<p>Hey all, I'm a freshman at Ohio State and I'm looking to transfer to Penn State. I'm originally from Philly but chose Ohio State to experience being a bit farther away from home, unfortunately I kind of regret my decision and would like to go to Penn State. I have 40 credit hours and the admissions page says you need 60 credits. Every other school that I've looked at with a min 60 credit hour transfer requirement says that if you are below 60 credits they instead take your high school grades into account. Is that the same for Penn State? Also if not, does anyone know if there are any online courses, a summer program or anything that I could take that the school would accept to allow admission?</p>
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<p>Tell us more about why you don’t like OSU. They are peer schools academically, socially, athletically so you might not notice any difference except the urban rural part. </p>
<p>“Applicants for University Park must have completed 2 years of college work.”
Stolen directly from PSU website. </p>
<p>Here is a link to data set for transfer students:</p>
<p>[D</a>. Transfer Admission](<a href=“http://www.budget.psu.edu/CDS/TransferAdm.asp?Location=UP&AY=20122013]D”>http://www.budget.psu.edu/CDS/TransferAdm.asp?Location=UP&AY=20122013)</p>
<p>Hi flipit54,</p>
<p>First, and this is going to sound like a parent, I recommend that you email someone in Admissions your questions. Your questions are so specific and the responses so essential to your decision that you need to have Penn State Admissions’ response in writing.</p>
<p>Maybe you’ve already done this, but before you do email, you may want to check Penn State’s transfer credit tool to include any further questions you may have regarding transferring credits: [Transfer</a> Credit: Penn State University Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/academics/credit/transfer/]Transfer”>http://admissions.psu.edu/academics/credit/transfer/)
My son was interested in taking a class at Pitt, but it wasn’t listed as transferring to PSU. Took some review, but he finally worked it out. Key words: “took some review” meaning time/signatures/approval process. </p>
<p>Also, Penn State has on-line offerings: [Penn</a> State | Online Degrees, Online Courses, and Online Certificates offered by Penn State](<a href=“http://worldcampus.psu.edu/]Penn”>http://worldcampus.psu.edu/) You may want to look into that option.</p>
<p>Lastly, my son will be taking class at a PSU branch campus this summer. I don’t know if that would be an option for you.</p>
<p>Good luck with your research and decisions.</p>