Can someone help me with college credits?
Asked by darkside_tearsI am a senior in high school, and so far, it's been hard for me to find anything about college or the changes I have of even going. So, can you answer the following questions? How are college credits added up? If you add them up by how many hours a class is, is that for a week, a month or the whole course? How many hours/credits do you need to be a full time student? Part time? How do you figure out how many hours you have already if you have taken AP and Tech-Prep courses? Thank you guys in advance! Any answers would really help me. More questions on other topics will come of course.
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Answered by MR HENRY S
College credits are the number of hours spent in class during a week. 15 to 18 credits are a full time load, especially as it is assumed you will spend at least 3-4 hours each week studying for each credit hour. You will be required to submit your high school transcript for review and approval of your application. You will be told then how much advanced credit, if any. that you have been granted. You are in for a severe jolt in the transition from high school to college in the study department. In high school you are spoon fed the learning. In college you are strictly on your own. The instructors really don't care if you study or not. If you don't, you are bilged out. I can almost guarantee deans list if you follow some advice. 1. As soon as you get your text books and course syllabus(s) plural, sit down and do the reading for the first scheduled class. Use a highlighter or pencil to mark what seem to be the most important points.With all the classes and all this reading you will believe it impossible. Get used to it. It gets worse. This is necessary so you will understand and follow what the instructor is talking about in lectures. By the way he/she will not always be lecturing from the book. but expanding upon it which brings up the next point. 2. Get yourself a clip board and a generous supply of 8-1/2 X11 lined pads. You will use these to take as complete notes as possible from what the instructor is saying.These are almost guaranteed to be on the exams.If it is permitted it may be possible to bring a tape recorder to class. If so, be sure it is a good one that will capture exactly what is said. BUT! supplement it with written notes to simplify the next step and tape recorders do not copy worth a damn from the blackboard 3 Get a spiral notebook for each course. As soon as possible after each class transcribe your lined pad notes into an organized outline form. 4. Go back to # 1, above. 5. Find a study buddy. Periodically, certainly at least 24, preferably 72 hours prior to an exam hand your study buddy your highlighted text and spiral bound notes and ask the buddy to quiz you on any of the material since the last exam.Mark what you didn't answer correctly and concentrate your restudy on that. 6. Go back to # 1. The first two years of college are general education and preparation for the tougher study ahead in your major. Don't be too concerned about a major until you hit your junior year unless you intend going into a science, in which case you will have to have strong math, chemistry, physics, etc. REMEMBER, you are in college for an education and preparation for your lifes work.Contrary to popular belief it is not for sex and beer drinking. There will be ample time and more opportunity later whether you believe it or not. See # 1. I learned all this from bitter experience. It is my free gift to you. Follow it, live and be well.
College credits are the number of hours spent in class during a week. 15 to 18 credits are a full time load, especially as it is assumed you will spend at least 3-4 hours each week studying for each credit hour. You will be required to submit your high school transcript for review and approval of your application. You will be told then how much advanced credit, if any. that you have been granted. You are in for a severe jolt in the transition from high school to college in the study department. In high school you are spoon fed the learning. In college you are strictly on your own. The instructors really don't care if you study or not. If you don't, you are bilged out. I can almost guarantee deans list if you follow some advice. 1. As soon as you get your text books and course syllabus(s) plural, sit down and do the reading for the first scheduled class. Use a highlighter or pencil to mark what seem to be the most important points.With all the classes and all this reading you will believe it impossible. Get used to it. It gets worse. This is necessary so you will understand and follow what the instructor is talking about in lectures. By the way he/she will not always be lecturing from the book. but expanding upon it which brings up the next point. 2. Get yourself a clip board and a generous supply of 8-1/2 X11 lined pads. You will use these to take as complete notes as possible from what the instructor is saying.These are almost guaranteed to be on the exams.If it is permitted it may be possible to bring a tape recorder to class. If so, be sure it is a good one that will capture exactly what is said. BUT! supplement it with written notes to simplify the next step and tape recorders do not copy worth a damn from the blackboard 3 Get a spiral notebook for each course. As soon as possible after each class transcribe your lined pad notes into an organized outline form. 4. Go back to # 1, above. 5. Find a study buddy. Periodically, certainly at least 24, preferably 72 hours prior to an exam hand your study buddy your highlighted text and spiral bound notes and ask the buddy to quiz you on any of the material since the last exam.Mark what you didn't answer correctly and concentrate your restudy on that. 6. Go back to # 1. The first two years of college are general education and preparation for the tougher study ahead in your major. Don't be too concerned about a major until you hit your junior year unless you intend going into a science, in which case you will have to have strong math, chemistry, physics, etc. REMEMBER, you are in college for an education and preparation for your lifes work.Contrary to popular belief it is not for sex and beer drinking. There will be ample time and more opportunity later whether you believe it or not. See # 1. I learned all this from bitter experience. It is my free gift to you. Follow it, live and be well.
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