<p>I'm planning to transfer to a 4 year university from a community college. My question is: If I have over 60 credits will that hurt my chances of admission? In other words, do colleges look more favorably upon students who have 60 credits (or slightly under), and vice versa? As of right now, I'm planning on having 51 or 54 at the time of application, and 63 or 66 after my second year concludes.</p>
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No, they shouldn’t hurt you to transfer. However, contact your school if it make you feel better.</p>
<p>It depends on the policies of the four year schools you are applying to.</p>
<p>For example, the California public universities greatly prefer transfers who will have >= 60 credits (upper division transfers) over those with fewer (lower division transfers – most campuses do not admit lower division transfers at all, and those few that do require high school records as well as college records).</p>
<p>If you have credit only from community colleges, then you should not need to worry about having too much credit to transfer, since they limit transferred community college credits to 70 for the purpose of any credit limitations or counting toward the 120 credits for graduation (however, you will receive subject credit for all courses taken in terms of fulfilling major or breadth requirements).</p>
<p>Of course, other four year schools will have different policies.</p>