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Has anyone every transferred to NYU from a part-time program? Their website says they require 28 credits by July 15th, which is basically impossible for any part-time student, even if they take summer courses (the courses won't end until after that deadline). Am I out of luck? Or is there a way to get around this?

Thanks!

I haven't tried personally, but the credit requirement is really common across law schools generally - basically, you have to have completed the equivalent of a full first year of law school before you can transfer for your second year. I think some schools may vary a little on specific timelines, which might allow some part-time students to squeak by through summer classes. But basically if you can't meet the credit requirements I strongly suspect you're out of luck. You could do two years of part time and apply to transfer at the end of the second year, but if you do more than 28 credits during that time you might end up with some credits that won't count toward the new school's requirements, and of course you'd have to wait a year.

(I mean definitely don't take my word for it - call up NYU and find out what they say, I could certainly be wrong. But I've seen this come up before about transferring out of part-time programs generally, and while I think some people have been able to pull it off, it varies by school and it won't always work.)

nixy wrote:I haven't tried personally, but the credit requirement is really common across law schools generally - basically, you have to have completed the equivalent of a full first year of law school before you can transfer for your second year. I think some schools may vary a little on specific timelines, which might allow some part-time students to squeak by through summer classes. But basically if you can't meet the credit requirements I strongly suspect you're out of luck. You could do two years of part time and apply to transfer at the end of the second year, but if you do more than 28 credits during that time you might end up with some credits that won't count toward the new school's requirements, and of course you'd have to wait a year.

(I mean definitely don't take my word for it - call up NYU and find out what they say, I could certainly be wrong. But I've seen this come up before about transferring out of part-time programs generally, and while I think some people have been able to pull it off, it varies by school and it won't always work.)

Thanks for the reply. It's strange, all other schools in the T14 I've reached out to (Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Chicago, and Georgetown) all allow part-timers to transfer, as long as they complete a course over the summer. Very frustrating as NYU would be a good target for someone like me. Guess it's not in the cards