I am recently in a early college program here in North Carolina (Scotland County) and i really want to go to Duke University but i heard that they don’t accept all of your credits. Since I will be graduating with a two year associates degree, i was wondering will that transfer if i go to Duke or will i have to still take more classes before going into my major. (currently deciding on English and Neurobiology.). Should i still attempt to go or should i take my chances at another college. (Because to me, there may be no part in going if they don’t accept my credits.)
https://registrar.duke.edu/transfer-credit/prematriculation-credit indicates that Duke has some rules that appear to be intended to limit the amount of college credit taken while in high school, particularly dual enrollment situations.
Even if no credit is given, you may want to check with the departments to see if you can get placement for your college courses taken while in high school.
Why is there ‘no part in going’ if they don’t take all your credits?
seniorgirl17 - Drop an email to Duke and ask about your situation. Do they consider you a freshman applicant or a transfer? Can they give you an early estimate of which courses are likely to transfer and as what?
If your high school and community college regularly send students to Duke, the people at those places should also be able to help you with this. Make an appointment with the Transfer Advisor at the community college, and find out about this.
@seniorgirl17 This website provides an answer to your question: http://trinity.duke.edu/undergraduate/academic-policies/transfer-credit
Duke’s experience has been that MANY courses taken elsewhere (especially at the CC level) simply do NOT require adequate academic rigor to be universally accepted for credit (and, often, they also do not really provide the necessary preparation for success in upper level courses at Duke). The University’s policy is quite clear:
http://trinity.duke.edu/undergraduate/academic-policies/transfer-credit
https://registrar.duke.edu/transfer-credit/prematriculation-credit.
General guidance includes:
- Courses taken after the commencement of the junior year of high school in which you received a grade of B- or better DO TRANSFER, if there is a Duke equivalent course.
- Courses taken prior to the commencement of the junior year of high school DO NOT TRANSFER, nor do courses taken by correspondence (i.e. on-line).
- Study Abroad Program courses completed prior to matriculation at Duke DO NOT TRANSFER.
- English Composition courses DO NOT TRANSFER (Duke’s University Writing course is required of all students).
- Mathematics courses below calculus DO NOT TRANSFER; calculus courses must be at the Duke level to transfer.
- A maximum of two courses taken by extension may transfer.
If this approach, @seniorgirl17, creates (in your words) “no point in going” (i.e., in attending Duke), then I’m sure the University will endeavor to survive without your presence.
Duke is pretty stingy with transfer credits as everybody has expressed above. I knew somebody who couldn’t even get Organic Chemistry from Northwestern (taken in the summer between sophomore and junior year of college) to transfer to Duke. And that’s Northwestern, a top 15 university, and not a junior/community college…The main reason it wouldn’t transfer, though, was because Northwestern is on the trimester system instead of semester, so Duke argued the content wasn’t as extensive as the Duke curriculum (probably true, given the shorter time frame of the course).