<p>My daughter is in her second year at college (RIT) and has tried to take her required physics class three times ... Every time she's dropped it for various reasons .. Is it possible to take it at a community college during the summer and transfer the credits? I know the school allows transfers and credits but the info on their website is talking about kids that transfer into the school - not necessarily kids that take classes in the midst of their 4 yr programs ... </p>
<p>She will check with her advisor but until that happens I figured I'd check to see if anyone here could answer ...</p>
<p>If, in fact, she can do this -- what do we pay the community college? is she matriculated or non matriculated? she she have to apply and be accepted to the school before registering for an individual class?</p>
<p>It is most likely that she will need to get pre-approval for this particular course from the people at RIT. So she needs to start by meeting with her advisor about it, and she may need to meet with the registrar. RIT will have a way of dealing with this.</p>
<p>She will probably register at the community college as a guest student. Again, they will have a system for dealing with this. Once she knows what RIT will require, she can contact the community college, and get everything set up.</p>
<p>Why has she dropped the physics class 3 times? You will need to be certain that the cc class will be acceptable to RIT in terms of material covered and level of difficulty.</p>
<p>Call the registrar and ask to talk to the transfer coordinator. Explain which course and from which community college, i.e. Sunshine Community College Physics 101. The registrar will let you know if the course is acceptable and if the grade would count towards the degree/major. Of course make note of the name of the person you spoke to. Both of my sons have used summer classes to fulfill gen eds. Hopefully your child’s school will allow it!</p>
<p>Definitely check with the registrar’s office before you do or plan to do anything. At my S’s university, once a student has completed their soph. year (60 credits), they can only take courses for transfer credit at another four year college. Plus, all transfer courses had to be approved in advance by the department, the dean and the registrar. He had to submit a request with the catalog listing of the course he wanted to take in the summer.</p>
<p>Agree with all of the above, plus read the course description at the community college and compare it to the one at her school. My daughter took one and I had to register and pay for it before it had been approved by her school. The course descriptions matched up almost verbatim, and her course was approved.</p>
<p>We’ve done this. D1 changed majors and needed to take summer chem in order to stay in sequence. Home university cancelled the summer course for low enrollment, so she took it at the cc. In her case, the department chair told her which class to take at the cc. There was also an articulation agreement between the two schools spelling out this info. Yes, the registrar has that information. Just call or go in and ask.</p>
<p>As for payment at the cc, you pay whatever they bill you. Often, it’s a simple per credit charge based on residency. In our case, the course book listed the cost of each class that included tuition and extra lab fees. You get a bill a month before classes start. Send a check, charge it, sign up for the monthly payment plan – just like any other school. You won’t get fin aid, though, since you can only collect that at one school, in your case RIT. </p>
<p>Your daughter will probably have to fill out an application and be accepted. The school needs data, even on students taking only a summer course. It was not a big deal. She could do it now if she wanted. Then, when summer classes open up, she’s ready to go.</p>
<p>At S1’s school pre approval is key and so is the timing of your request. He was going to take a history course after his soph year at our local CC because his school doesn’t consider any transfer credits once you reach junior status. What we didn’t realize was that he reached “junior” status the day spring semester soph grades came out.</p>
<p>So in his case, had he gotten the approval say a month prior then it would have been accepted. Quirky, but non negotiable. Call someone in the registrar or transfer office to verify their criteria.</p>
<p>Your daughter needs to speak with her advisor at her school. some colleges are more willing to accept outside credit from places that they are not affiliated with…for example my daughter took a pre-requisite stats class from a local community college between her freshman and soph year and her school accepted the credit (I think it gets listed as a pass/fail on the transcript -the actual grade does not transfer). she needed preapproval but that was not difficult to get based on teh course description.<br>
At my son’s current school, they will not accept any credit from classes taken at a CC or any program that they do not have an affiliation with…he was hoping to take some language classes this summer but it looks like it is not going to make sense</p>
<p>Agree with all of the above posters. She needs to get pre-approval from RIT to be SURE that whatever she’s thinking of will transfer. Our D took 3 semesters of CC & 2 6-week terms of foreign language in-state. Most of this transferred to her private OOS U, but she did work with the counselor at private U to be SURE before she took the courses.</p>
<p>Would want to help your D figure out why she had to drop the same course 3 times and whether there are any alternatives to the course, if it is the subject matter which is the problem. If it’s not the subject matter, can she have a tutor? Is it one particular instructor? These factors would help in figuring her way forward.</p>
<p>just wanted to thank everyone for your replies… </p>
<p>I don’t know exactly why she couldn’t make a go of it - I think it’s a combination of her not wanting to ask for tutoring help and the teachers in the intro class being notoriously bad and not available to kids not in the major. She has been less than forthcoming with me on this subject so I don’t expect to get a lot of feedback on this and was surprised that she’d even consider doing it during the summer … </p>
<p>I’m glad to have the info here and I am forwarding it to her to make sure she gets the right permissions in place well before she comes home in May.</p>