<p>I received a letter from Umich yesterday saying my college courses taken previously while I was in high school will not transfer because they are dual enrollment. Is there any way around this rule? If not, I will have to retake over 30 credits that I could otherwise transfer, including econ, calc, English 1 and 2, History, govt...</p>
<p>Originally my credits through Wisconsin's Youth Options program would not transfer, but then my principal talked with someone at UM and explained how legally those credits have to appear on my HS transcript even if they don't count towards my graduation requirements. Now they are accepting them. I don't know how dual enrollment works. Do you go to a local college and your HS pays for them? Thats how Youth Options works.</p>
<p>2 Classes were ones I paid for, the others went toward grad reqs. and were paid for by the high school</p>
<p>If they went toward graduation requirements, you can't get credit for them at UM. However, you probably can use them as prerequisites for other courses.</p>
<p>Yeah, the problem is you probably don't want to retake English 125. You could take great books for your english requirement and then start with econ 401, math 285 or 295, a 300-400 level history course, etc. Were you trying to graduate early though? That might be a problem.</p>
<p>I'm not really worried about graduating early, I just want to make sure I get upper level courses to seem more desirable for Ross, Could I take an upper level English?</p>
<p>I'm losing about 20 credits because of the Michigan rule even though I was dual enrolled. If I attended my state's flagship university or another flagship state university in my region, I would be receiving credit and placement for these courses. I'm also losing 9 credits because I took college classes by internet, even though they don't show up on my high school transcript. So, I would be coming in as a sophomore into an honors program. However, as luck would have it, I got in as a Michigan Ross pre-admit and decided to forego the credits. It hurts but I believe it will be worth it in the long run.</p>
<p>I'm taking Math 115, for example, even though I have already had College Calculus I and II. I understand that I can attempt to place out of Math 115, but I would have to take a test administered by the Math Department. I didn't have the opportunity to do this at my June Orientation and ended up with a good schedule otherwise. I'm afraid testing out now will mess up my schedule.</p>
<p>"I'm not really worried about graduating early, I just want to make sure I get upper level courses to seem more desirable for Ross, Could I take an upper level English?"</p>
<p>You'll be fine, one of the best things about Michigan its big enough that you can pretty much do whatever you want. I decided not to transfer any of my college credit because I don't want to graduate early and I didn't want to have to pay upper level tuition for more than two years. I never had a problem skipping the classes I had taken. (In fact, I took a few classes with pre reqs that I hadn't taken and no one really questioned me.) I don't know much about the LSA english requirement as I took great books, but I would guess that might be the one thing you'll have trouble with. Again, you could take great books instead.</p>
<p>As far as Ross, don't worry about it too much. I don't know a single person that was rejected this year.</p>
<p>Only about 50% of the Ross freshmen applicants are accepted and the average first semester Michigan GPA is 3.6. I really don't know how much emphasis they place on advanced clases versus GPA. Of course, if you can get a 3.6 GPA with a tough schedule, you should have no problem. On the other hand, if you take an overly demanding schedule and receive a 3.3 (for example), you may have put yourself in a bad position.</p>