Anyone go to a private liberal arts college but take Community College classes in the summer? (degree, school)

[life time student]

My nephew attends an elite private Liberal Arts University out of state for nine months during the traditional school year. This Summer he is at home sleeping till noon and watching TV and playing with the Internet. I told him if he took classes at the local Community College during his Summer tern he could graduate a year earlier.

Is this common? If you attend college out of state do you attend classes at the local community college in your home town during the summer?

[Pitt Chick]

My daughter wanted to do that... the school would not accept CC summer credits towards her degree.

Why do you have an issue with sleeping in and internet use?

[toobusytoday]

My daughter was able to take two classes over the summer to fill in for classes she couldn't take while doing a study abroad. One was on-line at our local CC and the other was on-line through a regular brick and mortar college - Kansas State? She had to get both approved ahead of time. A friend of hers, OTOH, took classes at a local State University over the summer and they would not accept them. She didn't get them approved before she took them.

Colleges are very picky about accepting other colleges classes. My three kids all attended or are currently attending small private LAC's and they will only accept gen ed classes from another school, and then only a certain very small amount. It would be easy enough to see if there is a clear on-line policy about that, and if not he (not another family member) would have to call or e-mail his adviser and the college registrar to see if what classes would be allowed.

[villageidiot1]

Originally Posted by life time student

My nephew attends an elite private Liberal Arts University out of state for nine months during the traditional school year. This Summer he is at home sleeping till noon and watching TV and playing with the Internet. I told him if he took classes at the local Community College during his Summer tern he could graduate a year earlier.

Is this common? If you attend college out of state do you attend classes at the local community college in your home town during the summer?

It is common but not quite that simple. It would be possible to take a few community college courses, but there are many limitations. First of all, the classes have to be equivalent to the university's classes and you need prior approval for each class. Here are some other requirements from one university.

No more than 50% of the credits required in your major or minor may be transferred from another school.
No more than 60 credits from a two-year school.
Once you have 60 earned credits you may not take courses at another institution.
Students must complete all of their final 30 credits at the University.
A maximum of 15 non-Arts & Science credits may be counted in the minimum of 120 required for graduation.

[cpg35223]

Well you have to realize that a college, despite all the high-minded folderol about learning, is a business. You are attending a college in order to learn, of course, but your ultimate objective is to get a scrap of paper that attest that you are learned.

So when you try to achieve that degree by taking some courses at a lower-priced community college, you are essentially taking food off their table. And they don't like that.

Now public colleges are typically better about that, because higher institutions of learning within a state are supposed to be part of a network.

[joe from dayton]

Originally Posted by life time student

My nephew attends an elite private Liberal Arts University out of state for nine months during the traditional school year. This Summer he is at home sleeping till noon and watching TV and playing with the Internet. I told him if he took classes at the local Community College during his Summer tern he could graduate a year earlier.

Is this common? If you attend college out of state do you attend classes at the local community college in your home town during the summer?

Maybe he would rather enjoy his summers than worry about taking class all year. He is also not going to be able to get the 300 and 400 level classes he needs at a CC.

[beth98]

Originally Posted by life time student

My nephew attends an elite private Liberal Arts University out of state for nine months during the traditional school year. This Summer he is at home sleeping till noon and watching TV and playing with the Internet. I told him if he took classes at the local Community College during his Summer tern he could graduate a year earlier.

Is this common? If you attend college out of state do you attend classes at the local community college in your home town during the summer?

His school may or may not accept them. Typically once you are attending one school you can't take classes at another and transfer them in especially if the classes are offered at your school and if they aren't offered then they will likely only count as credit and won't count toward his major. I don't see why he can't spend his break however he chooses.

[Coney]

If it is truly an elite school, then they might not accept community college credits and they always have to be pre-approved. My kid's school would only accept credits as a visiting student from a 4 year school, and it had to be a fairly high level 4 year too.

[villageidiot1]

Originally Posted by beth98

His school may or may not accept them. Typically once you are attending one school you can't take classes at another and transfer them in especially if the classes are offered at your school and if they aren't offered then they will likely only count as credit and won't count toward his major. I don't see why he can't spend his break however he chooses.

I was able to take classes at both a community college and another university after I had been admitted at the first school. My experience is you need to find someone who can, and will approve the courses before you take them. This is typically somone with the title VP orf Academic Affairs, Provost or Dean. Everyone else can tell you no.

[intelfan11315]

I have NEVER had a problem transferring classes. It is extremely easy to do that.

Originally Posted by Pitt Chick

Why do you have an issue with sleeping in and internet use?

Yes, he should have a job or be taking classes. There is absolutely no excuse for anyone over the age of 17 to just be sitting around. Come on. Seriously? And we wonder why the youth today is so lazy...

I don't see how there are so many parents on here who are actually saying an ADULT should be allowed to live off of mommy and daddy's wallet and sit around for a summer. What are you teaching your kids?