<p>All throughout high school I had dreams of going to a University of my choice. After thinking too hard about paying for college at the end of my senior year, I decided that I will attend community college for two years. As of right now, I deeply regret my decision. I HATE MY SCHOOL. There's no diversity, student life, and people only talk to the people they knew at their previous high school. All my friends who use to live in the area are all off to college. I can't even go out like I want to on the weekends because my parents are strict about how late I come in. I'm just really unhappy. </p>
<p>I am really considering transferring to a University next semester. My community college is a little over 5 grand a year while the university I want to attend is a little over 7 grand a year. Is it a good idea to transfer to another college for a spring semester? I graduated with honors from my high school and I was already accepted into the University, so I am not worried about whether I will be able to get in or not.</p>
<p>I am not aware of universities that would process a transfer and accept a student that very academic year and mid-year at that. Have you confirmed that this is in fact possible for the university you have in mind? What about the courses that you’ll take come spring? Many courses are year long and they start in the winter semester. However if the transfer is as simple as you state, and you’re will to possibly lose 1/2 year in the process of transferring, then transfer. There is no point in being miserable for the next two years.</p>
<p>I’m not aware of the year long classes that you speak of, but all of my classes end in December. I don’t see why I would lose 1/2 year because I am only taking generals, and all of my credits are accepted by the University.</p>
<p>If this is an in-state public U, there is every likelihood that the proposed transfer is possible.</p>
<p>london16 -</p>
<p>If you chose to attend the CC in order to save only $2,000 each year, then your budget must be extremely tight. Give the CC a shot. You’ve only been there for what, two weeks? Look around the campus for an activity to join, or check around town for a part-time job. Life can get better if you put some effort in.</p>
<p>Also, if you are switching from a $5,000 per year CC to a $7,000 per year university, you must be planning to commute to that university. What about your home life would change if you were commuting there instead of the CC? Your parents would most likely hold you to the same curfews.</p>
<p>Full disclosure here: Happykid attended our local CC and completed her AA there before transferring to one of the state Us. She had scads of friends of various ages and from many different high schools who she met through her classes. Part of that I am sure was because as a Theater Tech major she worked on several productions each semester, and many of the actors and techies were also in her classes with her. If you aren’t taking any classes that require group work, and there aren’t any clubs or athletic teams that appeal to you, stroll over to the Theater Department and sign up to be an extra stage hand for the fall play. If you are good natured and half-way competent, you will find that you have many new best friends.</p>
<p>I didn’t attend community college just to save $2,000. I forgot to mention the room and board at the University. Including the room and board, the University comes to about 15,000 grand a year. I currently have a part-time job. I work on the days I don’t have school, so life is just school work school work…not too happy with that. Thanks for the advice though. It’s appreciated.</p>
<p>I do hope that you can find a way to be happy at your CC. It really is saving you buckets of money. Just keep stashing away as much of those savings as you can each semester, so that you have something to help cover the difference in living expenses when you do move away.</p>
<p>I’ll be blunt, SNAP OUT OF IT. Suck it up and work extremely hard to to do good in community college. From the looks of it you seem more concerned about your social life then your academics. The mentality you have is destine to do you no good. Focus on school, get a 4.0, then transfer to a great school you actually love. Don’t settle for anything less, stay occupied and be positive.</p>
<p>OP, I echo happymom that the CC is saving you lots of money. Hang in there. The four semesters will fly by quicker than you think. I know many students who did this quite successfully.</p>