<p>I've been faced with so many questions regarding colleges over the summer, considering that i'm going to be on my senior year of high school, that I can't get a handle over what my future plans are going to be. Now that i've made the decision of taking two years of community college (financially helpful) then transferring to nyu (to graduate in business administration), I also want to be involved in fashion designing (which i dont have much experience);why i want to enroll in a designing school due to NYU not having such fashion designing programs. Not only that, I'm hoping to this point that i don't have to waste 2 years just to major/minor in fashion design and then go back on track towards getting my degree in business. Furthermore, the reason why i want to be enrolled in a cc at first is because my gpa is decent but not good enough to get into nyu, which is the college i primarily want to attend. Now to the questions, should i take 2 years of cc and 2 yrs of designing school at the same time and then transfer to nyu or when do you think I should enroll in the two years of designing school? If i were to attend cc and designing school at the same time, can i just do general education at cc and just learn fashion designing at the designing school? (also, the reason why I am willing to doing the two institutions concurrently is because I also want to get my degree in business as soon as possible)</p>
<p>-Thank you guys for taking this into consideration. Would gladly respond to your feedbacks and would hope to use your advices to my advantage.</p>
<p>Why not look for a school where you could finish your last 2 years after cc majoring in business and minoring in design? Lots of schools offer both. Don’t put all of your eggs into the NYU basket. You need other school options too…</p>
<p>@Erin’s Dad
Well, that’s why i decided to take the approach in enrolling at a community college locally; around $5,000 for two years and the designing school, which would be around $30,000 dollars. In total it is manageable (if not, then i don’t mind turning my head towards student loan) @teachandmom
The fact of the matter is that I want to learn much more about business from a very good instituation, rather than one where it programs in the field of business but its focus is of another. If not knowledge this yet, The two subjects i’m that more than greatly passionate about is business and designing. The conflict here is that I want to attend a good business school and get more than enough out of it, so then i know much more than needed. I have searched many colleges around nyc that have programs in business and designing, but all of them tend to not provide a very good understanding or background of one or the other. Can one be capable of attending two years of cc and designing school concurrently? I mean, i am sure designing school won’t be much of a hassle right?</p>
<p>Have you investigated the number of hours needed for your homework and projects? I don’t know fashion design students but do know architecture students; they routinely have to pull all-nighters for their studios.</p>
<p>Philadelphia University used to be Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. They still have a fashion design program, as well as business degrees. Also in Philadelphia, Drexel has both.</p>
<p>Well, that’s odd. I posted a really long one, however i do not see it. Well, to the point, i should probably look forward to what you are saying (wordworker). I mean, is it legal to attend two colleges at the same time? I have read from other users on here that they have done so also. Not only that, Is it necessary to do general education at both schools or just at community college? Because i do not want to be doing the same thing every day back and forth- too much of a hassle and certainly a waste of time.</p>
<p>My niece attended several schools at the same time–CCs & CSU, in order to get her elementary ed bachelor’s degree. She had to cobble together the courses where they were available & fit it with her work schedule.</p>
<p>I would also encourage you to see if you could get your total undergrad degree at your in-state schools & then perhaps go to NY for graduate work in design, if that is your passion. That would allow you to minimize debt while still getting the degree that can help you get a better job. NYU is a very expensive school & tends not to award much aid, especially for transfer students.</p>
<p>You can attend more than one college at a time, but I think you can only get FA at one at a time…the one that will give the degree.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you can only borrow the following amounts…</p>
<p>frosh 5500
soph 6500
jr 7500
sr 7500</p>
<p>so “turning your head” towards loans may not work if you need more than that. To borrow MORE, you’d need (naive) qualified co-signers who will sign and QUALIFY each year.</p>
<p>If you already know so much about business to be able to judge the programs schools offer, then maybe you know more than the professors and should just skip business undergrad. Just go for an MBA later or something. Any undergrad institution should be able to give you adequate preparation for going on to an MBA program.</p>
<p>Well, what is the maximum one student could loan per year? is it lifetime? Also, is it per institution or overall? Not only that, i’ve finally come to the decision that i am going to double up considering that the work-load isn’t much after all, however it will be somewhat of a “pain in the ass”. Furthermore, do you guys think i should double up during my first two years of college (community) or during graduate school? Not sure which would be at a good setting- not sure whether doubling up during community college or graduate school would really squeeze me.</p>
<p>Well, what is the maximum one student could loan per year? i</p>
<p>What is the maximum a student could loan per year?</p>
<p>Well, how much money do you have that you could loan?</p>
<p>just kidding. You would be BORROWING, not loaning. The money SOURCE does the loaning. You do the borrowing.</p>
<p>The max that YOU can borrow each year is $5500 per year, unless the school might give you an add’l very small Perkins loan (maybe $1500 or so). </p>
<p>You can’t borrow at two different schools at the same time. You can only get aid at ONE school at a time.</p>