<p>Hi, Well basically I'm 19 and finishing up my 2 years at a community college in New York. I will be applying to colleges for Fall 2010 and am a little nervous.</p>
<p>Basically I have a few questions that maybe some people who have answers to.</p>
<pre><code> As a transfer student will it be weird for a 20 year old going away to college with out knowing anyone to make friends. Like most people my age and classes will be juniors and have apartments while I will be stuck in a dorm...
What do you guys / gals think is a great overall college to transfer to for business. I would like a good college affordable but I am going away to college to have a sick time, parties etc.
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<p>When I leave this community college I will have about a 3.4-3.6 gpa and when I apply to a college will they say: Hi, because of your grades you ahve recieved "X" amount of money to come here. Or will I have to apply for a scholarship?</p>
<p>Ahhh I just don't know where to go: Stay Suny for cheapness or travel away if i recieve a scholarship =[</p>
<p>I think you will have plenty of opportunities to make friends, so don’t worry about that.</p>
<p>As for scholarship money, it depends. Some colleges have transfer scholarships that are considered automatically. At others you may need to apply for something. Some schools may also require you to fill out the fafsa even for merit aid.</p>
<p>If financial aid is a big consideration look for schools that are generous to transfer students. Not a lot are. One way to figure this out is to visit a target schools financial aid website and see what it says. A school that offers generous finaid to transfers will have named scholarships listed on their website. There are also some school where you can input your information into a form and get an accurate estimate of potential finaid. One school I can think of with such a form is Baylor in Texas.</p>
<p>Unfortunately most schools do not offer a lot of aid to transfers. If you go through this forum you can find threads about transfer scholarships. Use the google search and try search terms like “transfer financial aid” and “transfer scholarship.”</p>
<p>One of the best ways to make friends at college is to join a club or organization. It doesn’t matter if it is the literary magazine or a recreational snowman building club. </p>
<p>Also, certain classes one can take for electives tend to yield friends because the class setting is very open. Examples of this is to compare a lecture-heavy class with an art studio class, dance class, choir class. </p>
<p>Try sports, like intermurals. </p>
<p>Just get creative. While many of the rising juniors will have friends/cliques - many will be shifting in and out of social groups because they are shifting and maturing themselves. As their life goals shift, their friendship circles do as well and there is usually LOTS of room to add new friends into their circle.</p>
<p>Know also that after college ends, making and keeping friends is a trial all to itself - many college grads are no longer hanging out almost exclusively with the 18 - 23 year old crowd (ave age of a college student) as they enter the work force, get married, have kids, etc. What I’m saying is that even if you are a transfer student, this is still the easiest time by far to make friends… so just jump in and go for it. A couple of years from now all these college students will be working in schools and offices and other professional places and scattered… right now they’re gathered and easy to find. :)</p>