I just got the draft of my credit evaluation, and I'm completely destroyed about the results.
For the needed background, the Canadian college I went to is basically equivalent to a community college, and in my province we also only do up to grade 11 (rather than grade 12 in the US). Normally, to attend a college outside of the province I live in, I would first need to take 1 year's worth of introductory courses to then be accepted.
Now here's the thing: because of this, the credit evaluation company considers that the first part of my college degree as being the equivalent to grade 12 courses, and the last years of the degree to university-level courses. No matter what courses you took, even if these are given at US universities, LL or UL, or 110 credits during the first part of the degree, they are considered grade 12 courses, only on the basis of when those courses were taken.
This is worrisome, but it doesn't stop there:
- My degree is in music, and the last years of the degree are almost only music courses
- I did the extra optional year to turn the basic/general music degree into a combined music performance/composition degree
- I had health problems and had to extend the duration of my studies
- I also added a bunch of social science courses to have the requisites to do a BA in psychology (my alternative plan)
Now, normally, I would have taken 3 years to complete my degree, and the first year would have been considered as my grade 12. However, because the full duration of my studies was of 5 years, the credit evaluation considers the courses I took during the 3 first years as grade 12 courses!
So, with all of that, the credit evaluation company deems only my last music courses to be of value (even some that were invented by the school I attended), while all the following courses are deemed grade 12 courses:
- Out of those 20 courses, 16 are music courses
- Only 5 courses out of the 20 (and 45 total) will be transferable for sure
...because of the illogical definition/criteria for evaluating my particular educational path.
I'm really bummed out.
Anyone have any suggestions?
For the needed background, the Canadian college I went to is basically equivalent to a community college, and in my province we also only do up to grade 11 (rather than grade 12 in the US). Normally, to attend a college outside of the province I live in, I would first need to take 1 year's worth of introductory courses to then be accepted.
Now here's the thing: because of this, the credit evaluation company considers that the first part of my college degree as being the equivalent to grade 12 courses, and the last years of the degree to university-level courses. No matter what courses you took, even if these are given at US universities, LL or UL, or 110 credits during the first part of the degree, they are considered grade 12 courses, only on the basis of when those courses were taken.
This is worrisome, but it doesn't stop there:
- My degree is in music, and the last years of the degree are almost only music courses
- I did the extra optional year to turn the basic/general music degree into a combined music performance/composition degree
- I had health problems and had to extend the duration of my studies
- I also added a bunch of social science courses to have the requisites to do a BA in psychology (my alternative plan)
Now, normally, I would have taken 3 years to complete my degree, and the first year would have been considered as my grade 12. However, because the full duration of my studies was of 5 years, the credit evaluation considers the courses I took during the 3 first years as grade 12 courses!
So, with all of that, the credit evaluation company deems only my last music courses to be of value (even some that were invented by the school I attended), while all the following courses are deemed grade 12 courses:
- Philosophy I
- Philosophy II
- Introduction to Psychology
- Film Analysis
- 2x Advanced French literature courses
- Quantitive methods
- Music History I, II and III (which TESU offers)
- Others
- Out of those 20 courses, 16 are music courses
- Only 5 courses out of the 20 (and 45 total) will be transferable for sure
...because of the illogical definition/criteria for evaluating my particular educational path.
I'm really bummed out.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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