<p>I'm hoping to transfer to Yale for the fall semester (crazier things have been known to happen- tumors with mouths and vocal chords for example) and was wondering how they go about the process of transferring credits. Do they simply base their decision from the official transcript you submit during the admission process and simply 'match' courses with similar names or is it a much more thorough in which they contact the previous college/professors directly?</p>
<p>I ask because a lot of my course classes have names that aren't found in Yale's coursebook but hold similar curriculum.</p>
<p>Yea I heard they just go through the curriculum looking for the most similar course and award you that many credits. Of course, if you took extremely esoteric courses (Underwater Basket Weaving in Brazil), you might not get credit but in general... college curriculums are pretty similar and Yale's pretty big. If you're transferring from another top school, the course offerings are going to be pretty much identical.</p>
<p>No need to send professor info. They usually try and transfer as many credits as they can based on what they already have on the school. </p>
<p>When it comes to specific classes you want to transfer to go towards requirements for the major, however, you might want to talk to the department head of that major - mine asked for a syllabus of all previous classes in that discipline, preferrably any paper or assignment you have to show from it, things like that.</p>
<p>Interesting. At what point do you do that, frrrrph?</p>
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<li><p>As soon as you're (HOPEFULLY) admitted, along with your acceptance</p></li>
<li><p>After the semester start and you consult with a coordinator about your major?</p></li>
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<p>After the semester starts - there will even be a specific day where department heads have tables and are there to answer your questions, or just send them a quick e-mail about your situation before then if you're anxious about it. </p>
<p>You'll have plenty of opportunity to work other credit transfer issues out with the transfer Dean, an extremely approachable and helpful person. Also know that transfers aren't bound to the same requirement time table as other undergraduates, which has been a huge relief (I get to put off my last science class ever until... well... see, I don't even have to think about that for another semester or so. Yay transfer).</p>
<p>You transferred to Yale?! The legends are true! </p>
<p>I must ask. What were your stats?? (I'm passing the SATs Saturday morning and I've been in college for two years....I've been reviewing a lot but a lot of that math section is just not seeping in. I'm wondering if the SAT score is a big factor for transfers)</p>
<p>I don't think my "stats" were that important in the overall picture, to be honest. I mean, I have no way to tell just how representative my case would be, but personally I'd advise you to worry less about numbers and instead spend that time on thinking about what a college education means to you and how Yale specifically can help you make the best out of it.</p>
<p>This forum helped me get a lot of stuff straight in the absence of a councelor at my old school, but there are limits to how reliable any critique you get from over-competitive kids on here will be. Especially for transfers, I'd say good grades are just the threshold - the actual things that got us here were the intangibles, the quirks, the passion we brought to the table.</p>
<p>Yeah I know. I'm pretty proud of my first few essay drafts I'm not too worried about the grades (i maintained a pretty stellar gpa and am not taking any classes this semester- internship). Im just most worried about the SATs. I didn't prepare them as much as I could have and doubt I'll get one of those amazing 2300-2400...especially in math. Just wondering if theres still an implicit cut-off for transfers as well or if its far less relevant in transfer cases.</p>
<p>yale's courses are only worth 1 credit each, (unless it's an introductory language, in which case it's worth 1.5 credits/semester) so they wouldn't go looking for "equivalent" numbers of course credits, because it's not an issue.</p>