoming student for fall 2017 and i took a course at a local community college - would the credit be able to get transferred to Northeastern? I’m not too familiar with how the transfer process works, but on the website, I couldn’t find the college name in the list of community colleges.
Also, in general, is it a possibility to take courses over the summer at the community college and transfer to Northeastern credits?
Thanks.
The database of transfer credit includes courses that have been evaluated already for transferability. If no one has transferred classes from your community college before, it won’t be on the list. You’ll likely have to submit information about the course (such as a syllabus) for evaluation. I had to do this when I started as a freshman. I don’t remember the process exactly, but I don’t recall it being too arduous.
As for classes over the summer: if you are talking about classes you’d take this summer before you start as a freshman, you could transfer that. However, once you matriculate as a freshman, you can’t transfer in classes from other universities (with the exception of approved study abroad, of course).
Thanks! @nanotechnology
Are there any community colleges that Northeastern won’t accept credit for? Would community college credit work in the same way as AP credit?
I don’t imagine there are specific community colleges that they wouldn’t take credit for, but the courses are each reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
In terms of comparison to AP credit, I’m not sure what you’re asking.
I mean, if a student gets credit for Calculus 2 at the community college, would he be in the same boat as someone who got a 5 on AP Calculus BC exam?
In general, yeah, if the university believes your calc 2 class covered the appropriate material. I had no problem getting my calc 2 class transferred before I started freshman year.
Yes, of course you can take summer courses and then transfer. As long as they are equivalent, there should be no problem.