Will an online calc class at a local state community college transfer as a requirement to a top 25 engineering program?

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I am thinking about transferring to a top 25 engineering program in a year or so, and subsequently switching majors. I found a potential problem however. I am currently taking a calc 1 class at my local state CC, and it is online and fully proctored. However, after researching about transfer requirements in depth I found that Georgia Tech and Umich do not accept that class(probably because it is online). Will this be a problem for transferring into the engineering programs of most top 25 colleges even if they do not mention anything about online classes and do not have that class in their database’s? And Calc 1 is obviously a basic req everywhere.

note: I took it online purely because I did could not credit overload more at my college.

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Check each school.

I don’t see why an online course would be treated differently than in person - if the school is accredited etc.

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There is no shortcut - you need to check the requirements for each college.

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I did. Notre Dame, Michigan, and MIT for sure do not accept any online classes. However, for pretty much all the other colleges I did not find the course in their database, so it is hard to tell. But I assume something basic like Calc 2 should be accepted when I trasnfer over

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Some schools will require the syllabus and won’t review until after matriculation, so you may not know before having to make a decision.

You will need to individually check with each school.

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@HH_IOH, you can check online if GT, Purdue, and UMD accept your course. Other schools likely also have online databases like this. If not, write to them.

https://oscar.gatech.edu/pls/bprod/wwsktrna.P_find_state

https://selfservice.mypurdue.purdue.edu/prod/bzwtxcrd.p_select_info

https://app.transfercredit.umd.edu/inst-search.html?searchType=master

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So Michigan is extremely tough to transfer science or math classes. They will want the syllabus and sometimes the final tests. Unless they have a working relationship with whomever.

They do have helpful people for this and used to have Transfer Tuesdays where you can send in your transcripts and talk one on one with a transfer admissions counselor.

Many that transfer to Michigan find they might have to retake a class or two.

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Many top schools will not accept transfer credit from community college or two year institutions.

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I think some accept these, but not online courses.

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That is why the OP needs to look at what will be accepted at each college.

The OP can always retake the one class if necessary.

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This is very common and not the end of the world.

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I would be fine with retaking. But Calc 2 is a required course to get accepted into a lot of engineering departments as a transfer. Is it possible that they accept me as a transfer, but make me retake Calc 1?

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If Calc 2 is a requirement for the college’s engineering department can they deny admission if they do not accept the class for transfer credits, or will they accept me but just make me retake the Calc 2 class.

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Again, that seems something that each college will decide.

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No clue. Don’t know the school but just call and ask. They are there to help you.

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Also one last question: You cannot send your classes to be checked to these colleges before you apply to transfer right(this is assuming that the class is not in their database). Or does that also depend on the college?

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Again, this is a question I would ask admissions.

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Some do accept you have to check. Rice University, in the past, would not accept any transfer credit from a 2 year institution as an example.

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You need to take a transferrable Calculus2 class, in person, and do well. That will clear the issue.

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