Transfer from UK to US college

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm an American student currently earning my BA in the UK. I started in the spring semester of 2011 and want to transfer back to the US in Spring 2013. I will have completed 2 years by then. </p>

<p>However, the thing is that in the UK we don't take general ed classes since they only require you to take classes related to your major. </p>

<p>Would I still have a chance of transferring if I don't have any general ed credits (all the classes I took are business-related)? Would I have to start as a sophomore? Which universities have spring transfer admission?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>P.S. Bachelor degrees are only 3 years in the UK as opposed to the typical US 4 years.</p>

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<p>Use the Search this Forum function (R side above list of threads) for ‘spring’ to find threads like this that may help:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1141601-official-spring-2012-transfer-enter-new-university-january-2012-thread.html?highlight=spring[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1141601-official-spring-2012-transfer-enter-new-university-january-2012-thread.html?highlight=spring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Otherwise, if you have schools of interest, check their websites to see if they accept spring transfers.</p>

<p>There are relatively few people her on CC in your situation of being a US citizen transferring from the UK to US, so you may have to call colleges to get answers to your other questions.</p>

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<p>Since the UK doesn’t have a credit system, there are no credits that you could possibly transfer. You will have to start again as a freshman. However, since you are a UK student, you may have done IB or A-Levels, and most universities will give you some credit for those.</p>

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<p>I’m an American, so I got a high school diploma and took the SAT and ACT. Wouldn’t my classes transfer as electives?</p>

<p>In the UK, one module (class)=15 UK Credit hours (the equivalent of 3 US credit hours)
So I will have completed the equivalent of 48 credit hours by the time I transfer.</p>

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<p>Look at Columbia’s website for transfer students.</p>

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<p>You would not be eligible to apply to Columbia (as a transfer student). To be honest, this will be the case at most universities.</p>

<p>If I were you, I’d make up a list of universities that I’m interested in, and contact the admissions office at those universities to see how they would deal with your situation.</p>