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 pitfalls in Minnesota's Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program,

 I was struck by how some students need to change how they view class standing.

Many students and their parents figure a credit is a credit -- and the more the merrier.

"There are so many students who come in and say, ‘Well, I’m a junior, because I brought in X number of credits," said Deborah Sullivan-Trainor, acting dean of college of arts and sciences at 

. "And they think they only have two years to go."

But these days, as I reported previously, a credit is not a credit when students have taken classes elsewhere. Not all credits transfer smoothly. Some degree programs require students to take a strict sequence of classes. And a change of majors can bring on a whole new set of credit requirements.

At that point, she said, traditional class standings such as "junior" have little value.

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In researching my story on pitfalls in Minnesota’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, I was struck by how some students need to change how they view class standing. Many students and their parents figure a credit is a credit — and the more the merrier. “There are so many students who come in and say,…

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