Regional versus National accreditation riddle???!!!??? Solve this one geniuses!!!

Ok all of you degreeinfo.com geniuses and wannabes. Here is a riddle for you. If you get a Bachelor's degree from a nationally accredited school (let's say the DETC). Some regional colleges will accept this and some won't. So you go to one of the regionally-accredited schools that will accept your bachelor's degree to pursue a master's degree (school's like Liberty, WGU, American Public, etc.). You get partially through your master's program and decide you want to transfer to another regionally-accredited college.

It's one of those schools that initially would not take a nationally accredited bachelor's degree for a master's program. Will this school let you into a master's program since you are coming from a regionally accredited master's program, or will they still turn you down since your bachelor's degree is from an NA school? I can't wait to see the response from this question. I know some of you guys will be safe and say "it will vary from school to school". What say you?:sasmokin:

 

I'll say the safe thing –*it's the truth.

Undergraduate transfer policies are generally much more transparent, and there's a similar situation there with the question of whether or how much colleges will look back to high school records for students applying to enter as transfer students.

Another parallel is that international students in the U.S., otherwise required to take the TOEFL will often have this waived if they have a prior degree from a U.S. university. Often, but not always.

Sometimes proving yourself in any circumstance will remedy a deficiency from coming into that circumstance in a nontraditional way. Sometimes, but not always.

It's also worth remembering that graduate programs typically accept very little transfer credit. My sense is that accepting zero graduate transfer credit isn't remarkable.

 

I agree with the previous poster. It is not only a safe response it is the truth. One school may not care and will simply look at the fact you were in an RA grad program. A other school may look at your basic qualifications first and transfer credit second.

On top of that, transfer credit is usually very limited.

 

It will vary from school to school.

Hope it was worth the wait.

 

Some graduate programs won't accept any transfer credit. I have seen some schools that will accept 6-15 credits based on 3 credit hour classes. I guess it really will vary depending on the school that you are trying to get into. Nothing like a good academic riddle.

 

Depends on the university.

Remember many of graduate schools have competitive entry requirements.
The school may accept limited 3 to 9 semester credit RA credit from top tier school, check your GMath scores, ask you to provide recommendation letters and write essays and interview with dean.
The same school may reject other RA credit, depands on source.

They may require professional Accreditation such as ABET, APA, AMA, etc, so program may play a role.

I think there will be a better chance to transfer to for profits like UoP. Capella etc.

 

I just made a point in another thread and I'll repeat it here. Accrediting organizations accredit schools, not individual applications. Once a school has received accreditation they can admit whoever they see fit however they see fit. Now, it's true that when accreditation comes up the RA is going to look at the standards and procedure for admissions the school has. But everyone understands there will be exceptions and permutations. What gets submitted the the RA during the accreditation process are guidelines, not rigid bright-line rules.

So it's not a "academic riddle; there is nothing mysterious or complicated about it. Discretion is more than the truth, it is a feature and not a bug. That's the way the system is set up--to give the individual schools discretion.

 

I don't think it's a riddle....
You still have an NA undergrad. The question is whether or not the grad school will accept graduate transfer credit AND an NA undergrad. In that pool I can see APUS being one of a small handful that would allow this, but the pool of potential schools is going to be tiny.
The real question is why drop out of an RA master's program that already accepted your NA undergrad?

 

LOL excellent observation. haaaa

 

Ahhhhhhhhh. Yes.

 

Me again, your siggy cracks me up. Just had to say.... I also have a Facebook friend whose education is "Advanced First Aid." I also read a resume (which I will see if I can find tonight) of a "chef" who is also an RD (Registered Dietitian)....interested, I started reading his resume, I realized it was total horse-sh*t. Of course the RD credential was legit, but he was only a chef in his own mind and to his mom. He literally MADE UP awards and blew up his miniscule pitiful culinary credentials with grandeur. I especially like the one where he graduated "with honors" from his CE course! But, what do you do? Call him out? To who/where/how!?! No legitimate establishment would ever hire this joker, evidenced by his current job as a "Personal Chef" (AKA unemployed/unemployable)

EDIT: I found it before my edit window closed! Whoop! You don't have to be a chef to enjoy this lol http://www.chefkyle.com/

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