transferring credits multiple times

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One final comment, you keep mentioning "higher level" course from the CC - CC courses are always LL (lower level).  The only exception to this would be if the CC in question is one of the very few CCs that are now offering 4 year bachelor degrees.   I suspect that the agreement you're referring to as 'higher level' means that Penn will accept the more advanced level (in subject) courses from the CC. In example they may not take a course called "Liberal Arts Math" but they will accept "College Algebra" - or they may not take the CC Chem I but they will accept the CC's Organic Chem I.

This is not necessarily true.  A college can choose to bring in courses from anywhere and give them any level they want.  So they can bring in LL courses from a CC or 4-yr school and give them UL credit, or bring in UL credit and give them LL credit.

For many years, TESU brought in CC courses as UL if they matched their own courses (I have a bunch of LL courses from CC and 4-yr schools that are UL through TESU).

It is entirely up to the school what they want to do with credits - there is no single policy that applies across all schools.