I was thinking about taking 2 courses this summer that I know will transfer back to NCSU, since I already checked on the course equiv. list. Is it really worth the worry of transferring the classes back? Will there be a big problem with it? Especially courses like Calc II (since I'll only have to pay $160 for tuition for the course instead of $480 DE at State). And would I get any financial aid since I'm not full time at the community college? I received full financial aid (lots of grants) at State but I'm not sure how this goes with CC.

1/15/2006 8:22:17 PM

I know transfer credits get annoying when it comes time to apply to gradschools. They want transcripts from all the different schools you've had class at, and paying to send multiple transcripts from state and another school off to several grad schools can add up. Not to mention the bureaucracy that comes with trying to get the transcripts and trying to verify that gradschools recieved them from the different institutions. And most grad schools have their grad admissions department and their individual program department that can each want their own copies. So each new transfer credit exponentially increases bureaucracy and costs for grad school.

Not that any of that really helps you, just consider this a "bttt"

1/15/2006 8:41:55 PM

I had no trouble transferring the classes back to state, and the reduced cost was nice

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1/15/2006 8:45:54 PM

transfers on hard courses is where it's at since your GPA from transfers doesn't count

I did this w/ 2 spanish courses...was easy

1/15/2006 8:46:47 PM

Check with State to see if they will accept the credits. I transferred in from a community college but I believe that once you are a student at NC State, you have to get prior approval to take a class at another college if you want the credits to transfer in.

1/15/2006 8:47:11 PM

No prior approval needed if the class your taking is one NC State's list. You do have to have the community college send a transcript to records and rec.

1/15/2006 8:50:54 PM

i would recommend doing it. i took an english lit class and it was incredibly easy to make an A, and had no trouble w/ the transfer process.

1/15/2006 9:10:31 PM

what about financial aid tho?

1/15/2006 9:12:46 PM

Talk to your financial aid counselor. Everyone on here has one and since financial aid rules and options change frequently, no one- not even an experienced adviser- can help you answer that question better than they can.

[link] http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/financial_aid/staff.htm [/link]

1/15/2006 9:21:16 PM

When I took a course with Wake Tech this summer, NCSU fin. aid people said they can only give aid for NCSU courses (or study abroad programs), and told me to go to Wake Tech to get aid. Wake Tech told me to get aid from NCSU since they are my home school, so as I understood it there was no financial aid for my summer course. However, it was much much cheaper as you already see, the course was painstakingly easy, and the credits transferred no problem. If you're unsure what credits it will transfer as, I know there is a site somewhere on the NCSU page that displays course equivalencies from just about every college.

1/15/2006 9:25:55 PM

1) Make sure the course is on the list of equivalent/accepted courses by NCSU and make sure that list is up to date. Transferring in courses that aren't on the list can be painful.

2) As wolfeee said, contact financial aid for the most up-to-date info on that. I will warn you, make sure you take all of the hours at either NCSU or at the community college. I did a split over the summer and didn't get aid as a result. However, I did do a "full-time equivalency" for courses at UNCC at one point and got full aid that semster. Again, talk to financial aid.

3) If you plan on doing this a bit, check the maximum number of hours that can transfer from outside of NCSU. Check to make sure your degree can accept credit or whether it needs a grade.

4) I don't know that particular community college/your study habits/etc., but for a course like Calc2, make sure you are getting as good of a knowledge base at another insitute as you would be from NCSU.

5) DE is the safe way of going about things.

1/15/2006 10:53:50 PM

^^ I've experienced the same problem of NCSU saying get aid from the other school, and the other school saying NCSU is the one who should provide aid if you are going to get any. I believe the other school actually gave aid to their students who took classes for transfer elsewhere, so I don't think they were being greedy, maybe ncsu being stingy though

As much contempt as I have for the financial aid situation, student health, and the bureaucracy in general, I still like it here… my first book-bag for kindergarten was a ncsu wolfpack one... been a fan ever since.

1/16/2006 3:02:05 AM