Credits that will count towards that #3 “12 credit hour” policy have to be TAKEN AT VT, cannot count any courses taken at community college, AP credit, dual enrollment from high school, etc. This makes the transfer after your freshman semester very difficult. So many students who were very strong academically in high school will most likely be bringing in credits from one source or another (I think my son had the very least - two freshman semesters of English from dual enrollment, so he did not take English at VT).