<p>Can a Vandy student save money on the cost of attending Vandy by taking courses at a public university in their home state in the summers?</p>
<p>For example, if I took a Microbiology class at UT in the summer, would it transfer and save me the Vandy expense?</p>
<p>Has anyone done this and how did you know what classes to take?</p>
<p>RW</p>
<p>Your tuition doesn’t change unless you take extra hours (19+ I believe) or are a part time student (11 hours or less).</p>
<p>Summer classes will only save you money if it eliminates enough hours from your degree requirement that you can enroll as a part-time student at some point, or you somehow need so many hours that you would otherwise have to enroll in 19+ one semester.</p>
<p>So no, summer classes will not save you money. However they can make your academic life at Vanderbilt easier and boost your GPA.</p>
<p>Not all classes transfer. You have to get permission from the respective department. They determine if the course is worth of credit and which credit you get for it.</p>
<p>I think there might be a limit on how many summer courses you can transfer. As I recall from my D’s time there (she graduated in 2011), she could only transfer in 2 summer classes for CAS. I could be wrong … you will want to check the website for the particular school (for example, CAS has all its requirements listed on their own website).</p>