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Don't ever take classes at a community college...

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notfred

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... unless the community college has an agreement set up SPECIFICALLY with the university you're going to go to that transfers EVERY class you will take to the 4 year school.

Trying to get transfer credit for classes that two schools haven't agreed upon as being equivelent is a HUGE pain in the ass.
 
Yes, that's not an uncommon problem.

There's a tech school here that gives associate degrees. Their ads say you can finish a bachelor's at a four-year school if you want. What they don't say is that of the eight colleges/universities in town, exactly one accepts any of the tech school's transfer credits.

So people spend $18K on a associate degree at the tech school, and end up with a choice of one school to transfer to. And if that school doesn't have the program you want, you kind of flushed $18K down the toilet (you still have the associate degree, though).
 
I went to a community college for two years, and all but about 2 classes transferred to the university I'm currently at. I didn't know I was coming here until the second year sometime, and never checked if classes would transfer. Guess I'm lucky.
 
Originally posted by: rezinn
I don't think any university will accept all credits from a community college. Why would they?
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umm thats the main point of going to a community college so you can sve money the first two years
 
Actually, community college credits are some of the easiest to transfer, because that's one of their main functions. Ever try to transfer credits from anywhere else? Most colleges especially expensive ones don't want you taking "cheap" classes and not paying them the megabucks for their own English 101 course.

Here in NJ the system is pretty good, if you ask ahead of time. It is set up so that the Associate's degree credits are transferrable to a STATE school.

Of course, it's a great idea to check first, if you're taking classes to transfer. If you don't, you'll get an education in how the system works/doesn't work . . .
 
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