@psata82 - thank you for the clarification!
Here’s a question. Is it possible to get an associates degree * while also * completing your undergraduate requirements for transfer, and then transferring to a four year? This means that, after 2 years, you would be transferring into a four year college to receive a bachelors degree, but you would * also * hold an additional associates degree in a different subject, all at the same time. Or is this only possible if the associates degree you received is going to transfer over to your four year college, and will thus turn into a bachelors degree after another two years? For example: let’s say I want to complete my undergraduate requirements in order to transfer to a four year school, where I can take on a bachelors degree in biology. But while I’m at community college, I also want to receive an associates degree in English. With the use of clepping, is this even possible? And if this * is * possible, I’m assuming it would take a lot more time and energy than simply completing your transfer requirements or completing a degree program for transfer? (aka, you would have to give up any hope of taking plenty of electives for personal interest/enjoyment).
Also - and I don’t know if you’ll be able to answer this one (it’s ok if you can’t) - let’s say I complete my undergrad requirements and am poised to transfer. I created another thread a while ago referencing leave of absences (taking gap years - or more - during your college education, rather than right before you begin college). If for some reason I want to take a gap year/leave of absence after I finish up at community college and am ready to transfer to a UC, will this affect my ability to transfer into a UC? I’m interested in the idea of taking a gap year at some point during my education, maybe for travel, and the break between community college and a four year institution seems like the perfect transitional period. It seems like a logical pausing point for this sort of thing. If I was to take any sort of break in my education, that would be the time to do it.
And out of curiosity - how does clepping work at a UC or state school? Do these schools allow you to clep?
And one more question (sorry for unloading so much on you!). There are two major community colleges near my house. There are some courses at one community college that aren’t offered at the other and vice versa. If I enroll in one of the community colleges but there’s a course at the one next door that I really want to take, can I still take that course and receive transfer credit, even if it’s at a separate school? What if the course is an elective - would I still be able to take it from another community college nearby?
Thank you * so * much. You’ve been unbelievably helpful. It’s totally fine if you can’t answer some of my other questions. But once again, thanks.