Mostly done with school, but want to transfer to larger campus to redo major(Comp Sci)

Transfer Students
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Hello,

I am currently a student at a small campus of a rather large university. Since the campuses are different in almost every way except in name, I am considering transferring from my current campus, where I am almost done with my Computer Science major and am less than a year away from graduation, to the much larger campus that has better professors and more resources to essentially redo my major.

My current graduation timeline is technically a year early since I came in with a lot of credits from HS, and if I read my degree planner correctly, redoing my major will only take me another year, putting me at the regular 4-year mark.

While in the grand scheme of things my degree is not going to mean much after a couple of years in the industry, it’s mostly a personal accomplishment thing.

I have already taken a few classes at the bigger campus as the university allows a few credits a year to take cross-campus courses and I generally love the vibe of the place. The major is super competitive and I still unsure I am going to get in, but in the off chance I do, is this a reasonable track for my academic career or am I crazy to even consider this as an option?

Thanks!

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I think the plan is not realistic at all. You’re a senior in college. Transferring at this stage in your degree, you have to plan to add 2 more years to school. It’s anyone’s guess how many of your credits will actually transfer without talking to an advisor at the other school with your transcripts in hand. I promise, it’s not going to be as optimistic as you think. And financial aid has limits too.

Seriously, you’re almost done with school. Just finish. There’s so much more to life than college.

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Check out the graduation rules for transferring with the university system. As @coolguy40 pointed out, usually you have to have to be at a college for 2 years to get a degree from there. The fact that you are in limited in how many courses you can cross-register suggests that there may be similar restrictions for graduation.