<p>I could have put this in the community college forum, but it applies here too, and this forum gets more traffic. Anyway, I'm enrolled in one community college and working towards getting an associates/60 credits by the end of the Fall '10 semester. I then hope to transfer to a four year in Spring '11. I want to enroll at the other local community college to take two beginner Italian courses, because Italian isn't offered at my current CC. Would some schools suddenly disqualify me as an applicant because I have more than 60 credits? Or what if I chose to not transfer that language credit over, and just decided to take a proficiency test instead? </p>
<p>Another question I have is about the CC dual enrollment. In general, does it matter to the CC that I want to take the language at that I'm going full time to another CC? Any help would be appreciated. Keep in mind, the Italian classes aren't totally necessary because I'm probably going for a B.S. in History, but considering graduate school is popular for History, I figured a head start in a foreign language of my choice would be important!</p>
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<p>As cited on another recent thread, some schools will not accept applications from students with more than 2 yrs of college (eg. Yale), while others will let you apply but will only transfer 2 yrs of credit if accepted (eg. Columbia).</p>
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<p>When you apply for a transfer you are required to sent transcripts from all schools that you attended. Schools can check your past college record via:</p>
<p>[National</a> Student Clearinghouse: Degree verification & enrollment verification](<a href=“http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/]National”>http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/)</p>
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<p>Go to the primary source, ask your CC.</p>
<p>1) When you apply to your 4-year school, you will have to provide official transcripts from all of the CCs, and 4-year schools you have ever attended. You can’t just pretend that those courses didn’t happen.</p>
<p>2) 4-year schools that have limits on the number of credits you can transfer have different ways of handling them. Most don’t care how many credits you have earned: they just pick through your previous transcripts and give you credit/placement for the coursework the want to give you credit/placement for. </p>
<p>3) 4-year schools that don’t accept transfer applicants with more than X credits normally state that very clearly on their websites. If you want to know about the specific policies of the schools you are interested in and you cant find them on the websites, pick up the phone and call the transfer admissions officers.</p>
<p>4) Since you are currently enrolled at CC1, and Italian is offered at CC2, talk with your advisor at CC1 to find out if you can use those Italian credits toward your A.A. at CC1. Also, don’t forget to ask the admissions office at CC2 if there is any special paperwork you need to complete with them because you are a full-time student at another institution. They may want a letter from CC1 stating that you are in good standing.</p>
<p>5) Everyone I’ve known who has studied Italian has loved it! I’m jealous!</p>