General Education or Associate Degree before transfer?

Jed Porada: The word "remedial" does not play well with admissions.

Kip Ockenfels: "But if you're having to take remedial classes, you're not university material anyway."Yeah, ignore Tina. She clearly does not know what she's talking about. If you have to take remedial classes, that is okay. As long as you complete higher level classes prior to transfer you should be okay! I highly recommend against the Associates Degree. No one cares about this degree that's why - you really just need to focus on your general education so you can get a Bachelor's Degree. I wish you the best of luck and sometimes GE can take to two years. If you have any more questions, feel free to email me....Show more

Burt Cheevers: It depends on where you are and what the 4 year school requires.Most universities in the US will allow you to transfer over with adequate grades from the CC at any time.There are some schools that guarantee admission if you complete your Associates at the CC and! have a designated minimum GPA.Usually GE courses include speech, History, English, Intro to Sociology and to Psych, and maybe a lab science - it often depends on your major and the requirements of the 4-year as well as any state requirementsHere is what you do - find a 4 year that you are likely to apply to and review their degree requirements in their online catalog. Also look at their transfer admission requirements.That ought to answer your questions about how many academic credits you must have earned in order to apply to transfer over.....Show more

Keven Drumgole: A lot of universities require you to have more than one year of schooling (or at least 30+ credits) to be considered a transfer student, or else you will have to submit your HS transcript and possibly SAT scores for the freshman admission. I would go ahead and complete an Associates degree, or if your CC has it complete the Direct Transfer Degree. CC's that are partnered with a particular university pr! ovide the DTD program for students to complete then transfer t! o that university with junior status, having fulfilled all general ed. requirements. The student is then able to immediately start working on the major course work....Show more