<p>I am a fairly competitive high school senior (3.8 uw gpa, 4.0 w gpa, lots of ecs, decent scores) and have always thought of going straight to University (not community college), but now that I attend a Middle College High School (con-current enrollment @ high school and college), I'm starting to re-think my options. By the time I graduate high school, I'm going to have 42 college units, which means I would only need 18 (one semester) to transfer to a 4-year university in the Spring of 2011. </p>
<p>What would you suggest I do?
I don't know what to do, I'm still on the fence :/</p>
<p>It depends, where do you want to go? How much money does your family have to pay for college?</p>
<p>Some schools, ie Yale, MIT, are almost impossible to transfer into, so you’d be better off applying as a freshmen. But other schools are easier to transfer into than to get in as a freshman if your CC has a transfer agreement with them, ie UVA, UC Berkley (?).</p>
<p>Then, of course, as you know, getting credit a CC saves tons of money. But then again, if you want to go to privates, you’d get less financial aid, I think.</p>
<p>Additionally, even transferring your second semester, you might lose out on some of the oft-talked about college freshman experience and probably feel very lonely while are your friends are at four-year universities. Also, you might have more trouble securing housing. </p>
<p>I’m not really sure if that helped…</p>