<p>@AsTran
I will receive an associate degree in chemistry but I will major in Biological Sciences at Rutgers.</p>
<p>what the op needs to understand is that credits matter more in freshman/ sophomore standing…think of 30 to 32 credits as one year and 60 to 64 as two year.
not if in any way you can get 30 credits by the first semester of you freshman year then the universities will consider you as an applicant with a year under his/her belt…now you must think this is impossible without AP credits, well the thing is universities don’t look at you AP results when determining how many semesters does the lad have under the belt…no
but you can accumulate 30 credits by asking you school people to let you maximize you course load…and the universal limit is 21 to 24, if you are capable of achieving this then you are close enough…the other 9 or 6 credits can come in as duel credits taken during high school or whenever…you catch my flow brother
so try to take as many classes you can…take a few in winter if you can…peace</p>
<p>Please read Moderator Note on post #4.</p>
<p>D started CC after her JR year in HS after literally acing the GED. She got a 3.8 her 1st semester with 15 semester credits & applied to her dream competitive private U. She was required to submit spring semeter grades (which were about 3.0). She was offered a spring admit for January (after 3 semesters of CC). She did matriculate there & will be graduating from that U with her HS peers this spring, after 3.5 years at the U. She was pleasantly surprised to have been admitted to the only U she applied to as a transfer and expected to have to reapply the following year, after she had completed more courses at the CC.</p>
<p>I guess I’m saying IF you do extremely well and get great recommendations from your instructors, it IS POSSIBLE to get into a very competitive U sooner than after completing 2 years of CC.</p>
<p>It helped D to communicate with the U she wanted to transfer to, so they could advise her about which courses were likely to apply toward a degree at their U. Most of her courses DID transfer, which pleased all of us. Her grades did NOT transfer & her GPA is based on her coursework at the U.</p>
<p>By the way, the SAME teachers she had at CC taught the SAME courses at our in-state flagship U to MUCH larger classes and charged MUCH more. She was very well-prepared for her private U when she transferred. (Of course, CCs differ greatly, as do Us.)</p>