<p>I'm currently in a highly ranked and competitive business school. However, I've decided that it's not really for me. If I were applying as a transfer to an LAC such as Amherst, would it look bad for me to be taking Financial Accounting during my spring term since they don't offer such a class?</p>
<p>I don't know if it would look BAD, but the credits probably won't transfer.</p>
<p>The majority of your units would not transfer. Because of that, they are most likely to reject you since they want students to commit to the school and graduate on time. Your courses are all business, so you would have to technically start over. Liberal arts colleges prefer those taking the same curriculum, such as those from other LACs or community college. Transfering from a business school to a liberal arts college is just hard. I would recommend trying to transfer to a school that has a business school so that your units will all transfer and it wont be a problem to graduate on time.</p>
<p>This is their credit policy:</p>
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Credit is not awarded for the following:
o Courses in business, criminal justice, engineering, speech and communication,
computer application, journalism or other pre-professional training courses.
o Math courses below the level of calculus.
o Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or collegiate coursework
completed during secondary school; however, some Amherst departments will
allow you to forego introductory-level courses in areas in which you have already
completed rigorous work.</p>
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<p>Well so far all the courses I've taken are in the arts and sciences because those are the requirements before I take business classes. I may change next term's classes so I take 3 more arts and sciences classes and only 1 and a half business classes (the half only meets for half the term). This would result in 7 courses that are from the arts and sciences that could transfer credit. Amherst also has an open curriculum so I wouldn't have to worry about satisfying any requirements. Taking all that into account, do you still think I wouldn't graduate on time?</p>
<p>Well, you also have to take into account the units per semester your college gives you. If your school only gives you 3 units per class, what Amherst would do is divide the total number of transferable units by 4 (since Amherst gives 4 units per class) and that would give you the total amount of transferable classes. To be honest, I don't think you would graduate on time based on the fact that LACs have a hard time transferring units.</p>