<p>Hi Guys,</p>
<p>I have a few questions about transferring credits, especially with the nature of my current college. As of now, I am supposed to take classes at two schools next semester. If I play my cards right, there is a chance I may wind up taking classes at three. My school is part of a consortium with Haverford, Swarthmore, and Upenn. Before I transfer, there is no doubt in my mind that I will take classes at Haverford. Swarthmore--maybe. Penn--it's hard to register and get in, but I've already done so since it's the only school in the consortium that has my major (in spite of this, my current school won't let me major there). How do I explain this to colleges? Should I send them descriptions of the Haverford and/or Penn courses that I'm taking? Will they find it flaky if I'm taking classes at other schools?
Additionally, I'm taking a class credit/no credit this semester. I had a lot of trouble with new equipment for my disability this semester. Although all of my classes were affected by this, the class I'm taking credit/no credit was hit the hardest. I opted to take it credit/no credit because it truly was not a reflection on my performance. Will other colleges accept that it's credit/no credit or will I be forced to show the grade I received?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Pop by the registrar’s office at your college, and ask them how these courses are recorded on your transcript. Back in the last century, all of them would have been recorded right on the Bryn Mawr transcript as though taken there. Things might have changed since my day.</p>
<p>Many colleges and universities offer courses Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit. Bryn Mawr is the only one that I have ever known that offered students the opportunity to change back to a letter grade after the course was completed if they liked that grade. In every other instance, the choice of Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit is a one-time deal. The institutions that you apply to will have their own policy about interpreting that kind of grade on your transcript. Most often these grades are treated as a C.</p>
<p>To get a better understanding of how your transcript will be handled by the places that you apply to, sit down with one of the staff members who help people apply to graduate school. They can tell you if you need to request separate transcripts from all of the places that you are attending classes at.</p>
<p>And no, you don’t need to send descriptions of coursework taken at Penn, Haverford, and Swarthmore. Transfer admissions offices have access to nationwide databases for calculating course equivalencies. Anywhere that you would apply knows full well that college consortia exist, and you will not look remotely flaky to them!</p>