<p>My high school offers a lot of college courses and AP courses. I’ve taken a lot of these and I’m up to 43 college credits (if they accept all of them).</p>
<p>I looked up which classes they have equivalent classes for and 3 of the classes didn’t show up. Does that mean that I won’t get any credit for them and that I wasted my money on the college credit, or that it will count as an elective?</p>
<p>Also, how would my coop program work if I come into the school with 2 semesters already done?</p>
<p>You would still have to wait until your second year to do coop. You need to take the coop class. You would probably only go on two coops instead of three. For the three classes that don’t show up, you may be able to use them as an elective, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>Well most colleges only accept credits for college courses taken during high school if the grade you earned was higher than a C, if the course was a real college course (taught by a professor, and had real college students in the class) and if the college that you took the course at is accredited and has the same or higher level of academics as the college that you are applying to (i.e. Northeastern)</p>
<p>For instance if you took a course at the local community college Northeastern probably wouldn’t give you credit for that.</p>
<p>Also if the course was offered by your high school and not a college and there were no real college students in your course than Northeastern probably won’t give you credit for that course either. Unless it was a AP course and you got a 4or a 5 on the AP test.</p>
<p>Hope that answered your questions.</p>
<p>43 credits is lot, I don’t know that I’d expect all of them to be accepted. A lot of it, sure, but maybe not all.</p>
<p>You still couldn’t go on co-op until your sophomore year. I don’t know anyone who has done it earlier than spring of sophomore. Employers prefer students with background in their major, as well as students with more work experience which comes with age/time in school.</p>
<h2>For instance if you took a course at the local community college Northeastern probably wouldn’t give you credit for that.</h2>
<p>Actually this is not true. I know of students at NEU who were given credit for classes taken at the local community college. When you matriculate, your academic advisor will review all of the courses you have taken and evaluate for credit. These show up as credits on your NEU transcript but no grades are attached. They should free you up to eliminate some of the required core classes. You will need to consult with your academic advisor for the particulars.
One other bonus, depending on how many credits you end up with you may be considered a middler instead of a sophomore during your second year and thus have a better shot at the housing lottery.</p>
<p>@RedSox2007: Thanks for the response. I think 2 coops should be enough.</p>
<p>@amieptl: My high school has a program where we can take college courses during high school at the high school. I am given the same credit as if I had taken them at the college. They are all done through a college and the college professor that teaches the class at the college comes into our class a few times a semester to teach. Also, I have earned higher than a C in all of these classes.</p>
<p>@Emily2007: Yeah I’m expecting to get 31 of the credits because of the 3 classes (4 semesters) that didn’t have equivalents in the NEU program. I was told on the phone by a counselor that all of the others should transfer but I won’t know for sure until I meet with my academic advisor in person over the summer to plan my schedule. The person I spoke to didn’t know if the courses that didn’t show up would count for elective credit though.</p>
<p>@ebeeeee: Yeah that’s what I thought. A better chance at the housing lottery would be nicee</p>
<p>^yeah, you’ll almost definitely get better housing your 2nd year. I had friends in your situation, who had enough credits to be considered sophomores when they applied for housing. They all got really good lottery numbers.</p>
<p>My roommate from last year had enough credits to be considered a middler at the end of freshman year though and they said that didn’t matter…his credit didn’t help at all…weird.</p>