How does the 2 year transfer to university work?

Question

I heard if u take 2years at a community college u can transfer to a university. How exactly does this work? Does taking the 2years automatically gets u into a university?

Answer 1

It's very important to line your courses up for this
If you know which university you want to attend, that helps
The comm college should have the lineup of what will transfer to the university or not
Try to take major & minor courses at the comm college, instead of just Gen Ed
Gen Ed are the safest for transfer
Coordinate this with your comm college counselor & the university
You will get a 2 yr degree & if your coursework is satisfactory, that should get you in

I was fortunate - I was almost done with 2 yrs.
Went to university & they looked over transcript
Saved 6 mos at comm college
But coursework really aligned

Coordinating this is some hard work
But it pays off!!!

Answer 2

Your last question first, not necessarily. Many community college have a 2+2 program. Yours might be called something else. With an agreement with the University, the community college offers a 2 year program approved by the university as counting towards two years of college. By the agreement you can transfer all those courses to the university. Not all places have this in effect, and even state universities can control what will transfer. No guarantees.

If you can't afford or are not ready and want to go to a community college, check with the university to find out what their core courses are. Core courses are those required of all majors and usually include an English composition course, History-Usually European history, a math course and some science course. Since everybody needs these, you don't have to commit to a major yet.

On the plus side an older student with community college experience has a foot up. They've shown they can succeed in college.

Don't be discouraged. I tried to take community college courses wherever I could. When I matriculated I watched them go over my courses like a butcher with a chain saw. Be thankful for anything they accept.

Answer 3

If you take the right courses (academic courses, as opposed to vocational courses) at a university, you are eligible to be considered for admission to a university. If you want to go to one, you can probably get in to one, but it may not always be the university of your choice. Each school has its own requirements and its own limits on how many transfers they will take, and they take the ones which best fit their own needs (for example, a few years ago, you could get in much more easily as a transfer in accounting to my school than you could as a transfer in most other majors, because we were short of accounting majors).

The good thing is that if you do well, you can get accepted into a university without having to take the SAT like the entering freshmen.

Answer 4

sometimes thats what it means. Like in some states if you complete your AA degree you are automatically accepted to any 4 yrs state university if you have a 2.0 or higher. but usually if you complete an AA degree and you have a great g.p.a then you can apply to any university you want. Lets say you want to go to Harvard and you have the grades then you apply and see if you can get in.