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Audrey
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What Surprised You About Transfer Credits and Costs?
What surprised you most about credits not transferring when going to UCLA or USC, and how did it affect your timeline? What financial challenges did you face, and how did you handle them?
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Gloria Ortiz
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Hi Audrey,
I did not go to any California schools, however I did experience the transfer credits challenge. First of all, it is great that you are away that some college credits do not move between schools. I didn't know that. The biggest challenge for me was actually going to school in different states. Single states usually the same subjects as a part of all the college programs. (For example, I live in Texas and Texas history is required at several schools.) With this in mind, I would have thought more about what my college plan is. I went to school in Oregon not knowing that I would move back home in Nevada and I would lose a lot of college credits. That would mean more money spent on subjects that I have already learned about. So when you go to a college, think of what it would take for you to stay at that school for the entire four years. I was accepted to an expensive school where I did not have four years worth of money to make sure that I would graduate from that school. If you think that you may not spend all your time in a single school, make sure to understand their credit transfer policy - both at your old school and the new school. There are schools that accept any credits no matter where they came from.
Gloria
I did not go to any California schools, however I did experience the transfer credits challenge. First of all, it is great that you are away that some college credits do not move between schools. I didn't know that. The biggest challenge for me was actually going to school in different states. Single states usually the same subjects as a part of all the college programs. (For example, I live in Texas and Texas history is required at several schools.) With this in mind, I would have thought more about what my college plan is. I went to school in Oregon not knowing that I would move back home in Nevada and I would lose a lot of college credits. That would mean more money spent on subjects that I have already learned about. So when you go to a college, think of what it would take for you to stay at that school for the entire four years. I was accepted to an expensive school where I did not have four years worth of money to make sure that I would graduate from that school. If you think that you may not spend all your time in a single school, make sure to understand their credit transfer policy - both at your old school and the new school. There are schools that accept any credits no matter where they came from.
Gloria