My sister has nearly two years of credit from a local community college. She's since moved to another state, and she was looking to finish her degree. The local 4-year college wouldn't transfer the credits, but the local community college said it would - and the 4-year college would accept the community college's AA. So she enrolled, submitted her transcripts, etc. Now it seems that since the school she took her courses from was a technical college, and didn't merge into the community college system until six months after she left, it's not accredited, and the school she just enrolled in won't accept her credits after all. Which means she's four years from a degree, instead of two. So the question I have is: are there any distance-learning program out there that might accept her technical college credits towards an Associate's Degree, where said Associates Degree would be recognized by the local 4-year college? And where would I go to look for them?
I'm still new around here, but the way I understand it, your sister will have to decide on a community college and have them evaluate her transcript before they decide if they will accept her previous work at a technical school. (I was in the same boat, although I was at least fortunate enough to know what I was getting into when I entered the technical school. I ended up starting completely from scratch.) It seems to be up to the individual school to decide what they will and will not accept. It might be helpful if she found a school near her former technical school; they will at least have heard of it and might not be as inclined to reject those credits outright. In my experience with tech school credits, we were informed upon enrollment that there was only one community college and one 4-year college that would accept those credits. So she may want to look at 4-year schools near her old school as well. Also, many schools have residency requirements, meaning that she will have to take a certain number of credits there before they will award the degree. Perhaps one of the more experienced posters here can clear up anything I may have mis-stated, but this is how things work as far as I can tell. Melissa
Jdege, I have seen when community colleges are in the process of get accredited, sometimes, they have articulation agreements with local universities. Maybe you can ask the college that she is enrolled in if they have any such agreements with local schools. So, this school she attempted to transfer in would NOT accept her two years of college? Why is that? Did they explain? Is it all professional type elective credit? There normally is too much trouble transfering general education credit to a university/college from an RA comm. college (that I have ran across anyways). Best Regards, Bill
