choosing not to tansfer a course

[davewill]

Schools send data to the National Student Clearinghouse and your new school will check there. If they find you've attended a school, but haven't sent a transcript (or a new enough one), they will take action. I remember a number of folks who were accepted to GT OMSCS who had their registration frozen because of "trivial" classes taken they forgot to send transcripts for. In the case of TESU, this probably won't bite you until it comes time to graduate and they audit your credits.

It's partly being careful about what courses you take, but the real issue is awareness of drop deadlines and incomplete procedures. Many people get in trouble because they get sick or behind and don't drop a course in time to get a W rather than an F or WF. They also get sick and fail to apply for an incomplete, which would let them finish the course later. My daughter did that with an entire semester. She was able to finish the courses after she got better, saving both the tuition and her GPA.