<p>Hi all, does anyone know how the credits are accepted if the class was worth a different amount of credits than the typical 3? (and, yes, they were taken on a college campus, not HS).
I have two classes of 4 credits and one class of 1 credit, all have good grades (minimum was a B).
Also, will the Visual Arts one count as my Fine Arts for my Gabelli core? It was taken at a well known school.
If you don't know the answer, who would be the best person at Fordham to answer this?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Sovereigndebt, did your D have this transfer of credit issue? My D posted here for the first time and she hasn’t gotten any responses. Do you have any advice for her? </p>
<p>First of all, most colleges loathe so called AP credits being equal for college credit. They arent the same. College is a business and they make as much money off of every student as they can. Dont let the non profit category fool you. </p>
<p>Second, I know little to nothing about actual transfer credits from an accredited college or community college. That wasnt our situation. We had a boatload of high school AP credits. </p>
<p>AP and IB credits do factor into the core requirements at Fordham but its a bit murky and almost case by case. Fordham isn’t like the Ivy League which gives ZERO credit, but they aren’t a state university which gives full credit either. </p>
<p>Our experience was the AP credits helped with the core, but mostly on the back end, sophomore year. </p>
<p>My other point is that you are paying full tuition at Fordham if you are taking more than 12 credits as a full time student and intend on graduating on time. The bigger problem at Fordham is running out of time and/or money to take the special professor or special class you are craving. Not the other way around.</p>
<p>Colleges as a rule dont like taking someone else’s credit for their own. Its bad business and they can never tell what is going on and it causes issues with gpa’s and class rank etc. Although transfer students have this issue, obviously when they come in the door. You cant do Fordham “on the cheap.” And I wouldnt shortchange your kid from taking special classes, including those not in major, but are electives. There are some wonderful classes out there and professors to explore. </p>
<p>Fordham does give a language test online this summer to place kids in an appropriate language level. My kid aced it and essentially went into high division and even some grad school level language courses. Fordham will examine your transcript and place you in appropriate math class freshman year. </p>
<p>Many of these issues are resolved over time, depending on the major, and if you are going to study overseas, and if you are intending on graduating early a semester if you complete the requirements, or graduate on time, or for some people late. </p>
<p>Its an academic dean problem and that is resolved starting Orientation and with your academic advisor.<br>
The AP courses my kid took in high school were outstanding preparatory courses, but did not really replace any college level courses. </p>
<p>Thanks for your thoughts, sovereigndebt. </p>
<p>The classes were taken AT Harvard, and the transcript was already sent in, as part of her application materials. She was not referring to her 6 APs(with 4s and 5s), that is a different matter. She was wondering about the Fine Arts as a freshman and possibly sophomore English fulfillment as she plans on doing not one, but two GLOBE programs, and a specialization on top of her major.</p>
<p>She should do well on the Spanish placement test, possibly completing the Gabelli GLOBE requirements, (5 AP, 770 SAT), and she will be finishing up her Intermediate Mandarin next summer, at TBC. Seems she should automatically place into 1501, based on her previous study of the language. So, taking all of this into account, we are hoping that she will, in fact, finish her major, her specialization, and her two GLOBE programs within the planned 4 years, while getting in at LEAST one internship! It will be a lot on her plate, so she has begun to put out feelers for understanding her schedule better and avoiding any mistakes. </p>
<p>She will get in touch with the dean to better understand how she can work out her many interests. Thanks again for responding to her question. For any of the readers out there, Ivy League DOES take AP credit for some classes, but accepts 5s only, 4s very rarely.</p>
<p>Perhaps the Ivy League adjusted their position on AP credits. In the recent past with my kid’s friends who went to Dartmouth and Princeton,they got zero credit. And I can assure you they were all 5’s.</p>
<p>The WallStreet Journal or New York Times a few years back had an article about how APs were essentially excellent college prep but not the same as college credit. </p>
<p>I think we used 2 classes, coupled with a very heavy load several semesters to finish a semester early at Fordham. But the intent there was to save money for graduate school, not to shortchange the Fordham experience. </p>
<p>Its all good. </p>
<p>For those who are wondering the same question about the conversion of credits at Fordham, I did find a mention in the Transfer Student section that classes less than 3 credits are not accepted. This was helpful for one of my Ds questions. She will be in contact with a Dean later this week (after this group of AP tests are done!) and I will post any general information for others to reference, as is the purpose of this forum.</p>
<p>see below:
Will Transfer: 3 credit hours or higher Grade received is a C or higher Course description is similar to a course offered at Fordham (see the Academic Bulletin and Core Requirements online to compare) Course is approved by the academic dean in charge of transfer credit at the Fordham </p>
<p>Will Not Transfer: Course was taken prior to high school graduation such as dual enrollment Grade is lower than a C Courses with fewer than 3 credits (certain science labs excepted) Course is not approved by the academic dean in charge of transfer credit at Fordham</p>
<p>I think different Ivy schools will have different rules for AP. I checked at Columbia’s site, and all undergrad schools will take AP but for specific course types, and all tend to only accept 4s and 5s.
“The College grants credit for work completed under the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board. The College also grants credit for work completed under other standardized programs such as the International Baccalaureate, British A-level courses, and so forth.” </p>
<p>The same is true for Cornell. Things may have changed as AP credits of certain courses are now accepted at Princeton, Yale but not all schools will accept them:
“Advanced Placement exams, which many high school students use to gain course credits when they attend college, will no longer be accepted for credit at Dartmouth College”. </p>