<p>According to Harvard, students with "more than two years of college study with transferable credit...are not eligible to transfer." What if I take a summer course or two in the summer after my freshman year, pushing my number of credits from 60 to 63 or 66 by the time I finish sophomore year? Technically, I could take 18 credits' worth of classes each semester of sophomore year as well, so that I would wind up with the same number of credits (I'm asking if the number of credits is even relevant to the "two years of study" limit?). Does the term "two years" refer to only schoolyear studies and not summer studies? There's no mention of the maximum number of credits allowed for transfer eligibility. I'm not sure if I should go ahead and enroll in summer courses. Please help.</p>
<p>yeah...for a top LAC, that **** is SO vague. I read it a while ago...</p>
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I'm asking if the number of credits is even relevant to the "two years of study" limit?).
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<p>I highly doubt it. At my school for instance, if you want to stay on track with the suggested semester by semester curriculum, inevitably most majors would have taken at least 66 credits by the end of the sophomore year. I think the 'sixty credit rule' applies to the number of credits you are allowed to transfer from your previous institution. But you're going to have to call them. And if they tell you you cant take summer classes and you REALLY want to, then consider the other ivies. I know columbia and penn don't have any rule like that.</p>
<p>I'm thinking that they wont TRANSFER more than X amount of credits because they want you to do at least 50% of your credits in their institution.</p>
<p>But would I be eligible to transfer in the first place? I won't mind if they don't accept all the credits. </p>
<p>I'll have to call.</p>
<p>Transfer Eligibility</p>
<p>By the anticipated date of matriculation, applicants must have satisfactorily completed a minimum of one continuous academic year in a degree program at one college, and not more than two academic years of full-time college study. </p>
<p>A minimum of two years' full-time enrollment at Harvard as a degree candidate is required for Harvard's A.B. or S.B. degree. </p>
<p>Students who have completed more than two years of college study with transferable credit, and those who have earned a bachelor's degree, are not eligible to transfer to Harvard College. Students may not choose to relinquish academic credits, or a degree, in order to apply for transfer admission. </p>
<p>It's very unclear. Is the summer after your sophomore year part of the 'third' year or is it part of the 'second' year. Just call them tomorrow.</p>