<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>My name is Michael. I served in the Marine Corps for 4 years, and I am now out with an honorable discharge. I had a few questions regarding college. I hope I am posting in the correct forum. If not, I will delete this thread & move it to the appropriate section.</p>
<p>I am already accepted to Lansing Community College in Michigan. LCC participates in the MACRAO transfer agreement, which basically means that you are guaranteed to have your general education courses will transfer to certain universities. Here is where my questions begin.</p>
<p>1.) I'm not sure which university I want to transfer to as of right now. I am leaning towards either University of Michigan Ann Arbor, or University of California Berkeley. I am studying Computer Science. Due to this, I can't call a specific college and ask them which classes would transfer, because they would differ from one university to another. What should I do in regards to this? I was considering taking the courses on the MACRAO transfer agreement, simply because I'm not sure and the counselors at LCC did not help as well as I had expected. I am only going to be attending community college for a year, I will not be completing my associates at the community college.</p>
<p>2.) When transferring to a university, especially one that has high standards, what do they look at? I have my GED and never took the SAT or ACT, but I plan on doing extremely well at LCC. I know that I can achieve atleast a 3.7, if not higher. Will a years worth of credits (spring, summer, and fall) get me accepted into a good university if I do exceptional at LCC?</p>
<p>3.) If I do decide to attend an out of state university, I heard that there is a possibility I could immediately gain residency status by being a "commuter in-state student"? I'm not sure as to how often this happens but I know my friend transferred from HFCC in MI to MIT for the same thing, computer science.</p>
<p>More questions will probably pop into my head as time goes on.
Any help would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>Thank you,
Michael</p>