<p>2 questions actually. Ok so right out of highschool I took some courses at the local CC. I ended up with 9 credits, then withdrew from another 6 classes over the next 2 semesters.</p>
<p>Well I heard about a law, (maybe just a Texas law?) saying you can only withdraw from 4 classes your entire college career. So First question would be if I transfer, would only my 9 credits transfer, or would all the withdrawals transfer too? Also, if I could only withdraw from 4 classes, I guess the other 2 ended up as F's, in which case would those transfer also and end up hurting my future GPA?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer these :)</p>
<p>That sounds like a rule that would be specific to a school (for example, I googled this and it looks like University of Georgia might have it?) but not to a state.</p>
<p>Here in TX it is indeed a law. It’s actually 6 withdrawals, and it depends on when you started taking courses. Here’s the language of the bill the legislature passed two sessions ago:</p>
<p>Since that’s in super fun legislative jargon, the basics are that it only applies to you if the first time you enrolled as a freshman was in 2007 or later. It was supposed to take effect immediately but several of the larger institutions took awhile to sort out and implement - many of those policies are available on the specific school’s websites. There are, of course, special circumstances to exempt some or all of the instances (family obligations, illness, etc.) so it is best to check with your current (or former) school as well as the schools you are applying to transfer to.</p>
<p>Of course, none of this matters if you’re applying to transfer OOS, in which case you’d need to contact those schools for their policies on how Ws transfer and if they have similar restrictions.</p>
<p>I’m no lawyer but I think the Texas law mostly deals with whether or not a student gets a refund after the 6th drop/withdrawal. And I didn’t see any language that a student with more than 6 of them would have their transfer options affected.</p>
<p>Since you are in Texas, why not talk to a college guidance counselor to learn exactly how this affects your schooling, seeing as you may not have a lot of wiggle room any longer. The counselor can also help you form some transfer plans.</p>
<p>Right, the law doesn’t affect your chances for transfer directly. But if you have more than 6 withdrawals, everything in excess will be marked as a QF, or failure, rather than just dropping the class and getting a QW. That will affect your GPA which in turn affects your transfer chances to some of the larger universities in the state.</p>