Looking for a 4-year in New England (CC transfer)

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<p>Hello!
I'm currently in my first semester (went spring) at a very nice community college in Maine. I had a complicated high school academic life (2.4 GPA, 1990 SAT, tons of extracurriculars, honors & AP classes but did mediocre-ly). </p>

<p>In the fall of 2009, I went to a 4-year private college out-of-state and FAILED HARDCORE. I essentially became overwhelmed, depressed, undernourished and slept all day in my apartment and after a semester withdrew after getting below a 70 in ALL of my classes and moved home. I had a terrible living and financial situation. The counselor I was seeing and my parents attributed it in-part to an untreated anxiety disorder, which I'd say I'm now handling well.</p>

<p>I'm doing very well now, I enjoy my classes very much and I can safely assume I'll get at least a 3.6 here this semester. I may also do summer semester depending on financial aid. I'm taking a pretty decent courseload (18 credits).</p>

<p>I haven't yet decided if I should try and transfer for next fall, or wait another year and then try. I'm very into academics right now and am looking for a decent 4-year college to transfer to with respectable credentials in Biology or Genetics. I plan on either getting a Ph.D. or going to medical school (like I said, it depends largely on my undergrad success). I'm trying to finally be the academic I'd like to be, and I need to transfer somewhere that will get me there. I don't feel at all that community college is serving my needs.</p>

<p>Does anybody have any suggestions? I'm mostly looking at Maine-New Hampshire-Massachusetts.</p>

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<p>Wait another year. That will give you more time to build up your transcript and to get to know the instructors who will be writing your LORs. Talk with the transfer counselor at your CC about any articulation agreements that exist between your CC and 4-year institutions. It may make sense to complete your AA before you transfer. If you qualify for Phi Theta Kappa, there may be some scholarship money for you as well.</p>

<p>Keep up the good work!</p>

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<p>Various sizes, rural, suburban, urban and in terms of selectivity: </p>

<p>UNH (NH)
Colby-Sawyer (NH)
UMASS (MA)
College of the Holy Cross (MA) Catholic
Stonehill (MA) Catholic
Simmons (MA) Women’s College
Hampshire (MA)
Emmanuel (MA)
UCONN (CT) If willing to look, has great support for LDs, mental health etc.
Smith (MA) Women’s College
Mt. Holyoke (MA) Women’s College
Clark University (MA) </p>

<p>Good luck to you!</p>

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<p>A bachelors degree program in New England. Hmmm. Not sure there are any. jk. </p>

<p>You should probably just figure out the type of school (LAC/University) and the geographic preference (Boston/suburb/rural). Make a list of schools that meet your preferences. Then determine your ability to get in and trim the list down. </p>

<p>Example:
A national university in Boston.</p>

<p>Full list of Boston schools (not really, just an example):
Harvard
MIT
BC
Tufts
Northeastern
BU
Suffolk
UMass Boston
Simmons
Emmanuel
Emerson
Fisher</p>

<p>Trimmed down (just an example):
Suffolk
UMass Boston
Simmons
Emmanuel
Emerson
Fisher</p>