Can anyone help me, please?

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<p>My name is Christine. I will be a freshman this 2013-2014 year this Fall Quarter at UW Tacoma. I just graduated from high school this year in June. </p>

<p>Here's the thing: </p>

<p>During my senior year, I got admitted to UW Tacoma and I got rejected by UW Seattle 2 months after receiving my UW Tacoma acceptance letter. Once I got UW Tacoma's acceptance letter, I automatically accepted UW Tacoma and I got in. I got rejected my UW Seattle because I have a low SAT score of 1300....same goes Seattle University. Seattle University was supposed to be my dream school, but I got wait-listed by them and I told myself "You know what? Screw them. Just go to UW" And so I did, but instead of Seattle, it's Tacoma.</p>

<p>Now, I've got all of my classes and my housing set for Tacoma. However, right now I feel like I might be regretting. </p>

<p>The economy has been really bad and times have always been tough. Neither of my family graduated from high school. Neither of my family ever went to college, too. And now all the weight is on me. My family and I have always been struggling and being a low income family has put us a lot pressure in struggling to find jobs and making ends meet. </p>

<p>This made me decide to want to major in Business Accounting and Finance, to either become an accountant or a financial analyst. </p>

<p>The problem is this: both UW Tacoma and UW Seattle have their own business schools. I don't know which one to choose.
I just got accepted to UW Tacoma and I've got my classes and housing there set and ready. But should I regret? </p>

<p>Should I got for my Plan A:
Should I have gone to UW Seattle for their business school (Foster School of Business) instead? Should I attend UW Tacoma for freshman year only and transfer to UW Seattle afterwards? Or.. should I attend UW Tacoma for freshman and sophomore year and apply to UW Seattle's Foster School of Business? </p>

<p>Or..</p>

<p>Should I go for my Plan B:
Should I stay at UW Tacoma? Stay where I am at right now? Stick with what I have? Stay at UW Tacoma and attend there for 4 years and apply to their business school (Milgard School of Business)??</p>

<p>I know both of them are UW and the only difference I see is their different location and their recognition. I know Foster has been recognized as one of the best business schools, however, wouldn't Milgard be the same?? Wouldn't Milgrad be the same at all - since they are still a part of the UW community??</p>

<p>I don't understand. I'm just so naive about everything - the future, college, everything. </p>

<p>Suddenly I got struck by lightening. </p>

<p>Maybe I should stick with Plan B. Prove that Milgard can be as great of a business school as Foster and become a leader there at UW Tacoma. Maybe I should start small with leadership and come out big. </p>

<p>All my life I've lived in Seattle (ever since I was born in California and it's unfortunate of me not to grow up there instead, I know) and I grew up in Seattle and I'm just so sick of the city! No offense, but I just don't like it. The weather is unpredictable, the people are rude, there's so much hussle and bustle. Seattle is just isn't a calm area. </p>

<p>But Tacoma... Tacoma is different. It's so calm and peaceful and no one knows me and my family there. Everyone knows me and my family in Seattle but.. we all want to start over. We all want to move out because we're just so sick of living in this city!
So maybe Tacoma can be a place where we can all start over. </p>

<p>In Seattle, I'm just a nobody and everyone knows that I am nothing here. </p>

<p>But in Tacoma, no one knows me and maybe if I start over, I could finally be noticed and recognized and finally become a leader in the community. </p>

<p>And then, if I could get really high and good grades in all of my classes at UW Tacoma and at their school of business - I could apply for graduate school out of state. I could apply for (MBA) graduate school at California and hopefully get accepted because of my good reputation I've made for myself and for the community at Tacoma. </p>

<p>I just want to make that happen so badly. I just want to succeed. All my life, we've been poor and almost everyone I here in Seattle thinks I'll never make it in life - thinks that I'll never succeed. </p>

<p>It's always been a struggle for me to believe in myself, but I just don't know. </p>

<p>So if I start out in Tacoma, maybe I could succeed there. If I start small.. maybe better things will come and things will change for good. </p>

<p>The problem is that I don't want to regret the choices I have to make right now. I haven't decided yet of what plan to choose - either A or B. </p>

<p>I've been talking to a lot of people online and it seems like (other than talking to my college advisor) this is the last resort. </p>

<p>I need some opinions, some advice. I feel so stuck and so lost, but at the same time a part of me knows what I'm about to do. </p>

<p>I just feel so unsure.</p>

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<p>How are you doing financially in terms of paying for the school? Wouldn’t UW Seattle be cheaper if you are local?</p>

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<p>No. It’s the same. UW Seattle, UW Bothell, UW Tacoma - all have the same price. No matter which of the three schools, I still get the same financial aid</p>

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<p>Does the financial include any loans?</p>

<p>If not and if UDub pays for room and board, go to UDub. It is your flagship school.</p>

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<p>Wait, so you got rejected from Seattle but got accepted to Tacoma but know you don’t know whether you should transfer back to Seattle? I’d say go to the school that accepted you and try to stay there unless it’s just a clearly bad fit.</p>

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<p>I would say go to UW-Tacoma and make the best of it. It sounds like it’s the school you would rather be at anyway- and besides, a name isn’t everything.</p>

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<p>I think you answered the question for yourself.</p>

<p>You talked a lot about how much you hated the city of Seattle but probably would love Tacoma.
I know you’re confused but at this point, you need to take what you have and make the best of it. You payed to enroll and get housing for Tacoma. Attend there and stay there until you get your degree. Only leave if you really feel like it is a not a good fit.</p>

<p>You were also talking about the business schools…from the way I have known, you have to be in the business school to get a business degree for undergrad. So if you aren’t in the business school now, you need to apply to transfer colleges within UW Tacoma so that you are in the business school to get your business degree.</p>

<p>It may work differently for you but that’s the way it works at my school. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Go to tutors at Tacoma. You will need a lot of support to be successful. A number of universities provide free tutoring. Get yourself set up and go to the tutoring sessions.</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>