Too few credit hours?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi everyone...</p>

<p>I'm applying to the following schools for transfer: Columbia, NYU, UPenn, Northwestern, Georgetown, and Washington University.</p>

<p>I'm just concerned about one thing, the amount of credit hours I have taken and am taking currently.</p>

<p>For my first semester, I took 16 credits and for my second semester, I am taking 15 credits. I already have 28 credits at the end of the first semester from AP tests and Post Secondary work. Should I up my hours to 18 or am I freaking out over nothing and 15 this semester would be just fine? Thanks for the help.</p>

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<p>Can anyone help me out?</p>

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<p>I think you should enroll in courses that are transferrable to your schools and not worry so much about taking a certain number of credits.</p>

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<p>are you working?</p>

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<p>I'm definitely trying to enroll in transferrable courses and think I've succeeded for the most part. I could add another transferrable course maybe, but is it worth it?</p>

<p>And I don't work at this time, but I'm looking for a job right now</p>

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<p>Transfer credits depend on the school. Many students are shocked to learn how few credits the new school will accept.</p>

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<p>I'm just wondering if admissions will look down on my 16/15 credit year. Or will that not be a big deal?</p>

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<p>15 is the average and normal load</p>

<p>stop freaking out</p>

<p>and relax</p>

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<p>Freshman at the schools you are looking into only take 16-19 credits tops, so there is no reason why they would look down at the amount of credits you are taking. Students who take those absurd amount of credits are usually CC students. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>in addition, at some schools (most), everything is worth 4 credits. At Cornell, some is wroth 3, some is worth 4. So I can take 4 classes (normal courses btw, not b.s.) and have 12 credits while a friend at Emory can take 4 complete b.s. courses and have 16 credits hours.</p>