Transfer of Community College Credits to Elitist Universities

Transfer Students
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<p>It seems that top public schools like UVA and UNC will transfer most, if not all, of my community college credits. But even they have lots of “policies” about which ones they will and will not accept, and what they may be applied towards, etc.</p>

<p>As I am considering options and wearing out my gray matter trying to figure out what I want to do… it would be helpful to hear from anyone who has recently transfered from a community college (or any other college/university that is non-competitive) to a tier 1 Superschool (i.e. anything that is top 30, research or LAC). </p>

<p>After narrowly missing Stanford, I am wondering how many of my classes I will have to repeat if I am to gain admission to an elitist institution that can be uber-picky about what classes are “good enough” for their stamp of approval (i.e. Stanford’s economics homepage bluntly states that any Intro to Macro or Micro economics classes taken at a community college will not be given credit*.</p>

<p>*I suspect that it’s because they are not Calculus-based</p>

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<p>Elitist Universities?</p>

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<p>Yeah- schools that are elitist in nature: demand to attend the school far exceeds the school’s education capacities, per sea…</p>

<p>Places like the Ivies, Stanford/MIT, Williams/Swath/Amerst (top-tier Superschools… the kinds that must sort through six or seven 4.0 students and decide which one gets the single acceptance they have to offer).</p>

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<p>Elitist should be replaced by elite. Elitist has a pretty negative connotation, which may be throwing people off.</p>

<p>I remember reading that little note on Stanford’s webpage a year or so ago and crossing it off of my list due to that. Petty reason, I know, but I needed every reason I could get to shorten my list. </p>

<p>Anyways, I don’t know how “elite” the universities I gained admission to are considered, but all of them accepted the maximum (60) number of credits that would transfer and I came from a community college. HTH.</p>

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<p>Thanks Brand. Glad you noticed.</p>

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<p>I can see how you would interpret my word choice as a simple mistake (elite and elitist do have very different meanings, and not just connotatively-speaking). </p>

<p>I did, however, wish to imply that these schools do often have policies that are elitist in nature (such as the Stanford econ department’s choice not to accept community college coursework- which I would agree is a bit elitist, even though I could understand why they might be in favor of such a policy).</p>

<p>Anyhow, thanks for the answer- good info. What does “HTH” stand for? Would you care to list which schools you are talking about?</p>

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<p>HTH: Hot Tranny Hands</p>

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<p>You can read my post: “Transfer Admission (NYU / Cornell): Arduousness or Over-exaggeration”</p>

<p>It’s true…!</p>

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<p>LOL</p>

<p>HTH means hope that helps. The schools I gained admission to are listed on my stats profile.</p>

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<p>Yale transferred all of my credits. But then again, Yale is like Hogwarts, Harvard is like Azkaban. It probably depends on how well the school you’re transferring into knows and trusts the community college you took the classes at, as well.</p>

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<p>^ A Harry Potter reference. Classic.</p>

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<p>i didn’t come from a community college but most of my credits are coming in as electives and will not fulfill many of nyu’s distribution requirements. really lame…i’m still a freshman according to them.</p>

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<p>Uhh…frrrph, have you ever seen or been to Annenberg Hall at Harvard? That’s Hogwarts. Not you ridiculous neo-Gothic stuff at Yale. </p>

<p>And wait till I send a few dementors after you in New Haven. Then you’ll know where Azkaban is really located…</p>

<p>jkjkjk :)</p>

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<p>If you can send dementors after him, then they got to be either at Harvard or New Jersey…is this a New Jersey joke?</p>

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<p>Bring it on, my patronus is a giant bulldog. With RABIES. Silver-shimmering rabies particles ftw!</p>

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<p>what are you people talking about?</p>

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<p>Haha…apparently both the (good-natured) traditional Harvard-Yale rivalry and Harry Potter references are lost on some.</p>

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<p>I’d compare the ivies with the different houses within hogwarts. Princeton=gryf, yale=hufflepuff, harvard=slyth. and dartmouth=ravenclaw.</p>

<p>anyway-I think that if you can land a spot at an elite univ. then you should just make the sacrifice and take the class over again if you have too.</p>

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<p>I pretty much agree (education is one of the few things in life that you can never really have too much of)</p>