Community college transfer

b_r_um
Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:21:10 +0000

To be honest, I like traveling a lot and I want to go to one of those free-tuition European Universities; plus I thought maybe it’d be easier on my parents because they can’t afford expensive universities. But my question is, can I transfer to, let’s say, France or Germany with an Associate’s Degree? Since I’ll be completing the first two years of study in a community college, will they accept the credits? I even have a DELF-A1 certificate (French Language Cert.)

No, they won’t accept the credits. In fact, unless you already took a fair number of AP classes in high school, an Associate’s degree is required for American applicants to enroll as a first-year student at a German university. (For example, not a single German university teaches calculus because that’s a high school graduation requirement in Germany. Ditto for calculus-based physics and a first course in organic chemistry.)

FYI, a Bachelor’s degree is structured completely differently in Europe than in the US. In Europe, every single class you take would be for your major (and maybe a minor). No general education requirements, no free electives. On the flip side, college only takes 3 years instead of 4.