List of Schools that do not accept CC credits or AP

[Orth2006]

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Hey all

I havent been really paying attention to the schools fine print on community college/junior college credits. I just used to look at the course requirements. My bad. But as it turns out some school don't accept cc credits. I almost applied to 2 of them before I found out. I hope the ones I already applied to do accept CC credits. ANyway this thread is just to capture schools that do not accept CC credits. So if anyone knows them please feel free to add.
And if this thread has been started before then forgive me and just add the link to it.

Thanks

I know of 2:

Boston Univ.
CASE

 

[kalenakai]

UCLA
USC
Cornell (CC's not recommended)

 

[shuzee]

whaaaaaaaaaaaat?????????????
so if i went to a community college and transferred..........UCLA, USC, BU wont consider me??????????????????????

how absurd, i was never told that at my JC!!!

 

[radioh3ad]

AP credits mean that you did not explore undergrad level curriculum of that science subject.

CC credits, however, well... that's debatable.

these rules obviously help in decreasing the applicant pool of each school. with the new essay too, BU should definitely have less work this time around.

 

[shuzee]

can someone pleaaaase let me know if community college students are not eligible to apply?????????/ i went to a JC for two years after which i transferred to UCLA. does that some schools (like USC, UCLA) will throw my application awway?????????
plzzzzzzzzz, someone please answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
because i have never heard this befroe, and no one at my JC told me!!i have already applied to twenty seven schools!!!

 

[boogzaiyo]

whoa there... so you mean that the calc course i just took this summer at a CC wouldn't qualify for my math requirement for those med schools??

 

[angietron3000]

can someone pleaaaase let me know if community college students are not eligible to apply?????????/ i went to a JC for two years after which i transferred to UCLA. does that some schools (like USC, UCLA) will throw my application awway?????????
plzzzzzzzzz, someone please answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
because i have never heard this befroe, and no one at my JC told me!!i have already applied to twenty seven schools!!!

whoa there. put down the exclamation point and try calling a few of their admissions offices.. they'd probably know better than we do 😛

 

[shuzee]

yeah, you are right, i will do that first thing in the morning
its just that i got a HUGE PANICK ATTACK, and i dont think i can sleep tonight.
😱

 

[Doctor Bagel]

blatantly not accepting cc credits is just straight up wrong. what these schools are saying is that they're not interested in disadvantaged applicants nor are they interested in non-traditional applicants. in portland, the only way to take some of the necessary prereqs at night (a requirement for all of us normal working people) is to take it at the community college. for example, psu (the local, non-community college public school) does not offer either gen chem or orgo at night. luckily, i had those credits already, but what about those students who don't. should they quit their professional day jobs and wait tables to avoid taking a class at a cc?

also, what about your disadvantaged students who enroll at community colleges because they don't have enough money to attend a four-year institution. if they do well and transfer to a good school like the above poster, it's just sh&tty of schools like ucla to come along and say they should retake all their courses. seriously, i can't believe that any school would have the gall to blatantly refuse to accept all cc credits.

 

[thirdunity]

I'm dealing with the CC transfer issue right now. Worse, because I am a biology major, I am required to take some courses - which also are pre-med prereqs - at the CC before transferring. I am going to see if I can transfer into UC Davis as a different major, then change my major once I'm in, after I've taken the courses at Davis. It will be very expensive though as it will keep me there a while longer than two years...

 

[boogzaiyo]

blatantly not accepting cc credits is just straight up wrong. what these schools are saying is that they're not interested in disadvantaged applicants nor are they interested in non-traditional applicants. in portland, the only way to take some of the necessary prereqs at night (a requirement for all of us normal working people) is to take it at the community college. for example, psu (the local, non-community college public school) does not offer either gen chem or orgo at night. luckily, i had those credits already, but what about those students who don't. should they quit their professional day jobs and wait tables to avoid taking a class at a cc?

also, what about your disadvantaged students who enroll at community colleges because they don't have enough money to attend a four-year institution. if they do well and transfer to a good school like the above poster, it's just sh&tty of schools like ucla to come along and say they should retake all their courses. seriously, i can't believe that any school would have the gall to blatantly refuse to accept all cc credits.

amen to that.

but just to make sure, do those schools really not accept cc credit? i mean, ap i can understand, but not actual courses taken at a college, during college. heck, i know TONS of premeds taking premed reqs (physics, calc, etc.) at cc's this summer, so unless i'm totally missing something back there i honestly don't see how cc credits are absolutely not accepted...

im still years away from the actual application process, but itd be damn good to know ahead of time if this really is the case.

