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Questions to Ask

  1. Is there a person in the admissions office or in the counseling or advising office who can help you with transfer information?
  2. Is there a maximum number of college credits you can transfer from one college to another?
  3. If you've taken developmental Algebra (a preparatory course for college-level Algebra or any other developmental course), will the credit transfer?
  4. What is the minimum grade colleges will accept for transfer courses? If you made a "D" or an "F" on a course, will the new college accept that credit?
  5. Do grade point averages transfer, or only credits?
  6. Do credits earned by examination or through placement testing transfer?
  7. If you took Marketing 101 as a freshman at a community college, and the new college requires Marketing 101 to be taken by juniors and seniors, will the new college accept the credit or will you have to repeat the course?
  8. Does the college or university have a residency requirement (i.e. do they require that you take a certain number of courses at the college or university from which you plan to graduate)?
  9. Are some of your credits too old to transfer (i.e., credit for courses taken 10 or more years ago)?
  10. If your credits won't transfer as part of your new general education requirements, or as part of your major field of study courses, will the college accept them as electives?
  11. You have an Associates in Applied Science degree from a community college, a technical college, or a proprietary school (private, for-profit school). Will all of the credits you earned transfer?
  12. If you took freshman English (or any other general education course) at a proprietary school (private, for-profit school), will it transfer to the new college or university? Few colleges in Texas have agreements with proprietary schools to accept their credits.
  13. Does the college or university give credit for work or life experience?
  14. Does the college or university accept grades and/or credit for work done through distance learning (correspondence courses, internet courses, courses taken through extension programs)?