So hey guys I just have a couple of questions. So basically my goal was to go to a 4 year right from the start and never wanted to go to a community college, but due to some family things I decided I would stay home and just go to community college here. Well basically now I’ve had a change of heart and really want to leave and go to a 4 year and have my families support financially. So my question is that I start community college next week and I was wondering if I should take the fall semester off and apply to 4 year colleges again as a freshman since i have not taken any college classes after my high school graduation. Another question is if I can apply as a freshman, and since letters won’t be handed out till the spring time, could I take spring classes at my local community college while I wait to get extra credits or would that make me a transfer student and I have to take the whole year off? My high school gpa was a 3.2 and sat scores of 1500, I know it’s not the best but I know that I can get into some Csu and I would appreciate any feedback on this because I can’t find the answer to these 2 questions anywhere.
You haven’t started classes, so you haven’t generated a transcript. Withdraw now before classes start. Make certain that you are fully withdrawn so you don’t owe them any money and so you don’t accidentally generate a transcript. Take a gap year. Apply for fall 2017. You will still be a freshman applicant.
If you begin classes and earn some credits the whole story will change.
Do as @happymomof1 stated. Take a Gap year and take no CCC classes at all. Apply for Fall 2017 as a Freshman. Even just taking Fall Semester off and then taking classes in the Spring will make you a Transfer applicant. Then if you are a transfer applicant, you would need 60 semester/90 quarter units (Junior Standing) to apply to the CSU’s again. Work and earn some money for school during your Gap year.
From CSU Mentor Website:
All CSU campuses welcome applications from transfer students. If you complete college units the summer after graduation from high school, you are considered a transfer student. The number of college level units you have completed at the time you enter a CSU determines the admission standards that will apply to your application. It is important to identify which admission requirements apply to you.
You are considered an upper-division transfer applicant if you have completed at least 60 semester or 90 quarter transferable units or awarded a California Community College Associate in Arts for Transfer or Associate in Science for Transfer degree (AA-T or AS-T Degree) before applying transfer to the CSU.
You are considered a lower-division transfer applicant if you have completed 59 or fewer semester or 89 or fewer quarter units before applying transfer to the CSU.
The majority of transfer students enter as upper-division transfers. Most CSU campuses do not accept lower-division transfers, so be sure to check with the campus you intend to apply to if you are considering transferring as a lower-division student.