<p>like the title says, at what point is it too late to transfer schools? after the spring i will have 69 credit hours, and it seems like it just may not be worth it to transfer if i wait that long (or as of now i have 53 credits, and can transfer immediately)</p>
<p>is there ever a point where you should just stay where your at?</p>
<p>well, i would have said after two years, but the other day someone talked about transferring to UMich after their junior year and it seemed like a legal thing to do. </p>
<p>69 credit hours isn't too many. I'll finish my 2 years at my CC with 74. I think schools really get supsicious and will give you a harder time once you hit the 90 credit mark.</p>
<p>Regarding units, the message I got was that many schools, particularly privates, will cut your units at the 60 mark. So while it may not hurt your chances, the hours and money you spent above that would be rather futile. But if you needed those classes for preq, then its a different story.</p>
<p>Heck, according to my current schedule, I am going to finish off CC with 86 units. Mostly due to the annoying 'breadth' requirement from Haas.</p>
<p>that's the same message I got - you can't transfer more than 60, and usually, you won't even get that many to actually make it through the process. If you go too far over 60, you may want to add a little footnote in your app explaining that you are definitely planning on meeting their two year residency requirement as some schools raise a red flag if they see a student with too many hours as they wonder whether that student will end up staying for two years.</p>
<p>But now that I think about that, it doesn't make sense. If they only accept maximum 60 credits, it shouldn't matter how many you take. Yet I am basically reiterating what Libby at UChicago told me when I asked her.</p>
<p>Actually, private colleges often require two years of residency no matter how many credits over 60/64 semester hours you have. All colleges will look at the courses you've enrolled in to see which ones are similar to courses offered by their institution and give you credit for those.</p>
<p>Most privates don't care if you have more credits...just that you meet the two year residency requirement.</p>
<p>The cutting down on units that many of these schools do is to ensure that, if you are accepted, you will complete at least half of your college work and spend at least two years at that particular school.</p>
<p>So then it really doesn't matter how far you go over? But I would definitely not get too close to 90 as you are usually considered a senior at that point and that will be a big negative.</p>