<p>I'm currently a sophomore who's applied for a junior standing at numerous colleges.
If accepted, I wish to repeat my sophomore year. </p>
<p>I see that this is sort of going against the norm (most are eager to have their course credits at their current institution recognized by the new institution, but I'm the opposite). </p>
<p>I've checked the websites at many of the colleges I've applied, and couldn't find much info on deliberately repeating a year without failing classes. </p>
<p>My plan is, if accepted, to intentionally relinquish some of my credit so that I would begin at my new instition as still a sophomore. </p>
<p>Any thoughts/insights to repeating a year at a new institution? </p>
<p>I have some personal reasons for wanting to do so...</p>
<p>While I don’t think you can “repeat sophomore year,” you certainly can spend an extra year at your transfer school. I completed two years of college and then transferred to a school where I am currently a sophomore. Like you, I wanted more time at my new school.</p>
<p>You can be able to do that but it all depends on if the courses that are transferrable to that college or not. I’ve heard of University of Texas at Austin being able you to transfer and start over again for college which causes you to redo all your college work.</p>
<p>Well the requirements at my new school are such that I just couldn’t finish in two years given the classes I had already taken. Of course, financially it may not be best for everyone (or anyone) to do what I did, but I had “other reasons.”</p>
<p>I would recommend transferring and then figuring out the time-frame and courses and stuff with your advisor.</p>
<p>Class standing is based on how many credits you have. You won’t really know your standing until your transcripts have been evaluated. So you may end up being a sophmore at the new school whether you want to be or not. As far as spending an extra year, if you need an extra year, you need an extra year. MOST schools aren’t going to kick you out because you didn’t finish within four years (although a UC will kick you out for reaching the maximum number of allowed credits). Your counsilor at the new school will be able to tell you your standing and help you determine how long you need to spend there.</p>
<p>thanks for all your insights. But CULater21, does your transcript at your new school actually place you as a sophomore? I mean, I understand that you were able to repeat in order to finish the required courses at your new school. But did this actually reflect in your transcript?</p>
<p>The truth lies somewhere in the middle and I think hmom was just a little to vague. The point I think hmom was trying to make as well as others is that you can’t actually repeat a year. You can retake classes, you can spend longer then 4 years at a college but you can’t erase classes you’ve taken. Now if you have sent two years at another school and transfer and they don’t give you all your credits then you may be a sophmore at that school as in you need three years to graduate. Because its based on credits people are often freshman during their second year or even their third if they have to take classes over and things like that. So their really is no repeating a year its just depends on the credits you get and the classes required to graduate at the school your transferring too.</p>
<p>College is not based on years or standings. Plenty of people take 5, 7 or 15 years to complete a degree. In fact, the American average for competition of undergrad is 6.4 years. Completion of the degree is based on satisfactory completion of major requirements, core requirements, and overall number of credits, usually between 120 and 150. </p>
<p>I don’t think that there is any process for “relinquishing credits” nor any point. Perhaps you might want to take a bit more time to study up on the American college system. Some of your underlying assumptions may be a bit off target.</p>
<p>College isn’t like high school, where the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior standings indicate exactly how long until graduation. You won’t be able to “repeat” a year, but, as others have said, you can take five years in total to graduate. Students who change majors late in their college careers often fall into this camp; however, I doubt the college will let you stay as an undergraduate if you have fulfilled all graduation requirements, including a major, by the end of your fourth year.</p>
<p>Your status and number of remaining credits should be communicated to you if you are accepted as a transfer student. Some students arrive as a second-semester sophomore instead of as a first-semester junior.</p>