 

[Man In White]

I know of 2:

Boston Univ.
CASE

Did you contact Case about their academic requirements? Their website doesn't elaborate very much.

 

[themadchemist]

This is my policy: I took what I took. If you don't like my AP's, fine. If you don't like the two inconsequential courses I took at a community college that I don't need anyway, super. I am who I am, I've done what I've done, and I'm not going back and taking gen chem for the sake of your school.

I honestly bet that most schools that have these requirements don't consider them make or break. If they do, I'll just deal with that bridge when I have to cross it, probably using my superhuman abilities of flight to bound over the burning crossing below.

 

[jon stewart]

blatantly not accepting cc credits is just straight up wrong. what these schools are saying is that they're not interested in disadvantaged applicants nor are they interested in non-traditional applicants. in portland, the only way to take some of the necessary prereqs at night (a requirement for all of us normal working people) is to take it at the community college. for example, psu (the local, non-community college public school) does not offer either gen chem or orgo at night. luckily, i had those credits already, but what about those students who don't. should they quit their professional day jobs and wait tables to avoid taking a class at a cc?

also, what about your disadvantaged students who enroll at community colleges because they don't have enough money to attend a four-year institution. if they do well and transfer to a good school like the above poster, it's just sh&tty of schools like ucla to come along and say they should retake all their courses. seriously, i can't believe that any school would have the gall to blatantly refuse to accept all cc credits.

yea the process is a crapshoott..........

 

[2badr]

This is my policy: I took what I took. If you don't like my AP's, fine. If you don't like the two inconsequential courses I took at a community college that I don't need anyway, super. I am who I am, I've done what I've done, and I'm not going back and taking gen chem for the sake of your school.

I honestly bet that most schools that have these requirements don't consider them make or break. If they do, I'll just deal with that bridge when I have to cross it, probably using my superhuman abilities of flight to bound over the burning crossing below.

Excellent point. You do what you have to do. I also agree with exlawgrrl as well.

 

[sunnyjohn]

This is my policy: I took what I took. If you don't like my AP's, fine. If you don't like the two inconsequential courses I took at a community college that I don't need anyway, super. I am who I am, I've done what I've done, and I'm not going back and taking gen chem for the sake of your school.

I honestly bet that most schools that have these requirements don't consider them make or break. If they do, I'll just deal with that bridge when I have to cross it, probably using my superhuman abilities of flight to bound over the burning crossing below.

👍

 

[shuzee]

I called USC, they DO accept cc credits!!!!!!!!

phew!!!!

but BU does not, that was a waste for me cos i put them on my AMCAS

 

[Orth2006]

Did you contact Case about their academic requirements? Their website doesn't elaborate very much.

Yes I was on the phone with them. It also says on their website the following below:


"You must have fulfilled these prerequisites at an accredited, four-year, degree-granting American or Canadian college or university."

http://casemed.case.edu/admissions/admiss_f.htm

Finally don't take my word for it - call them yourself.

Cheers

 

[pizzalover24]

Pretty interesting considering you prob get a better education at a CC then 4-year university with 100+ students in each of your pre-req courses.

 

[emgirl]

I wonder what those med schools do about extra classes taken at a CC (non-prereqs). For instance, I took Genetics and Immuno at a CC (I didn't have to take them for any school, I just took them out of personal interest)- will schools just not factor these grades into my gpa or does that mean I couldn't apply to BU? It's so dumb- not only are CCs the only schools to offer night classes in my city but our state university is so full that people trying to do a post-bac have to wait until after classes start to register, and almost all the science classes are booked by then. So CC classes are often the only answer for non-trads. I can see the importance of showing that you can perform well in upper division classes at a 4 year school, but I think it's just snobbery when schools don't accept pre-reqs taken at a CC. It excludes alot of capable people from applying.

 

[shuzee]

Northwestern prefers it also that pre req classes are taken at a four year institution