<p>Does Wesleyan allow students to take summer courses off-campus for credit?</p>
<p>Please help! Wesleyan only allows students to use 2 AP credits toward credits for graduation. Given current college costs, I am hoping my daughter can graduate from college in 7 semesters, rather than 8. It would save a huge chunk of money. Does Wesleyan give students a difficult time about taking one year-long course or 2 one semester courses over the summer at a student’s home-town public college in order to facilitate graduating in 7 semesters rather than 8? My daughter has been considering applying to Wesleyan ED, but we want to find out the answer to this question before she does so. Thank you!</p>
<p>Have you seen that Wesleyan has a 3 year graduation option (utilizing 2 APs, and 3 Wesleyan summer sessions) that the University says will save students approx. 20% over the cost of the 4 year degree?</p>
<p>I believe the savings is because the short Wesleyan summer session is less expensive tuition that the full semester.</p>
<p>Wesleyan is publicizing this option more this year.</p>
<p>NOTE: I am just a parent of a prospective student and noticed this in the PR material. have no first hand knowledge of how the program works.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, momofzag. I looked up this option, and it’s clear that with AP courses and one summer at a local public college, she could complete college in 7 semesters, which would save about $25K.</p>
<p>nosering, if this is critical to your decision you might want to put in a call to the admissions office to ask specifically whether credit from your local public college would likely be accepted for transfer credit. In my experience, top LACs are quite selective about which courses and institutions they accept for credit, and sometimes they give reduced credit or no credit in unexpected situations. At Wes, even with the new 3-year graduation plan in place, a maximum of 2 summer credits elsewhere can be transferred each summer, and to transfer summer credit from another institution the student must first (before the summer) get permission from the specific department.</p>
<p>As far as summer courses at non-Wesleyan institutions are concerned, it is a department by department decision. In most cases you must apply for approval to the department PRIOR to taking the classes.</p>