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Can Community College Classes Count?
alliteration ftw
Say I'm planning to graduate from university this year and don't have space to take certain classes that might be a requirement for arch grad school.
For requirements such as physics, calculus, or what have you, do community college classes count?
Do they have any less weight than university classes, or are they important only insofar as you complete them adequately?
Also, I heard that you can accepted to a grad school without all of the required classes, but they will just make you take the prerequisite classes during grad school, in conjunction with the normal classes. Es cierto? Eh?
Yes, but I would check.
My summer course on Sun, Wind and Light was accepted for graduate credit at IIT.
I think they would count.
I'll probably end up taking prerequisite courses like art history, etc. at a community college because of the places I've checked they don't seem to state that it needs to be done in uni.
Just be careful as to how many you take because your transcript will say something higher level education gpa and there will be a block that says general education gpa (or something like that). I've heard if you have too many, then things can get bad because that is seen as I guess something anyone can do
Yes... I currently graduated from a Community College and a majority of the classes transfered. I would definitely check to see if your College will transfer them the way you need them to be before registering though.
I took stats and econ at the local tiny rinky-dink community college for pre-reqs for planning programs... I aced stats, and got a B in econ. The econ grade was compromised because the teacher actually ran the class like a competitive university class, and my car died on the day that a big paper was due... and she didn't care about my grad school aspirations... and she is one of the best teachers I have ever had, despite her despotic policies.
I got in to my first choice school, as well as Penn & UTexas.
To be sure, I would suggest you contact the graduate programs to which you are applying. From my experience at two architecture graduate programs, we would certainly allow community college courses to count as prerequisites such as calculus, physics, but they would not be allowed for credit towards the graduate degree.
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