<p>Well, right now my list looks like this:
UVA
W&M (both pretty much safeties; apparently W&M has a transfer acceptance rate of 50%, and I’m only one class away from qualifying for their Guaranteed Admissionsthey both are likely to give me 100% aid)
Brandeis (the #1 school I want to get into; their financial aid is sketchy though)
Either Wellesley or Amherst (I’ve decided $50 for the CSS for both isn’t worth it for schools this selective)</p>
<p>Do you think it would be in bad taste to call a school to ask about their financial aid policies for transfers and/or mid-years?</p>
<p>So…I’m probably making the situation more complicated than it really is, but here’s the story. I was at the CC for last fall, last spring, last summer, and I was planning on graduating this fall. I took a few extra classes that I didn’t need, and the credits add up. Right now I’m at 49 (not including the art school credits?), so if I take 15 credits this fall I’ll be at 64 already! But I won’t even have my associate’s…I need two more science classes (eight more credits) for that. So, if I take a full load this fall and only two classes in the spring, I’ll be at 72 credits. No college will want me, right? But if I take less than a full load, it will look like I wasn’t trying hard. </p>
<p>The only thing I can think of is using spring semester to re-take classes I got B’s in…but that’s not a good plan.</p>