Anyone go to community college & transfer to a 4 year university?

[Kroze]

I don't know how credit transfer works. Do you get to pick and choose what class to transfer or do they just transfer all classes on your transcript?

Also do grades show up on the transfer or do they just show up as completed?

 

[Numenorean]

No. Nobody has ever done this in the history of the human race.

 

[Theb]

Yes to both of your questions. You can choose not to transfer some classes and the grades do transfer. It's possible that you might not be able to transfer some classes, but most of the standard lower division classes should be fine.

 

[Pantlegz]

yea, luckily the schools had an agreement that allowed all the classes to transfer only if I got my AAS. Otherwise about 1/2 of them wouldn't have. check the university they should have something on their website that says what they'll accept from where.

 

[MotF Bane]

Assuming that you are currently at a community college, and looking to transfer - check the four year university's website. They are likely to have information regarding it, especially if they have an arrangement worked out with a local community college. If you can't find the information you need, email the registrar's office.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Go speak with a counselor at the CC - they will provide you a list of classes that directly transfer to the University system in your state.

Many CC classes do not - so follow the list and only take classes that transfer and satisfy the University's requirements.

 

[rcpratt]

Make damn sure going in that you ask the universities which classes will transfer to them (and schools within those universities if you have an idea on that). The CC will screw you on this stuff.

 

[Pantlegz]

Go speak with a counselor at the CC - they will provide you a list of classes that directly transfer to the University system in your state.

Many CC classes do not - so follow the list and only take classes that transfer and satisfy the University's requirements.

No, go to the University and talk to them. Counselors at CC's are like sales people they'll tell you anything to keep you there.

 

[BoomerD]

In California, there is an easy way to find out what classes at your community college will transfer to the CSU or UC systems...

http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html

 

[Wyndru]

yea, luckily the schools had an agreement that allowed all the classes to transfer only if I got my AAS. Otherwise about 1/2 of them wouldn't have. check the university they should have something on their website that says what they'll accept from where.

This is the way mine was, although the school I transferred to was only a 2 year school. Basically it was a school for years 3 and 4 of a BS degree so they really were only accepting students with associates of specific IT degrees.

 

[Linflas]

When I did it Virginia had a booklet that detailed exactly what classes transferred between the community college system and the state universities. I followed that and all my classes transferred correctly for me.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I don't know how credit transfer works. Do you get to pick and choose what class to transfer or do they just transfer all classes on your transcript?

Also do grades show up on the transfer or do they just show up as completed?

Yes grades show up, and no you cannot pick what classes transfer.

In Minnesota we have the MnTC (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum)...if your class from the CC is on that, it will transfer as another class to the U of M.

Only 2 of my classes did not transfer, which I am petitioning to get credit for, but that can be hit or miss.

You can check our transfer.org if you want to see which courses transfer as well...I have never tried jumping states though.

I am about to start my first semester, part time, at the U of M ... after getting my AS from community college 2 years ago ... works just been too good

 

[sciencewhiz]

I transferred from a California Community College to a Private University in NY.

Since I didn't know what particular college I was going to transfer, I started at the community college by talking to the community college counselors to find out what classes typically transfer well. Once I knew what universities I was applying to, I started talking to their counselors to determine which would transfer.

Because I completed my AS, that satisfied an entire block of humanities courses that might not have worked out so well they reviewed individual courses. For my science and engineering courses, they looked at them one by one, and everything transferred except for one class where I only took the first class in a 2 class series (it was 2 classes at the CC, 1 at the university).

My transcript shows Transferred XXX credits from XXX Community College. Grades did not transfer. I had a separate transfer sheet that shows which CC classes transferred to cover which University classes for fulfilling pre-reqs, but that's not part of the transcript.

If you're transferring locally, more then likely there are already transfer agreements in place and it will less work then what I did.

 

[MotF Bane]

Make damn sure going in that you ask the universities which classes will transfer to them (and schools within those universities if you have an idea on that). The CC will screw you on this stuff.

And the university will also screw you on this stuff too.

 

[ViviTheMage]

And the university will also screw you on this stuff too.

