Transfer in as a Sophmore, Junior, or Senior? What the deuuuce? -facepalm-

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey Everyone.</p>

<p>Pause the lawlz for this one until AFTER you've commented, please.</p>

<p>Basically, I took about 40 dual-credit courses my senior year, 20 in the Fall, 20 in the Spring. I'm going to be taking about 6 hours in the Summer because I want to transfer to another school (BC, UVa, GTown, AU, GWU, NYU, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Villanova, list goes on forever). And, they <em>basically</em> all require proficiency into a fourth semester-intermediate level foreign language, so I'll be taking two semesters of a foreign language this summer, and possible one or two other core classes.</p>

<p>At my LAC, I'll be entering as a Freshmen and will be taking Honors seminars and basically finishing up the only pre-reqs that I've got left and trying to meet the 'recommended' transfer requirements for the schools.</p>

<p>Adding it all up:</p>

<p>Dual-Credit: 40 hours ---> 4.0 GPA
Summer before Freshmen year: 6 hours ---> Expecting another 4.0, God Willing.
Fall '10: 18 hours ---> Much prayer will be involved.</p>

<h2>Spring '10: 18 hours ---> Even more prayer.</h2>

<p>82 hours.</p>

<p>So... what transfer year am I classified under? And... have I completely killed any transfer chances before I've even started?</p>

<p>WHAT DO I DOOO?!!! - sadface -</p>

<p>I was thinking of declaring a double major since I figured I would be able to explain to colleges that I'm not going to just cram all my major credits into a span of one year and up and leave. Also, it would help justify why I took so many credits in such a short period of time. Like, I'm thinking of adding maybe 10 more credits to the summer so I can just start taking some upper level courses my Freshmen year.</p>

<p>Any advice would be much appreciated.</p>

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<p>bump10char? Come on, guys.</p>

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<p>Seriously? None of you have ever transferred to a school in your life? Rly?</p>

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<p>With 82 hours, you will be 3/4 of the way done. Why not just stick it out one more year, and then go straight to grad school?</p>

<p>Some places won’t admit transfers who have more than X college level credits (including those earned in HS). Some won’t consider the credits earned in HS as “real” college credits, so only the credits earned after HS graduation are taken into consideration to determine whether or not you are in the transfer category, and only those courses can possibly be transferred to the new degree program. Still other places don’t care how many credits you have, or where they were earned (during HS, after HS, 35 years ago), and will admit “Senior Transfers” who already hold a full undergraduate degree.</p>

<p>You have to pick up the phone and talk to the transfer admissions officers at each of the colleges and universities that you would like to apply to in order to find out their specific policies.</p>

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<p>@happymomof1</p>

<p>I know, I figured I could just stay one more year and go to a graduate school, but the law schools that students have been accepted to from the school are abysmal, and I’m really trying to get into a HYP or similar ranked law school, and I don’t think I would be really competitive applicant if I were to stay at this LAC.</p>

<p>Yes, I called some schools today and I understand now that schools really have a wide array of transfer of credit policies. The general consensus is that the schools will use my dual credit as a demonstration of merit, and then use my rigorous university curriculum as a basis for a better example of academic promise.</p>

<p>All the schools I will be a applying to accept up to 60-75 credits, and have 60-credit in residence policies for graduation. Also, I will most likely be double-majoring anyway so I’ll probably be in school for the full four years, though I may possibly graduate a year early. It just really depends, I guess.</p>

<p>Thanks for the reply, your input is GREATLY appreciated. Nice to know someone out there cares. :P.</p>

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<p>@GodricGryffindor, you should really take happymomof1’s advice into strong account as each institution sets their own policies for how transfer credit is viewed and accredited towards your degree for that matter, whether it be from a HS or post-secondary college. Now if this helps, I know first-hand of some institutions that will accept a multitude of credit hours, so you by no way have limited yourself from transferring. The three institutions that I know off the top of my head that award voluminous credit hours to incoming transfers are UNC Chapel Hill, U Miami, Lehigh, and Bucknell. UNC Chapel Hill awards a maximum of 64 credits to a student from a 2yr school, and 75 credits to a person from a 4yr. University. Subsequently, U Miami provides a max. of 75 credits that are allowed, Lehigh University can take up to 90 from a 4yr.(however only 60 from a 2yr.) and Bucknell can accredit a student with an absolute of 80hrs.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

<p>Dave</p>

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<p>@WMTRIBE08</p>

<p>Thanks for the input, Dave. Yeah, I’m going to call up every school on my list that I haven’t yet and field them with some transfer credit questions.</p>

<p>That’s awesome to know about UNC-Chapel Hill, it’s one of the key schools on my list, along with UMich-Ann Arbor.</p>