community college credits??

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Some schools have a limit on how many community college credits they accept... most accept 60 some 70...I have 76 community college credits. The last 8 credits were for pre req course work. Will schools not count the pre req courses because I went over the 70 credit limit? I would really appreciate if someone can clear this up for me. thank you!
 
gdent said:
Some schools have a limit on how many community college credits they accept... most accept 60 some 70...I have 76 community college credits. The last 8 credits were for pre req course work. Will schools not count the pre req courses because I went over the 70 credit limit? I would really appreciate if someone can clear this up for me. thank you!
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If you take additional science courses at a bonafide university and manage to do well, the number of credits obtained at a CC may not be an issue.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=527335
 
gdent said:
Some schools have a limit on how many community college credits they accept... most accept 60 some 70...I have 76 community college credits. The last 8 credits were for pre req course work. Will schools not count the pre req courses because I went over the 70 credit limit? I would really appreciate if someone can clear this up for me. thank you!
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it depends on the school and also the school might treat each case different. in my case, I have about 40% work done in CC (65 units), and I didn't have trouble getting multiple offers (all the pre-requisite courses were done at a 4-year university though). Pitt said on its website that they don't consider highly of those who did more than 1/3 of their coursework (both general and required) at a CC, but I still got in on 12/1. I even asked them if I could take a 100 level biochemistry class at a CC this semester to fulfill the requirement and they said yes. it's highly negotiable, but make sure you talk to the schools you want to go to beforehand.
 
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ginaych said:
it depends on the school and also the school might treat each case different. in my case, I have about 40% work done in CC (65 units), and I didn't have trouble getting multiple offers (all the pre-requisite courses were done at a 4-year university though). Pitt said on its website that they don't consider highly of those who did more than 1/3 of their coursework (both general and required) at a CC, but I still got in on 12/1. I even asked them if I could take a 100 level biochemistry class at a CC this semester to fulfill the requirement and they said yes. it's highly negotiable, but make sure you talk to the schools you want to go to beforehand.
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schools are likely to be more lenient after accepting you.
 
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