Colorado Technical University

College Credits: Very confused.?

Hi, my college path at the moment is very confusing and I don't have anyone available to help clear everything up. I started at a community college in 2007 and I applied for a transfer degree in Business Administration. At WCC (the college above) I completed Fall and Winter Quarters and did not complete Spring. Therefore I have earned half a year of credit? I did not complete Spring quater because I am studying abroad in Germany and during that time I had to work and work and work to pay off school costs. WCC did not support any study abroad programs to Germany so I had to enroll and was accepted at the University of Idaho. All the credits I earn here (in Germany) should transfer back to the University of Idaho. Here is the first area where I am confused. Did my credits transfer from WCC to the UI? (How can I find out?) The next part is where it gets more confusing. I am applying to the American University in Cairo (AUC) and even though I have never set foot on the University of Idaho campus, is it now my home university? I need to know what to fill out on my addmissions form. To make matters more complicated. I am staying another semester here in Germany, I have an Arabic course set up. When I return to the states for Summer before studying in Egypt, I am very determined to find another Arabic course to further prep me. I want to take the intensive Arabic course at the University of Washington (UW) offered this Summer Quarter (2009), as well as other courses towards my Business Administration Degree. How would I go about enrolling to the UW? As transfer student or freshman? I am going to obtain my actual BA in BUSAD at the AUC... but in the future I would like to follow it up with a MA at the UW later... All that being said, I am very confused, I know the direction I want to go but getting there has me utterly lost. Where are my credits at? If I enroll to the UW in the Summer before I study at AUC does this now make the UW my home university? Can anyone explain to me the steps I should take the get to what I'm trying to do? Thanks for your time, I know its a lot to read.

Public Comments

1. If you are planning on studying for a degree you are going to have to settle down on one school instead of jumping all over the place. That is number 1 Now a good majority of overseas courses and schools are not accredited here in the states so you won't get credit for them. You are going to have to find out which ones that is number 2. All lot of degrees from schools overseas are not recognized here in the states that is number 3. You are going to have to resolve those issues you listed with the individual schools. You will have to go and check on your credits and whether or not you got credits for courses you have taken and completed. Then you are going to have to find out whether or not the school you are planning on attending is recognized here in the states. I know American University is world wide, but still you need to make sure the school you are going to is recognized. I know I had a guy that used to work with us. He'd got to Engineering school in Germany. and it wasn't recognized here so he had to go back through school here in the states. Well actually he retook the courses by Clepp testing out of them But he still had to take all the required English, history, government courses.