<p>I am planning to attend Mesa Community College in Arizona. I want to transfer after I get my AS degree in Biology! </p>
<p>I plan to go to California or if I am real lucky New York for a 4 year college. The site only provides insights to colleges in Arizona but nothing for out of state</p>
<p>Do all regionally accredited colleges accepts transfer credits from other regional accreditation institutions? Because I know MCC is from the North part of the association and California is from the West. If none of my classes get transferred, then I prefer looking through other community colleges that will…</p>
<p>Also how do we know which campus to choose from? There are two campuses in MCC and I cant find any help on how to choose the college. We can’t attend both campuses can we?</p>
<p>Mesa has an articulation agreement with AZ universities, which admits students with an Associates degree in with Junior status. There is probably not such an agreement with any CA or NY colleges, but all that means is that when you apply, they will review your transcript and decide which courses will transfer. </p>
<p>As long as you take typical courses (e.g. Psychology 101, English 101, Biology 101, etc.), they will most likely transfer without difficulty. If you really want to feel assured, look at course catalogs from the colleges that you would like to transfer to, and see if the same courses are offered. Virtually all colleges accept transfer courses that are identical to those they offer.</p>
<p>The other thing to check into is whether or not transfer will be easier or more acceptable if you hold an Associates degree. In the cases of interstate transfer, it generally seems that earning an Associates degree does not confer any particular advantage to the transfer student. If that is in fact the case, then you don’t have to concern yourself as much with taking the coursework required to earn the Associates degree. Instead, you could take the coursework that would most match up with the first two years of the college(s) you hope to transfer to. In most cases, though, the coursework for the latter will probably be pretty much the same as for the former.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply! I only saw this now! But how would I know if the courses are identical? that part really confuses me? Everyone though keeps on telling me it doesnt matter which community college I attend to, as long as my grades are good and I am taking the right classes to transfer?</p>
<p>Some schools like USC have an ‘articulation history’ on their website. It shows you the course to course equivalency and can help you pick which courses to choose.</p>
<p>You need to ask the people at Mesa whether you have been admitted to one specific campus. Usually CCs with more than one campus allow students to take classes at the campus that is most convenient for them. If that is the case, you may want to take all of your classes at one campus so that you don’t have to travel back and forth. </p>
<p>Once you are there, make an appointment with the Transfer Counselor. Tell that person about your target colleges/universities so that you can get help planning your program. The Transfer Counselor should be able to tell you where students from Mesa have transferred in recent years.</p>
<p>Most colleges have similar intro courses, which should transfer easily between each other. If the courses have similar titles and numbers that are in the same ballpark, you should be OK. Just avoid ‘niche’ or funky-sounding courses. Those courses may be very interesting and worthwhile, but colleges generally don’t like to transfer in courses that they don’t understand. So, ‘Abnormal Psychology’ will transfer just about anywhere, but ‘The Psychology of 19th-Century Sociopaths’ will probably not. </p>
<p>If you get a course catalog for the colleges you want to transfer to, you can see the courses they offer, and try to match them up with the courses you intend to take at your current school.</p>
<p>so if I wanted to transfer to UC Berkley and they have a 101 Biology class and Mesa CC has a 101 Biology class it is likely to transfer? somewhat like that? </p>
<p>Thanks for eveyone’s help and sorry for the late reply! I don’t know why but I dont get notices on my email for the replies I got.</p>
<p>I chose to defer to Spring 2012…Being 17 years old and going alone as an international student is really hard so I choice to wait until I turn 18. I guess I will try to get some money for my plane ticket and study so I don’t forget anything in the meantime!</p>
<p>But what is everyone’s say in going to a CC in CA or AZ? I chose AZ and thought that it would cheaper for housing =p</p>
<p>Biology 101 at Mesa could be very different from Biology 101 at UC-Berkeley. The college you transfer to will evaluate each of your courses to determine what they are equivalent to. They have access to a nationwide database of course equivalencies, and they also keep their own records. Since you know that you will transfer, you should keep copies of all of the course syllabus and all of your work for every class that you take at the community college. That way if you need to petition for credit, you will be able to demonstrate what was included in the class.</p>