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Eighty percent’s of transfer students coming to LIM College have to go to admissions for credit re-evaluation at least three times before graduation. Due to the fact that admissions don’t pay close attention to course descriptions and transfer credit with other colleges that LIM College are partners with. Many transfer students have problems to graduate on time as they were planning. However, if admission would follow the transfer credit policy, all full time transfer students should be able to graduate after two years from transferring. Study has shown that many students quit school after transferring to a different college because of the credit requirement. However, many colleges, including LIM College, have a maximum amount of transfer credit allowed (Admissions, 2014). Students should find out course transferability before enrolling and also check that the courses will total toward general and upper level courses. Although, LIM College has a maximum transfer credit requirement, transferring the right credit with help students be on the right track and graduate faster.
Three steps process to the transfer credit evaluation
College transfer credit decision process is normally three steps. The first step is implemented by admissions, where they retain a database of previous courses already calculated called course equivalencies. Occasionally this database is shared among other departments, and must of the time it is a standalone. Course equivalencies are like a joined file

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