From 4-year university to community college

<p>I'm currently a 4-year university in east coast as an enigineering major. However, I decided to pursue architecture after my freshmen year, but my school doesn't offer one. So, I decided to transfer to another school that offers architeuctural studies. Because architecture major requires artwork portfolios, I am working on my portfolio over the summer in my hometown in California with my private art teacher. However, as I have worked on my portfolio, summer is just too short to finish working on my portfolio. So, my teacher recommeded to drop out of my current school and attend local community college, so I could have more time to work on my portfolio and to train my art skills before transferring. However, my mom STRONLY disagreed to my teacher because she is concerned about the fact that I have to explain my reason for dropping out of my current school and atteding community college. So... can anyone give me a recommendation or advice about what I should do? Should I just quickly finish my porfolio over the summer and get a lot of help from my teacher and finish my second year in my current school? Or should I drop out of my current school and attend community college, so I could have more time to study and prepare my portfolio?</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

<p>Leaving a four year school to go to community college is not that bad. You have valid reasons for doing so, and it will give you the time you need to prepare your portfolio. I think it’s a great option.</p>

<p>Have you started at the second university yet, or would this fall be your first term there?</p>

<p>If you haven’t started yet, and your local CC offers the first two years of Architecture/pre-Archicture with an articulation agreement with university that would guarantee you admission into the Architecture program, then by all means stay put at your CC. If there is no written articulation agreement, but your CC has a good track record for students transferring into Architecture, then you may want to stay there as well. Make an appointment with the Transfer Counselor at your CC and find out about this.</p>

<p>Lots of people transfer “down” to CCs every single year. Doing so to get the basic courses for a new major is one of the most common reasons for this decision. It is not a problem at all.</p>

<p>This fall would be my second year in my current university</p>

<p>Thanks for the reply^^</p>

<p>In that case, you need to find out whether or not any of the CC courses would actually be transferable for credit. Pick up the phone and call your university, and ask them about this. You may be better off to just take a semester leave of absence and concentrate on your portfolio.</p>