<p>So as a community college transfer, I was hoping to squeeze every last bit of use out of my community college prior to transferring. However, the time has come where I absolutely must transfer this fall. I know it's already August and I've already settled on a choice with affordable housing (thankfully). However, my anticipated university allows for concurrent enrollment where I can still take classes online at my community college and get credit for them at my university once the semester is over. Here's the thing though--if I take these classes online, I cannot take ANYMORE classes at my community college and still have them apply to my degree plan because anymore classes afterwards will have me going over the transfer limit. I have made a list of the advantages/disadvantages to doing concurrent enrollment and I wondered what you guys would do--what you guys would do won't influence my decision directly but rather give me some insight or make me think about things I wouldn't do.</p>
<h1>Advantages to concurrent enrollment online</h1>
<p>1) All three classes would be online and they're all 8-week, staggered classes meaning they're not all at the same time
2) Taking these classes online at a community college would be cheaper since I qualify for a tuition discount
3) I'd have more open spaces in my schedule at my university allowing more study time
4) Concurrent enrollment at my community college still counts towards my hour count at my university for the semester which allows me to still get full-time financial aid
5) At least one class is with an easy teacher. I don't know about the others though.</p>
<h1>Disadvantages to concurrent enrollment online</h1>
<p>1) With my current plans, I'd be packing 19 hours for my first semester as a transfer. It's important to remember, however, that during the 1st 8 weeks, I'll have 13 hours to worry about, and then during the 2nd 8 weeks, I'll have an increase to 16 hours because one of the 8 week classes will have ended and the other two will have started. The classes I'd be taking would be Intermediate Spanish I and II, and Art Appreciation.
2) There's no easy way of getting a hold of the instructor except via e-mail since I will be miles away in a different city. Most instructors I've had that were online were very reasonable and easy to contact without having to camp outside their office. Because
3) Spanish is not a language I natively speak but I feel as if I have at least a beginner's grip on it. I feel like I would be able to succeed with at least a C in it. Final grade does not matter, just as long as it's C or above to transfer. I also have someone who could assist me throughout the semester.</p>
<p>Here's the alternative to concurrent enrollment: I could take these classes at my university, but I would have to pay more for them on an already-tight scholarship and they would significantly burden my schedule by inserting more grueling on-campus hours. Additionally, I would have to take the classes semester by semester which might be a little slow.</p>
<p>I'm just slightly worried about transfer shock. Here's my schedule for the coming fall:</p>
<p>Differential Equations (already took this class and it did not transfer, so I know a majority of the material)
Math Reasoning
Statistics
Music Ensemble (for fun)
Intermediate Spanish I
Intermediate Spanish 2
Art Appreciation</p>
<p>Does my schedule seem doable for a first-time transfer? I would not be working a job during this coming semester.</p>
<p>Any advice and insight is appreciated.</p>