<p>Nowhere on the NYU Undergraduate Transfer Admissions does it mention anything about the number of credits needed for applying but I looked at Collegeboard.com to look for more specifics. I saw that NYU (based on Collegeboard.com) requires 32 credits for a transfer applicant. Doesn't 32 credits seem a bit high? Anyone know anything about this? How come there is no specific credit number requirement listed on NYU's own page?</p>
<p>You will have to check with the individual school you are applying to. 32 does seem a bit high, because if you take more than 32 credits a year at NYU you start paying extra…</p>
<p>Edit: wait, I brainfarted. You pay extra if you take more than 18 credits a semester. The standard 4-class schedule is usually 16 credits, so 32 is a standard year’s worth of credits.</p>
<p>I’m currently taking 14…15 is the norm here at UMich. Most freshmen aside from engineers hardly ever take 16 per term at first.</p>
<p>Your school probably does credit calculations differently. Most classes that meet twice a week (2.5 hours of lecture/week) are 4-credit. There are some classes that are 2-credit that are not very intensive. Some that I can think off my head are music business and a 2-credit statistics class for people who have 4s or 5s on AP stats (because 6 credits of stats is required at Stern). 6-credit classes mostly meet 3 times a week. If you are taking 4 regular classes a semester (for example, writing, math, science, and language) that would probably count as 16 credits.</p>