<p>Just had a quick question.</p>
<p>I received my Associates in the Arts before I matriculated for the Fall 2010 as a Freshmen at my LAC.</p>
<p>Out of the 63 credits completed for the degree, only 27 will be transferrable because 36 of them were completed in high school and went towards my high school graduation requirements.</p>
<p>I have completed 18 credits of credit at my LAC this Fall, and am enrolled for 18 credits in the Spring. That'll put me back up to 63 transferrable credits.</p>
<p>Now, if I were to transfer for the Fall of 2012, I'm pretty sure I would have a total of 99 transferrable credits. I am double/triple majoring, and expect to spend 4-5 years completing my undergraduate studies.</p>
<p>Would having these many credits knock me out for the Fall of 2012? Or do colleges really not care?</p>
<p>Majors: Political Science, Arabic, and International Relations with a Middle Eastern focus
Minors: Middle Eastern Studies, Intelligence/World Conflicts (something along these lines)
Career Path: Intelligence or Law</p>
<p>My current LAC only offers Political Science and a three course pre-law track.</p>
<p>Depends on the college… Some colleges will only transfer over 2 years worth of credits, while others won’t accept transfers with more than 2 years worth of credits. I don’t believe that more credits are necessarily better.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know Brown has a similar rule. The most selective school I’d be applying to would be Vanderbilt. I contacted them and they told me that only 60 credits would transfer. I understand that, but I was wondering if it would hurt my chances.</p>
<p>Does Vandy/ the other schools permit triple majoring? What is the average course load at your current school? If it’s 15 credits, then you might be better off with that amount and getting involved with an amazing extracurricular instead (and that would give you 60 credits). Why not apply for Fall 2011 and see what happens?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Vanderbilt does — I need to look into it a bit more. I mean, I can always take a semester off and do a study-abroad.</p>
<p>I’m going to apply for the Fall of 2011, but I’ve been heavily discouraged because of a disciplinary violation that occurred my sophomore year of high school which resulted in me being dismissed from the school. I am writing an essay about it for the Common App but I don’t feel that it is very convincing and I feel it may ultimately knock me out. I understand that you are supposed to take credit for the incident and explain what you learned — but the truth is, I simply didn’t do it.</p>
<p>I believe that if i wait another year, it might not be as heavily weighted.</p>