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Originally Posted by Old Man Mike
???? Isn't the whole of this discussion ignoring the transfer-of-credit equivalency problem of trying to match other curricula with Notre Dame's unusual [nearly lock-step] four-year target degrees, containing very specific course presentations ??? Or maybe the way I went through school, and thought still generally went on, is no longer true, and all sorts of equivalent transfer courses are substitutable. At a minimum, the "theology" courses would probably be sticking points to a smooth integration and I'll bet that there are many other courses that are considered by each department NOT to have equivalencies out there. That would put any "late" entering student with a bunch of "wasted" credits, and behind the pace for graduation. As I said, I don't know how it's done now.
It probably depends on what you study. Barr is only two years in, and if he were to transfer, then after sitting out a year he would presumably play two more years. It's hard for me to imagine that he wouldn't get credit for enough UCLA coursework to be able to graduate in three years and two summers. You could probably do that without any transfer credit, again depending on what you study. But I'm not too plugged into ND admissions, and I guess as I sit here I can't think of anyone who transferred into ND after two years elsewhere anywhere but Holy Cross, although I knew many people who transferred in after one year at other schools. Maybe some current ND students have more insight?
This is an interesting hypothetical discussion but it remains strictly hypothetical, right? We still have no idea if the Barr rumors have any legs.
