<p>I'm planning on applying to nyu for the spring 2010 semester, and I now have 59 credits at my current institution, and will most likely have 74 credits after the fall semester of 2009. Although I'm certain that at least three of these credits, if not more (possibly even 12 due to the fact that I changed my major during my sophomore year), will not transfer over to NYU, will the amount of credits which I've earned affect the chances for my acceptance? I am concerned about this since I know that some universities do not accept any transfer students who have earned over a certain amount of credits (usually either 60 or 75.) However, I have heard of instances in which students are allowed to matriculate into another university with more than the maximum number of credits allowed, if and only if they complete the required number of credits at the university of which they transfer into. For instance, some colleges require students to earn 60 credits for their degree at this college, meaning that students who transfer with over 60 credits will have to forfeit some of the credits which they've earned from another university in order to complete their degree program at the university which they've transferred to. </p>
<p>Does anyone know if the amount of credits which I've earned will be a detriment to my application?</p>
<p>I sent an e-mail to the admissions office on Wednesday, but I haven’t received a response yet, so I guess I’ll have to give them a call on Monday.</p>
<p>Were you able to keep all of your credits or did you still have to fulfill a residency requirement?</p>
<p>In my experience, you can apply with as many credits as you want however they will only accept a certain amount, usually around 60. Additionally, most schools have what is called a residency requirement of about 60 hours that must be taken at that school to earn a degree there.</p>
<p>Ok, cool. So based off of your response, I’m guessing that credits operate on a system which is similar to what I stated in my first post in which although you may have an amount of credits which exceeds the residency requirement (I believe it’s 56 for NYU CAS) you can still be granted admission, but in order to receive a degree, you must still complete the number of credits which is required for all transfers.</p>
<p>Understand that the residency requirement and max transfer credits allowed are two different things. Residency requirement is the number of credits that you must take at the university to obtain a degree there.</p>
<p>I’ve called a couple of schools about this same thing because sometimes the wording is confusing. They’ve all said the same thing. Having more credits doesn’t keep you from applying or transferring, it just means that all the credits don’t transfer. </p>
<p>I think in the UC system this may be different, though. It seems like the UCs have a maximum number of credits you can receive from all course work at all colleges and once you hit the ceiling they kick you out, whether you have completed a degree or not. [Yes, I realize the OP didn’t ask about the UC system, I’m just putting it out there for general knowledge.]</p>
<p>The University of Illinois DOES reject students based solely on having too many credits and/or semesters from a community college. I happen to know this from experience. I was accepted into two different programs in the last decade and then was told I shouldn’t have been accepted due to having too many semesters or credits from community college.</p>
<p>So, even if you are required to take the exact same amount of classes on-campus after transfer as a student with 4 semesters at a community college, they don’t care: You’ve spent too much time in school. </p>
<p>A few of them have even told me that schools all across the country beginning to shift to such policies, which if true, is super.</p>
<p>I think it isn’t unreasonable, but there are always credits lost anyways in the transition, some classes are just way to specific for one school (usually upper level courses)</p>
<p>But, there is a point where you have to ask yourself whether or not you are an NYU graduate when you took more courses at some other school.</p>