Please, help me!

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<p>My name is Christine. I will be a freshman this 2013-2014 year this Fall Quarter at UW Tacoma. I just graduated from high school this year in June. </p>

<p>Here's the thing: </p>

<p>During my senior year, I got admitted to UW Tacoma and I got rejected by UW Seattle 2 months after receiving my UW Tacoma acceptance letter. Once I got UW Tacoma's acceptance letter, I automatically accepted UW Tacoma and I got in. I got rejected my UW Seattle because I have a low SAT score of 1300....same goes Seattle University. Seattle University was supposed to be my dream school, but I got wait-listed by them and I told myself "You know what? Screw them. Just go to UW" And so I did, but instead of Seattle, it's Tacoma.</p>

<p>Now, I've got all of my classes and my housing set for Tacoma. However, right now I feel like I might be regretting. </p>

<p>The economy has been really bad and times have always been tough. Neither of my family graduated from high school. Neither of my family ever went to college, too. And now all the weight is on me. My family and I have always been struggling and being a low income family has put us a lot pressure in struggling to find jobs and making ends meet. </p>

<p>This made me decide to want to major in Business Accounting and Finance, to either become an accountant or a financial analyst. </p>

<p>The problem is this: both UW Tacoma and UW Seattle have their own business schools. I don't know which one to choose.
I just got accepted to UW Tacoma and I've got my classes and housing there set and ready. But should I regret? </p>

<p>Should I got for my Plan A:
Should I have gone to UW Seattle for their business school (Foster School of Business) instead? Should I attend UW Tacoma for freshman year only and transfer to UW Seattle afterwards? Or.. should I attend UW Tacoma for freshman and sophomore year and apply to UW Seattle's Foster School of Business? </p>

<p>Or..</p>

<p>Should I go for my Plan B:
Should I stay at UW Tacoma? Stay where I am at right now? Stick with what I have? Stay at UW Tacoma and attend there for 4 years and apply to their business school (Milgard School of Business)??</p>

<p>I know both of them are UW and the only difference I see is their different location and their recognition. I know Foster has been recognized as one of the best business schools, however, wouldn't Milgard be the same?? Wouldn't Milgrad be the same at all - since they are still a part of the UW community??</p>

<p>I don't understand. I'm just so naive about everything - the future, college, everything. </p>

<p>Suddenly I got struck by lightening. </p>

<p>Maybe I should stick with Plan B. Prove that Milgard can be as great of a business school as Foster and become a leader there at UW Tacoma. Maybe I should start small with leadership and come out big. </p>

<p>All my life I've lived in Seattle (ever since I was born in California and it's unfortunate of me not to grow up there instead, I know) and I grew up in Seattle and I'm just so sick of the city! No offense, but I just don't like it. The weather is unpredictable, the people are rude, there's so much hussle and bustle. Seattle is just isn't a calm area. </p>

<p>But Tacoma... Tacoma is different. It's so calm and peaceful and no one knows me and my family there. Everyone knows me and my family in Seattle but.. we all want to start over. We all want to move out because we're just so sick of living in this city!
So maybe Tacoma can be a place where we can all start over. </p>

<p>In Seattle, I'm just a nobody and everyone knows that I am nothing here. </p>

<p>But in Tacoma, no one knows me and maybe if I start over, I could finally be noticed and recognized and finally become a leader in the community. </p>

<p>And then, if I could get really high and good grades in all of my classes at UW Tacoma and at their school of business - I could apply for graduate school out of state. I could apply for (MBA) graduate school at California and hopefully get accepted because of my good reputation I've made for myself and for the community at Tacoma. </p>

<p>I just want to make that happen so badly. I just want to succeed. All my life, we've been poor and almost everyone I here in Seattle thinks I'll never make it in life - thinks that I'll never succeed. </p>

<p>It's always been a struggle for me to believe in myself, but I just don't know. </p>

<p>So if I start out in Tacoma, maybe I could succeed there. If I start small.. maybe better things will come and things will change for good. </p>

<p>The problem is that I don't want to regret the choices I have to make right now. I haven't decided yet of what plan to choose - either A or B. </p>

<p>I've been talking to a lot of people online and it seems like (other than talking to my college advisor) this is the last resort. </p>

<p>I need some opinions, some advice. I feel so stuck and so lost, but at the same time a part of me knows what I'm about to do. </p>

<p>I just feel so unsure.</p>

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<p>Plan A:</p>

<p>Don’t transfer from Tacoma to Seattle – that would be difficult and extremely competitive. If you decide that your final goal is to go to Foster, go to a community college, get good grades, and transfer from a community college instead.</p>

<p>Plan B:</p>

<p>Your choice. As far as it goes for Accounting, I don’t see much of a difference if you choose to attend Tacoma instead of Seattle. As long as you obtain your CPA license after that, the school wouldn’t make much of a difference. There MIGHT be a difference in the number of opportunities offered at different campuses that can help you, but otherwise that’s fine. Go to wherever you feel more comfortable.</p>

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<p>@christ13r, I would think that a better school will give you a better prospect and better opportunities in life. UW Seattle is the better school obviously, but I’m not sure whether you’ll be able to get in by transfer. You really need to work very hard and gain a high GPA during your freshman year to then try for UW Seattle’s admission. From what seatac has said, maybe transferring from a community college would be easier/less competitive. However, with good grades, transferring from Tacoma to Seattle would be possible too.</p>

<p>From what I gather from you, I would suggest, firstly, going along with UW Tacoma at this point. No point thinking too far out when you don’t know how it will actually turn out. Since you want a change of environment and you have to choose it because Seattle didn’t accept you, there’s no conflict in your decision to go Tacoma. Secondly, after going through education in Tacoma, depending on your grades, you can choose to transfer out (no point thinking now whether you would want to transfer out or not in the future, you have to be realistic -> no good GPA = no transfer to UW Seattle). During this mean time in Tacoma, you already have a cut-of with your Seattle’s social circle, time will refresh your opinion on how people perceive you and refresh people’s idea on you if you choose to return in future. You can take this time to build on your leadership/social skills/network, you’ll be more confident since you’re starting out fresh. Thirdly, after you finish your freshman year, review on your GPA and everything else that you have and will achieve in Tacoma, make your decision then. It will be a wiser decision, and you won’t regret it in future. Additionally, I would want to emphasize on the importance of working real hard no matter where your inclination lies - only with good grades will you have the power to choose.</p>

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<p>High grades are usually not enough to transfer from a 4 year. You have to have some convincing reasons for doing that also.</p>