<p>I don’t see why there would ever be a problem transferring your credits to another institution. What college do you think would not accept WPI’s credits???
NR doesn’t show up, it’s as if you never took the course at all, you don’t get credit for it. Of course, if you NR in a course you need for your major, then you have to take it again. What’s nice about it is it encourages students to spread their wings a little without fear of damaging their records. So if you want to take an advanced course outside your academic area because you find it interesting, you can.
If you go to a school and decide it isn’t a good fit, then move on! My son knows one kid who decided engineering is not for him, and just transferred to a good liberal arts school at the end of the first semester. It happens. Again, why do you think you would lose credits?</p>
<p>“If you spend over $50,000 in an academic year on tuition alone…”</p>
<p>Tuition at WPI for 2012-2013 will be $41,234, not over $50,000:</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Financial Aid - Tuition and Fees](<a href=“http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/First/fytuition.html]Office”>http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/FA/First/fytuition.html)</p>
<p>Credit tranfer between this school, on quarter system versus semester system, have been rejected, so this is based not on opinion, but personal experience.</p>
<p>Thank you: my calculations were off a bit, then. </p>
<p>In the event there are no rate increases, tuition for four years would be $164,936, not including books, housing, food and transportation.</p>
<p>The grade report that is sent home to the parents at the end of each set of terms does state that a 1/3 credit class at WPI is equivalent to a 3 credit class at semester based schools. If a student needs a real GPA calculation for transfer credit, or for a scholarship, they can request one from the Registrar. There is a small fee, which I believe is $3 and more if it is a rush.</p>
<p>WeWillBeHeard
My son just got accepted to DigiPen as a transfer student with a number of NRs (not shown of course). If you NR a pile of classes your transcript will reflect it by not having enough credits and by your being on academic warning. A certain number of NRs are built into the system to encourage students to take something out of their comfort zone. Go over that and you will find yourself on academic warning. Receiving too many NR’s though quite obvious to other schools when you send a transcript that has a fraction of the number of credits a student would normally have. That said, my son applied and was accepted into the real time interactive simulation program at DigiPen with several NRs and on warning - but his application was strong because the grades that did show were almost all As and they pretty much insist at DigiPen that transfers start over at the beginning. I think other schools might be more discerning.</p>
<p>Since #5 & #6 mention ND, this recent article mentions both ND and WPI. Read to the very end because WPI is discussed on the last page.</p>
<p><a href=“Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard) - The New York Times”>Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard) - The New York Times;
<p>Does WPI have quite a few students from Pakistan/India?</p>