Complicated Transfer

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi!
You guys have probably heard a little bit of everything on this site but I still would categorize my transfer stories as an odd one. Here Goes vvvv</p>

<p>I graduated in 2010 - Top 10% GPA 3.8 out of 4.0
I had cancer my senior year so when I got my diploma I though YOLO! (You Only Live Once) I want to be a music video director! There was no program for that specifically in Texas where I stay so I chose to go to the Art Institutes to study Film and Video. (I would give it my all and make it work!)
I was very excited, and very determined!
But after 2 years I realize that, the life I wanted and the career they were grooming me for wasn’t one in the same. Plus I wasn’t getting a chance to do what I really wanted study Music Video Production.
To add onto this the loans that I needed to take out for this school was ridiculous.
And frankly with my GPA and Honors I never thought I would have to take out these kinds of loans. (even though I did have two scholarships they didn’t knock a dent in these astronomically fees)</p>

<p>All of this was really taking a tole on me, financially, emotionally, mentally, physically! (I’m not playing myself a miniature violin Lol) But I just had to be real with myself & acknowledge that I was very unhappy and borderline depressed)
So fearing for my health, sanity and my happiness I dropped out of the program with a year left in August 2012. </p>

<p>My family supported me, but I know they would rather have me stick it out. My friends and peers thought I was crazy! Lol
You just have a year left! Just stick it out. But I could NOT last another day!
The women that conducted my withdrawal papers refused to do it at first looking at my grades and GPA which was a 4.6 out of 5 at the time.
I had accumulated 111 credit hours. </p>

<p>I didn’t know what my next move would be...
But I knew I needed to be in school.
I looked for film gigs and worked in between but
in Dec 2012 I began taking classes to get my Associates Degree.
(I just got my Associates Degree this month!- Sep 2013)</p>

<p>My parents would like me to be in Nursing. It's Practically, Lucrative, and Stable. And I consider this route sometimes.
& then I think Liberal Arts would be a good program for the kind of person I am, and for the kind of jobs I would like to have.
Part of me wants to see if I can just wrap up the Film and Vid Degree (someplace other than Ai)
Part of me wants to just see what I can do with an Associates (General Education by the way) </p>

<p>I’m trying out the latter option with is proving to feel a bit hopeless and gives me a stuck feeling at times. But I know I have to be patient. </p>

<p>With the other 3 options, there is just one problem that is imminent....
I have about 161 Credit Hours, but Colleges and Universities only accept about 60 credits. </p>

<p>What are my best options...?
Should I even bother with my Bachelors?
If I do what field of study?
Should I go with practicality and study nursing which would take about 2 to 3 more years.
or should I go with my gut and what makes me happy (which are the arts) even if I have to study for 2 more years? </p>

<p>If you have any questions, ask! Please Help...
My most sincere THANKS :]</p>

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<p>I think that you need to take at least a year off to pursue some kind of paying job, and to explore viable career options before committing to any further education. Go to the career center at your own community college, talk with the counselors, take their goofy-seeming career identification tests, etc. and get some feedback. Nursing is a stable career, but the training will be a long, hard slog for anyone who isn’t committed to that goal. Maybe it would work for you, but if you have doubts in your mind right now, right now is not the time to start down that path.</p>

<p>If you are certain about pursuing a degree in film and video, look around for a college that you can transfer to that will give you credit for your Associates degree, and maybe some advance placement for your previous coursework in that subject area. If you just want a bachelors degree in anything at all so you can be done, done, done, check out [Accredited</a> Online College | University of Maryland University College](<a href=“http://www.umuc.edu%5DAccredited”>http://www.umuc.edu) and [Penn</a> State | Online Degrees, Online Courses, and Online Certificates offered by Penn State](<a href=“http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/]Penn”>http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/) to see what might be possible. Both will accept up to 90 credits from 4-year institutions. Check to see if your own home state Us offer anything like that. Again, that would be something you could ask the career and transfer advisors at your CC about.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you very much! Your feedback is most appreciated! & I have tried to talk to my counselors at my CC, but they are always are MIA or something else. One year we didn’t even have a Career Counselor. But I def will look into those accredited online Colleges.</p>