Should I get my Associate's degree?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi,
I'm gonna start applying for 4 yr school for engineering and I'm still debating whether to finish my degree or not. Would having a degree make me look better for acceptance to schools? Should I even bother to finish or should I just get my required classes and leave with no degree from my community college? What would be more convenient?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Do you like having another degree to hang on your wall? You should be asking yourself the question you just asked CC, “What would be more convenient?”</p>

<p>An associate degree generally only means something to the 4 year universities in your state in that upon completion of the associate degree, you will have usually taken all the courses required to transfer in as a junior into the major program at the 4 year. E.g. Associate of business -> junior in the college of business at the 4 year.</p>

<p>Generally out of state schools do not follow the same curriculum.</p>

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<p>You can apply for transfer without completing an Associates degree.</p>

<p>However, you should find out whether completing that degree will benefit you at the specific colleges/universities that you are applying to. Sometimes completing an AA/AS will automatically qualify you for junior standing even if you still have lots of classes to take in order to graduate. Sometimes it will mean that you are considered to have completed all of the general ed. requirements, and you only have to complete requirement in your major field to graduate from the new place even though the specific gen. eds. that you took aren’t exact matches for the ones the college/university normally requires. If there is a formal articulation agreement between your 2-year school and the 4-year school, it will mean that you are considered to have completed the first two years of the program that you are transferring into - in your case, the first two years of the engineering degree.</p>

<p>Schedule a meeting with the transfer counselors at your community college, and find out what your individual situation is.</p>

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<p>Happymom nailed it. It depends. As she said, AA/AS sometimes have benefits, depending on the school you’re transferring to. Also, depending on your major, AA/AS may qualify you for an occupational license. So, if you can obtain AA/AS without incurring significant additional costs, you should probably do so.</p>

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<p>bump bump!!</p>

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<p>I wonder this as well. However, I am wondering if an AA will benefit me in the job market. I am of the thinking that it can’t hurt, however I am wondering if it is of some benefit. The few classes that I am missing for my AA are mostly classes that will not transfer to the schools a I am applying to.</p>

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<p>IMHO this is all that matters about earning the AA or AS before transfer…</p>

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<p>The only other circumstance where it would matter (again, IMHO) would be if you are to work while at University. You would qualify for a nice job off of either an AA or AS.</p>

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<p>The degree is engineering science but it won’t serve much. The one that matters is the bachelor’s and that’s what I’m going for.</p>

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<p>I am going for my degree in engineering science before transferring. I hear that schools are more likely to take people with degrees, but that’s just what I hear.</p>