<p>Hi everyone! I need some good advice ASAP on this certain matter I have.</p>
<p>I was accepted to St. Thomas Aquinas College, a very small private college and was offered a full scholarship to their Honors Program. I would be commuting to their campus everyday. I will take one honors class a semester. It's a small school, so I would get to know the faculty and professors there better and possibly have a closer relationship with them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stac.edu/honors.html">http://www.stac.edu/honors.html</a></p>
<p>I also have the option to go to my community college's MTS Honor Program. The program seems to be very good. It's at Rockland Community College and it boasts transfers to Ivy Leagues every year and other top tier colleges. It also seems to give good transfer support for students. It's also closer to home, so I may be able to get more involved in club/activities. I would take multiple honor classes a semester if available in my schedule. I also would have a mentor.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sunyrockland.edu/study-at-rcc/academics-and-degrees">http://www.sunyrockland.edu/study-at-rcc/academics-and-degrees</a></p>
<p>My intention has always been to transfer in possibly a year or two regardless of which of the two schools I attend and I intend to follow through on that. I was in the top of my class in high school with a 4.0 GPA and would like to transfer to a good college after saving some money. I'm also worried about the rigor of the classes I take at STAC as I don't know much about it and I was overqualified for admission there. I know that at CC there is some rigor in the honors classes.</p>
<p>My question is, which of the two colleges would you recommend I attend? I need to pick ASAP. Would very much appreciate your suggestions! :)</p>
<p>Have you looked to see whether each school has sufficient course offerings that fulfill the pre-transfer prerequisites for your possible majors at each of your transfer target schools?</p>
<p>If you attended STAC, how likely is it that you will want to stay and finish your bachelor’s degree there?</p>
<p>CCs are more likely to be supportive of students planning to transfer, since that is one of their missions, though it is likely that the most common transfer targets are state universities.</p>
<p>Yup! At either school, there are classes that would be able to fulfil prerequisites at the colleges I’m looking at. I’ve chosen my schedule for each respective college so that the credits would most likely transfer. </p>
<p>The community college has also transferred a some transfers to all the prospective transfer schools I’m looking at, which is a plus I forgot to mention. Not sure how helpful that is in terms of admission.</p>
<p>Apologies for providing the wrong link for the community college honors program page, this is the correct one:</p>
<p><a href=“Honors Program - Rockland Community College”>http://www.sunyrockland.edu/study-at-rcc/academics-and-degrees/honors-program</a></p>
<p>As for STAC, it’s quite unlikely that I would stay at the school. It just doesn’t seem to have what I would like in a college, long-term wise. It’s not necessarily a “fit.”</p>
<p>Anyone else have any thoughts?</p>
<p>Since your intention is to transfer and you got into a CCHOnors Program that seems dedicated to helping its students transfer to good 4-year universities, it seems that that CC Honors program would be better for your goals.</p>
<p>It depends on whether you’ll be able to afford the transfer schools. Many schools give lousy aid to transfer students.</p>
<p>How much would your parents pay at the transfer school?</p>
<p>I would hate for you to get to junior year and have no affordable schools to go to…and at that point, the other award will have vanished.</p>
<p>can you go to thomas A for 2 years and then see your transfer results? (don’t cut ties with TA until you see aid pkgs at transfer schools)</p>