<p>I'm a first year freshman at an 4-year university, but I skipped the fall and enrolled during the spring semester. I went to university park's website and it said you need 2 years of full-time semesters. I called the admission office at university park and I was told you need 60 hours. I'm still not sure if I correctly told her what I meant and I just want to know if I take classes during the summer to make up for the lost semester and I have 60 credits accumulated in 1 1/2 years if I'll be eligible to transfer to university park?</p>
<p>i am transferring for the fall '09</p>
<p>i have been at Pitt for the past two years and will have take a total of 63 credits. I think if you have around 60 credits you will be considered.... But it is rare for them to allow you to come to University Park unless you have completed 2 years of school somewhere else</p>
<p>You think they would look down on me for completing 60 hours in 1 1/2 years instead of 2? I would think that would be something to look up to because it shows that I can handle a lot more than the average, or at least it's suppose to.</p>
<p>If you have less than 18 credits, you can apply as a freshman and not wait to be a transfer student. If you have 18 or more credits, you need to follow transfer rules.</p>
<p>Information</a> for Future Students - Penn State Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>I called the admission office at UP and they said that the 2 years means 60 credit hours so if you have been in school for two years and have less than 60 credit hours you can't get into UP, but you can get into one of the other branches, and if you have 60 credits regardless of length in another university you can get into UP and the branches. So me with 1 1/2 years and 60 credits can get in UP.</p>
<p>That's not true, I'm not gonna have 60 credits when I transfer and I found out I got into UP on friday. A girl that I went to high school just transfered there for spring semester and this is her second year of college. She didn't finish her 1st semester of her second year when she found out.</p>
<p>That's not what I was told by an official administer at UP admission office. What I said earlier is true, so I don't know of your case. They don't accept you early if you don't fit the credentials or if you are looking like you will by time of transfer. If you are on your 3rd or 4th semester and are taking enough credits to accumulate up to 60 credit hours and have a good GPA/etc, they might accept you, but if you don't get the 60 credits at the end of the semester they will rescind the offer of admission. They wouldn't accept someone who is only on their 3rd/4th semester and can't have 60 credit hours by time the semester is over. At first I didn't know, but the person at the admission office clearly explained everything to me there is to know about transferring to UP. The other campuses are way easier to transfer into and differ in transfer rules.</p>
<p>I know a young woman where I work who transferred to University Park after just one semester at James Madison. Apparently she didn't get into UP for the fall, so rather than go to a branch campus where she'd be "stuck," to use her word, for two years, she went to differenct college for one semester, then transferred to UP. She wanted to join her boyfriend who got in as a fall semester freshman.</p>
<p>PSU may have rules but there seem to be exceptions all over the place for transferees.</p>
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<p>The young woman most probably attempted 17 or less credits at JM which allowed her to be admitted as a freshman in the spring semester. </p>
<p>Information</a> for Future Students - Penn State Undergraduate Admissions</p>