It's not the CC that screws you, it's the unni you're transferring to...but luckily, once you're transferred, and the credits are over ... they can't go away, at least at the U of M.

 

[Ns1]

Counselors at CC's are like sales people they'll tell you anything to keep you there.

my counselor was money and got me the fuck out of the CC. Accepted for both colleges I applied to with little in the way of lost credits (which was not the counselors fault, just classes the college would not accept for transfer)

 

[nanette1985]

Two of my kids did this. In both cases, they got a 2-year associates degree and then went on to an in-state university. Here in NJ there are agreements as to what happens in that situation - with the AS degees they needed lot fewer credits to complete the BS degrees than if you randomly took the same amount of credits at the community college but didn't get a degree.

Saved them a heck of a lot of money.

EDIT: do the research in advance, don't assume anything will transfer. get it in writing.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Make damn sure going in that you ask the universities which classes will transfer to them (and schools within those universities if you have an idea on that). The CC will screw you on this stuff.

Yep. I'm going through a real headache right now trying to get things straighted out with my transferable credits.

 

[Kroze]

I'm better off go to a different college and start off fresh as I got several F on my transcript with the current college.

It wasn't because I fail the class, it's because I dropped but never officially withdraw from the class.

My GPA was around 3.6 but with those Fs it dragged my GPA down to 2.5

They (counselor) said I can take the class again and get an A but it won't take the F away from the transcript. WTF huh.

 

[Hacp]

I'm better off go to a different college and start off fresh as I got several F on my transcript with the current college.

It wasn't because I fail the class, it's because I dropped but never officially withdraw from the class.

My GPA was around 3.6 but with those Fs it dragged my GPA down to 2.5

They (counselor) said I can take the class again and get an A but it won't take the F away from the transcript. WTF huh.

Take it as a lesson learned.

 

[rcpratt]

It's not the CC that screws you, it's the unni you're transferring to...but luckily, once you're transferred, and the credits are over ... they can't go away, at least at the U of M.

The university will give you the answer if you ask them beforehand. The CC is likely to lie to get your money.

University rules on which classes transfer can only screw you if you don't know them.

 

[Elias824]

I'm better off go to a different college and start off fresh as I got several F on my transcript with the current college.

It wasn't because I fail the class, it's because I dropped but never officially withdraw from the class.

My GPA was around 3.6 but with those Fs it dragged my GPA down to 2.5

They (counselor) said I can take the class again and get an A but it won't take the F away from the transcript. WTF huh.

That's very odd, every college I've heard of will replace low grades if you re-take the class. I know typically there is a form you can fill out too that will let you retroactively drop classes, though its typically reserved for if you had some major life issue, medical issue, or something that prevented you from dropping on time.

 

[SunnyD]

Yes. It was pretty seamless for me since I transferred into a state university. That said, me sure to check that the classes you've already taken actually transfer. Also, there's usually a credit cap that transfers as well... I had 84 credits coming out of my community college, but only 72 credits were allowed to be transferred in. I already had a degree program chosen, so they did most of the work in picking the right courses to transfer in for my program.

 

[dullard]

For your first question, you must debate with the university on which classes to transfer. It isn't a black and white thing. Although far too many people take what the university says and leave it at that. Find the actual dean (or the dean's assistant) and get him/her to approve it in person. You'll do far better that way than just being another piece of paper in their inbox. The dean can do just about anything. With the right attitude, they'll often bend the student's way.

As for grades, I've never seen them transfer. They didn't for me. All that transferred was "passed" or "not passed". Clearly, you didn't pass, so that can still be a mark against you even if the grade itself wasn't transferred. Be sure to tell them not to transfer those classes. Tell them in person. Or just retake them at your first school (as most drop the first grade and just report the second one if you repeat a class).

 

[sciencewhiz]

They (counselor) said I can take the class again and get an A but it won't take the F away from the transcript. WTF huh.

At my university, if you re-took the class, the original time you took the class stays on the transcript, but the grade is changed to "grade replaced". Only the second grade counts in the GPA. Someone who looks at the transcript could easily assume that any grade replaced are failures, but the F did not stay.