<p>I'm planning on taking Spanish II at the community college by my house while maintaining 12 credit hours at my university. I'll pay for the community college out of my pocket.</p>
<p>Do I even have to say anything to my university about it in regards to financial aid? Or do I just register with them like I normally would? I've already submitted my FAFSA, of course.</p>
<p>The university likely doesn’t care how you’re paying for the CC course, unless it’s under a cross-registration agreement, so no need to inform FA. Just make sure you run it by your advisor to make sure that the credits will transfer.</p>
<p>Just be very careful in advance about making sure the class will count towards your degree. I know of one university that refuses to accept any credit from a 2 year college. (Another college refuses to accept any credit from an online course.) Another college said they will not accept any credit unless the student gets permission from the college in advance to take the course.</p>
<p>Unless there is some kind of cross registration agreement, many colleges will not allow you to be enrolled in two schools simultaneously.</p>
<p>Unless there is some kind of cross registration agreement, many colleges will not allow you to be enrolled in two schools simultaneously.</p>
<p>Yes- both my kids took classes at community colleges- however- both of them talked to their schools first and got prior approval before registration.
It needs to be a course that the institution that will be dispensing the diploma does not offer- or the student could not get into on a timely basis.
I expect most schools offer Spanish II.
If you are not needing credit, I suppose it wouldn’t alter your status at your university, but if you do want credit for it- you will have to take it there, unless you can prove you couldn’t get into a class.</p>
<p>Many colleges are more flexible in allowing a student to take a course at another college when they are home for the summer, as opposed to during the regular fall and spring college semesters.</p>
<p>One other question: usually a college charges the same tuition for 12 credits a semester as for 15 credits a semester. If that is the case, why pay extra out of pocket to take a course at a different college?</p>
<p>once you hit 12 credits, you are a full time student. there is usually no additional charge if you take 15 credits. Some schools will charge if you take more than 18 credits.</p>
<p>Most likely the OP found that either he couldn’t enroll in the course he wanted at his home univ due to space limitations or that it conflicted with another course in his schedule. My kid frequently takes a class at a different school - and not always the same other school - for those reasons. It does cost a bit more as, in our case, home school doesn’t charge extra for credits, but keeps them on pace to graduate on time…which is well worth it in the long run.</p>
<p>once you hit 12 credits, you are a full time student. there is usually no additional charge if you take 15 credits. Some schools will charge if you take more than 18 credits. </p>
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<p>I work at a state U … charges are strictly by credit hour. Many of our students take CC classes, and they can transfer them with no problem. </p>
<p>My D is at a private school that will not accept credit from another school unless it is cleared in advance, and only 3 courses can be transferred in (I am referring to credit earned WHILE a student, whether during the school year or in the summer). </p>
<p>Check with your school to be sure.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies everyone.</p>
<p>My specific situation is that there weren’t any Spanish II seats left. There are currently 400 Spanish I students at my school including myself. Next semester there are 320 Spanish II slots and every single one was filled up in the first couple of days of registration.</p>
<p>PLUS, if I take the Spanish at the community college I’ll only need to commute 3 days a week instead of 5.</p>
<p>So even if a spot does open up I’ll probably still do it for the second reason. That way I can work more.</p>