<p>I'm really in a dilemma. I can't get help from my CC counselors b/c they're idiots. </p>
<p>I initially intended to complete the Associate of Arts Degree. However, because I've had to take quite a few courses for prerequisites to business schools, I'll end up having 76 credits!! I am almost positive this will hurt my chances for admission because schools typically want around 60. If I stuck with my "regular" plan, my transcript would be:</p>
<p>English Comp I
English Comp 2
Business Speech
Statistics
Physics I
Physics II
History I
History II
Govt. I
Govt. II
Econ I
Econ II
Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Differential Equations
Accounting I
Accounting II
Chamber Singers
Business Computer Science</p>
<p>which would be 66 credits exactly...I'm thinking that's acceptable right?</p>
<p>But if I go for the associates I have to add on:</p>
<p>British Literature
Music Theory
Philosophy
Kinesiology</p>
<p>10 credits. I don't know a/b yall, but in my opinion these are junk classes that will look like I took the easy way out since they are from a CC. I've tried to keep my courseload as difficult as possible but now I am really confused as to whether I should just finish those courses and get the AA or I should stay where I am with 66 credits. I don't want to hurt my chances, but if I keep the original plan I'll only be taking 3 classes for my last semester and I don't want to look like I'm slowing down.</p>
<p>Where did you get the idea that a student with credits closer to the 60 credit mark would be more desirable?</p>
<p>Firstly, from what I've gathered, the credit limitation applies to students transferring from four year colleges. The college that they are going to transfer into want the student to spend 2 full years at their college and not transfer a bucket load of units and graduate in a semester.</p>
<p>However, for a community college student, this credit limitation doesn't apply. Regardless of how many credits you take at the cc, you couldn't call yourself a junior or senior could you? The cc only offers lower division classes so there is no way you will be entitled for upper division standing even with a ton of credits.</p>
<p>Moreover, the universities understand that there are nontraditional students at the CC who might have spent perhaps 6 years there and are bound to have accumulated a lot of credits. </p>
<p>What happens is the university will transfer up to perhaps 60-70 units and the rest of the courses will just be given subject credit where appropriate. </p>
<p>I think the notion that a college will reject an applicant because he took one too many classes at the CC is ridiculous.</p>
<p>I hope that this helps you. Just my two cents. I have been researching the transfer process for a bit now and I'm planning to apply this year too.</p>
<p>I actually heard the exact opposite. The UCLA counselor told me they prefer students with around 80 credits. I wouldn't worry about it to much. I will have exactly 80 credits when I transfer. If anything it shows you can maintain your gpa even with taking more classes.</p>
<p>Funny how I asked the same exact question as brandon yesterday to my counselor, guess what? she was actually helpful and gave me the same exact response as snarawsaurus.</p>
<p>no that's what I'll graduate with after 2 years...by the end of this summer term I'll have a/b 37 credits, and I guess that's the official end of my first year.</p>