International Transfers.

NoonesFool
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:30:52 +0000

Accelerated graduation means completing 4 years’ worth of credits in less than four years, e.g. with AP credits or summer classes. Do you have a plan to get extra credits?



I read on MHC’s website that some A levels subjects are given extra credit for. But that was for freshmen applicants. On the transfer applicants page it said they do not transfer pre-college level courses. This confuses me. Do A Levels subjects count as pre-college level courses? If not, then no I don’t have an actual plan now :D. Can’t you opt for accelerated graduation once you do transfer by taking extra courses? ‘Course overload’ as you put it?



Can you audit a few classes? Like, go to class without getting credit for it? I know that engineering is tough enough as it is, but you might have time to attend one extra lecture each semester?



The system here is very different from american colleges. You get an engineering degree from an engineering college that offers only engineering/math/science courses. There are some compulsory non-science subjects (i.e. Islamiat and Pakistan Studies) but I doubt that these would transfer. Also, I’d have to check if they are awarded credit even here. If you want to study a liberal arts subject, then you go to a college where they would award you a degree in that subject. There’s no overlapping allowed. Hence, even if I wanted to audit a couple of classes, I can’t. Ofcourse, I can join classes offered at other colleges during the summer when I’m free but then again there’s a pretty high fee for this which I kind of doubt my father would want to pay.



I am not saying you shouldn’t go to the US. I just want you to be realistic about your chances, and think about if applying to US colleges again would be a good use of your resources (time, money, etc).



This I realize, which is why I’m trying to be sure it won’t just be a waste of my resources. Sigh. I’m screwed, aren’t I B@r!um? Even if there were a tiny glimmer of hope, just a very small chance that I might, just might be successful, I’d apply. Turn that last stone.

Thank you for your help though. I really appreciate it :)