<p>If i apply to a school in january with 12 college credits under my belt should i apply as a transfer student?</p>
<p>A lot of colleges i see have a minimum of 15 so if that's the case what do i do?
I want them to at least consider my college gpa because I'm attending a local community college to make my gpa more competitive. </p>
<p>Any insight on this would be very appreciated.</p>
<p>How many units will you end up with before the start of the next semester?
That's also an important thing to consider because it would determine whether you'd be applying as a Sophomore or Junior transfer.
Also, you might want to look into the transfer policy of the schools that you want to get into. Some schools do not allow lower division transfers.</p>
<p>Well i'll have finished one semester (12 units) by january when i apply,</p>
<p>I could also take another second semester after that from February-May to get a few more credits under my belt.</p>
<p>I'll be applying to Temple and Drexel, that's all I'm sure about at the moment.</p>
<p>bump.......</p>
<p>I can't speak specifically for Temple and Drexel, but for most schools, the school will wait until you have completed and have grades for at least X number ofhours before they make a decision on your application.</p>
<p>In your case, Temple and Drexel will (most likely) wait until they receive an updated transcript with your Spring semester grades before they make a decision.</p>
<p>Ah alright, i could take 5 classes a semester which would equal 15 credits, but I don't know if that will be too overwhelming. I don't want to sacrifice the quality of work for the quantity of credits, ya know?</p>
<p>We can't answer this question without knowing the specific transfer/freshman admission policies of the school as well as the way in which you achieved those 12 credits.</p>
<p>If you look at the Transfer Admissions 101 sticky you will see on example of how a school (and the example is probably pretty typical) defines which category you are in.</p>
<p>The typical determinant is whether you have ever been enrolled full time in a college/U. If not, whether you have more than "x" credits accumulated in your part time enrollments.</p>
<p>Oh well 12 is full time, so i should be good?</p>
<p>12 units/credits while a full time is usually a light load. 15/16 credits is closer to a typical load for a semester. You won't be applying as a transfer if you have 12 units, instead you'll basically be applying as a freshman again as most school require you to complete X units prior to applying as a transfer. It's usually anywhere between 24 and 30 until you count as a transfer, mostly closer to the latter. I don't know the transfer dates of those schools, but most don't accept spring transfer apps for freshman. And if they do they will consider you like you're a hs student applying for freshman. They will mainly focus on your HS transcripts and SAT, and look at you the same as a HS applicant who took CC classes while in HS. I'm guessing you're going to CC to improve you GPA, so you'll be better off gonig for a year. Usually after you complete 30 units they put little/no weight on your HS GPA and SATs.</p>
<p>Let me make this more clear so you can have a better feel for what i'm trying to do.</p>
<p>The school I'm looking at Temple U in Philly says on their website to be a transfer student you are to have 15 college credits or more. I will be applying in January for the fall 2009 school year. By than i'll have finished 1 semester (12 credits), but will also have finished another 12 by the the time i actually start attending.</p>
<p>Should i still apply as a transfer being 3 credits short and let them know I'm going to finish up another semester in my free time if accepted.</p>
<p>I need advice on this because i know Temple isn't a very selective school, but my H.S. gpa was only a 2.4-2.5 </p>
<p>I want to show them that I'm a better student than that and more focused now and hopefully hold a 3.0+ at the local CC.</p>
<p>I would take more than 12 credit hours. As mentioned above, 12 credit hours is considered "full time," but in the same notion it's considered a light load. The schools might look at it like you take the credit hours just to get by. Furthermore, the more credit hours that you'll take in your first semester the lower the weigh the schools above are going to put on your spring semester grades (still should aim for good grades, obviously).
Try to take at least 15 credit hours.</p>
<p>I went to CCP and applied to Temple as a transfer during my first year there. You should be fine. Maintain a 3.0 and it should be pretty easy for you to get in. Temple will know that you'll have 24 credits by the time you enter and that should give you sophomore standing. Temple will simply want your transcript with all of your grades from both the fall and spring semester before you enter in fall 09. However, if possible, why don't you take one more course in the fall and see how you think you can handle it. If you don't like the pace of having 15 credits, you could always drop one of the courses during drop/add week or at the worse, withdraw from the course. If you do think you can handle it, you'll have more credits to transfer and the road to graduation will be be faster.</p>
<p>Also, I would suggest talking to a transfer counselor. Are you attending CCP or any of the local CCs in the Philly area? If so, a transfer counselor will have much more info. Temple and Drexel both have transfer agreements with CCP and other local CCs. A transfer counselor will be able to tell what courses will transfer over and what courses you should take during your first year. HTH.</p>
<p>ETA: Is there a particular reason why you want to transfer after one year? In terms of money, it would be a lot cheaper to only pay for two years of Temple or especially Drexel instead of three.</p>
<p>I would wait to transfer until the fall.</p>
<p>With just 12 credits and applying for spring, you'll be judged exclusively by your high school record. The school will not have any record of your college credits. And they won't care about a single semester's worth of grades.</p>
<p>With a year or 30 credits, you'll be judged by your high school record and college.</p>
<p>Does anyone know that at certain credits, colleges won't care about your high school transcript and ACT/SAT?</p>
<p>Depends on the college. Many flagships require only 30 credits. Some colleges 60 or AA degree. Some colleges will consider your HS marks in every admissions cycle.
Loyola Maryland requested my SATs and HS transcripts despite being out of HS for 8 years. I wrote a letter requesting out of the requirement (I never took the SAT or ACT). The admissions counselor said it is rare that the requirement is waived for students less than 10 years out of HS.</p>