Gage Ramirez was a year and a half into his studies toward a biology degree at a California public university when he came up against an unexpected roadblock: calculus.
Ramirez ultimately found himself changing majors and transferring to another California public institution. Little of the work he had put in came with him.
"As soon as I got there^ it was like I was starting fresh. Even the high school credits I got didn't mean anything^" he said. Before long^ Ramirez said^ "I was six years deep and still not done."
It is as common an experience for college students as it is frustrating^ time-consuming and expensive for them^ their families and taxpayers: credits that will not transfer^ even among public institutions in the same states.
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/giving-credit-where-credits-due-transfer-students-earlier-work-being-accepted/2018/04/08/c7825c4c-3877-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html