How do trimester credits transfer?
I'm going to be attending a school in Japan that is on a trimester schedule, and I don't plan on living in Japan for all four years, so after a couple years, I was planning on transferring back to the US.
I am really considered about the credits. I've been told that credits from a trimester school don't transfer well to a semester school, and all the schools I've been looking at in the US are semester based. So, I was wondering, does anyone know if they transfer okay? Will I lose a lot? I know it's a case-to-case kind of thing but yeah.
Update:I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that it is an American university so the credits will transfer to other schools, but I'm just wondering how well they will transfer. Thanks.
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You need to check whether they will transfer at all. There's no particular reason they would. It's common for universities in one country not to accept partial qualifications from another.
I'm sorry if this sounds negative, but you cannot blithely presume that university courses in different countries are compatible with US degree courses.