<p>I'm at a not very good state school and I'm now 1 1/2 years in. I know I want to major in either physics or bioengineering but have only taken liberal arts classes. I also want to transfer to either UIUC, UT austin, Umich, or UofWashingtion. My question is, should I just go back to my uni, take core classes, and then transfer as a junior or go to community college for a year in the state I want to go to college to so I can get in-state tuition? Money is a big factor for me but I want to go to a good engineering college. Does it look weird if I go from a 4year college to a CC then transfer to another 4year uni? Is that even possible?</p>
<p>It would be very difficult to complete an engineering sequence in less than 4 years starting from scratch, which it sounds like you really are… physics isn’t much shorter. How do you know you want to major in them if you haven’t taken any classes in them yet?</p>
<p>You need to check the residency requirements for a given state before moving there and assuming one year there (at a CC or otherwise) will get you in-state tuition. And what if you aren’t accepted to the college after doing that? </p>
<p>What is your home state to begin with? Does the state flagship there offer the majors you want? How are your grades at your current college? They would need to be really good to transfer into at least some of the colleges on your list.</p>
<p>It just doesn’t feel very realistic to me for you to transfer into a very difficult major at a very good school without even taking any classes in the subject. And you could easily end up on a 5.5 or 6 year college plan… I can’t comment on whether your odds of acceptance would be better from your current uni vs. CC, although my instincts say the uni is better – likely considered more rigorous than the CC, plus you look indecisive to admissions at the colleges you want to transfer to if you have been to two schools before applying. Someone else may have more info on that, though.</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t really expect to graduate in 4 years haha. I’m just gonna have to take summer classes and large class load. I had no clue what I wanted to study and just went to college because I felt i had to. I have taken a course on the universe (dark matter, stars, ect.). I’m really interesed in that and thought a physics major would be a good background since I plan to get a phd. </p>
<p>Engineering is another thing I’m interested in because I was tested at the johnson o’conner center and learned I have a natural high aptitude in spacial thinking and was told it would be an ideal career choice. </p>
<p>To get in state tuition I just need to live there for a year and work 30hours a week, not hard but time consuming</p>
<p>Right now my GPA is 3.45 and I plan to get it up. I have always done well in science classes in high school.
I’m at U of Minn-duluth, I guess I could transfer to the twin cites campus but I want to go to a top ranking school to be competitive for grad schools. Also I feel a top ranking school would have better research oppurtunities, co-ops, and networks. But I could be wrong, should I just go to my state school?</p>
<p>University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a perfectly respectable school for physics and engineering.</p>
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