I’ll try to be brief, at first, to keep the wall of text to a minimum.
Basically, I am frantically trying to fulfill transfer requirements at my local Community College, and I have a few questions; the most important: do I need to pick a specific school to transfer into (engineering, design, education, etc…) or can I simply apply to the base standards and become an undergraduate student?
My problem, which is why I ask this peculiar question, is that my CC (and nowhere close enough around) offer the particular physics course I need to meet the Engineering School’s requirements for transfer admission. I am not aware if there is a way around this, and my counselor has been of particularly little assistance in the matter (not her fault, she cannot know everything).
Is there any way to apply, knowing you don’t have one of the requirements? Is this something that they would overlook in such a way that you could take the missing course(s) after you are admitted?
The whole matter is a bit confusing, and any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
(If more information is required, I will do my best to share.)
North Carolina Community Colleges have an agreement called the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement. This agreement allows you to do your first two years at the community college and have all of your general education requirements out of the way.
Yes, college specific requirements are important. For engineering, you must take physics 1, calc 1 and 2, two English courses that will transfer for English 101 and chemistry 1.
One option would be to go to State a semester early. You could take physics as a non degree student or you could take physics at Wake Tech and take other sophomore requirements as a non degree student at State (depending on your major) Most engineering majors will have sophomore level courses that are prerequisites and it is a good idea to take them either as a non degree student or in summer before you arrive.
Another option would be to take physics online as a non degree student at State. But be careful, because it is a hard class. Last year 6% A’s, 27% B’s 36% C’s and the rest D’s and F’s. My guess is that you would need an A or a B to look good to the engineering department. Physics will be much easier at a community college with a very small class and direct 1 on 1 with the teacher happens every class instead of a class of 150.
Go to the college of engineering website and search engineering transfer. They have a pdf called Engineering NC community college transfer guide. You can also contact the office of academic affairs (919) 515-3263. Every week they have transfer info sessions on Friday. Just start your application on line and go to an information session. You can do this right from the start 2 years before you transfer just to make sure you are on the right track. Your community college will be less helpful because they have to worry about kids transferring to all the 4 year colleges and the rules constantly change.