<p>Hi, I'm an international in my freshman year planning to transfer next year to a US. college.
My school calendar's on a trimester system, but the credits are semester credits (it's that system, get what I mean?).</p>
<p>For my first term I took 4 courses, 12 credits, and for this term I'm planning on taking 15 credits. The spring term, I'm planning to take 15 as well. So I'll have a total of 42 semester credits by the time I transfer.
Is this enough? Or should I take 2 more credits this term and next term? (max. course load is 17 units at my college, min is 9, standard is 13)<br>
How many credits are of sophomore standing in a U.S. school generally?
If, for example, I don't have enough credits and get placed for freshman standing, is it possible for me to, for example, work during the summer/take more courses and regain sophomore standing in general?</p>
<p>Also, I don't have any classes in the natural sciences since they're not offered in English (!!! all the jargon's in my native language, which I don't speak at a college level), but I'm taking the only physics course in English in the Spring. Would lack of a natural science hurt?</p>
<p>You’ll need to look at the specific schools you want to transfer to. Some allow you to transfer with only 15 semester hours, others require 30, and there may be others in between. Some schools also allow you to transfer in as a second semester freshman. Really, though, the best way to determine all of this is research each specific school you are interested in, because things are going to vary across institutions, and some majors/schools will require you to have completed specific courses as well.</p>
<p>Every college will recalculate your number of credits on its own system, because they vary. (Even transferring domestically, each school I applied to calculated my credits differently). I would contact the schools you are interested in and find out their policies. Your lack of natural science class shouldn’t be a problem unless you are applying to a program with a very set course of study.</p>
<p>Yeah, in terms of the number of college credits, I actually seem O.K. I have quite a bit of elective credits with IB and AP exams, too.</p>
<p>Do you think if I’m applying to a liberal arts program, and it says a “well-rounded education with courses in the natural sciences, social sciences…etc” is preferred , and I don’t have a natural science, it’ll hurt? Or is this something I should just ask each college too? I’m planning on getting a 4.0 this trimester and have a literature, math, business, political science, and my native language course.</p>
<p>The thing is, I WAS taking 17 units, but dropped 2, since a 2-unit course generally doesn’t transfer to the schools I am applying to, and that course was a intro to chem course. I didn’t understand a word they were saying — imagine learning chemistry in Chinese or something, so I decided if it’s gonna hurt my GPA and I have to work hours and hours for a course that does’nt transfer, I’d rather study what I like with 15 units, and do really well in those classes. </p>
<p>I know this is really hard to give an opinion on, but does this sound sound reasonable?</p>