<p>So due to financial restraints, if I go to any school outside of UC system, I'll probably have to graduate in three years. I'm a freshman right now at a private university and I'm going to transfer next year but I'm not sure where yet. So the way I see it I have two options: </p>
<p>1) Transfer to another school (I'm looking at umich, cmc, pomona, usc, jhu, and nyu) and graduate in three years. </p>
<p>2) go to community college and transfer to a uc as a junior.</p>
<p>So I was wondering if anybody had any idea about the possibility of graduating from those schools in three years. I'm taking an extra class this semester, and I'm going to take summer classes this summer, and I'd an extra class every semester if possible, but I was wondering that would work? Thanks</p>
<p>Also I got no AP credit coming in, so I'm not really ahead in any way, except after this summer I'll be through 4th semester language.</p>
<p>If you are a freshman now, and you apply to transfer next year (when you are a sophomore), you will almost certainly need to be enrolled at that new institution for a full two years worth of credits. It will be very hard to squeeze that many credits into only ONE academic year.</p>
<p>If you transfer this year, and begin at the new institution in the fall, you may be able to squeeze three years of credits into two academic years and the summer term between them.</p>
<p>Yeah I can afford two years, but not three.</p>
<p>What is the part of your expense that you want to reduce? Just the housing costs, or also the tuition and fees? Many places will charge extra tuition and fees if you take more than X credits in a term, and you will have to pay for tuition and fees for those summer classes. Trying to finish quickly leaves you no room for error. If you change majors, need to repeat a course, or can’t get into a course the semester that you need it, you will be in trouble.</p>
<p>It looks like you are a CA resident. If that is a case, and money has become a serious issue, your best option would be to go the CCC to CU/CSU route. You will have a bit more flexibility in your schedule. Have you taken a look at the UC transfer sub-forum inside the Transfer Students Forum? Click on “Discussion Home” in the upper-left of this screen, and scroll down to find it. You should get some useful ideas there.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! I’d like to reduce housing and tuition, as those are what account for 90% of the costs in college. Summer classes are significantly cheaper than classes during the school year, so depending if/where I get accepted, I’ll have to work out a schedule. </p>
<p>I think I’m probably going to end up at a ccc, so thanks for the input.</p>