Should I transfer? And if so, where?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm sort of stuck. I'm currently enrolled in IT classes at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I'm contemplating changing majors so that I can design my own, though. Basically, I'd go for an Associate's Degree in "Applied Arts and Sciences" -- Multidisciplinary Studies. I already have enough credits for one concentration, an IT concentration, and would be able to take between twenty to forty more credits for a Web Design concentration. Upon graduating, I'd be given two sheets of paper stating what I did and what I know and what I'm qualified for. I'd be able to get as many copies of these papers as I want for when I go job hunting.</p>

<p>When I asked how people tend to do after graduating with this degree, my adviser said that no one has ever called her back to complain, most people seem to get where they want to go in life. Another woman also said that "traditional" degrees aren't it anymore, there are more "hybrid" degrees coming out so making my own hybrid isn't odd. Oh, and I said it'd also show initiative, dedication, and drive and everyone agreed with me.</p>

<p>However, I'm also thinking about transferring to another school. There are some downsides to this though. Firstly, RIT is my third school, I hate moving again, I like it here. Secondly, I'd have to send 3 transcripts, find the school, move in, etc. whereas here, I already have a room and can keep it for as long as I'm in school here which is great. But then on the upside, there are other schools out there that have Web Design majors like some of the Art Institute branches. But RIT is a great school and I don't really want to have to head home to PA because there are people there who are either expecting me to fail or hoping I will so I'm determined not to. I also can't say I know much about the Art Institutes or any other technical institutes that'd offer Web Design.</p>

<p>So basically, the question here is does anyone know anything about the Art Institutes? What about other schools for Web Design? I'm from PA and wouldn't mind being back there if it's for a good school/program but am also interested in NY, WA, and places near Portland, Oregon in case I ever get the chance to actually start a life with my boyfriend of two years. -_- Ohio and Maryland aren't bad either, I'd just have to judge schools listed based on distance and how badly I'd want to go. Or would it be okay to stay at RIT? I know people who have done/are doing Web Design without any sort of education, could having a degree in "Applied Arts and Sciences" really be all that bad if I know my stuff?</p>

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<p>It really sounds like you’re not ready for school yet. Maybe you could find yourself while working first, and after you decide what you really want to do you can go back to school.</p>

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<p>Little late for that, I’m finishing up my second year and I already took a year off after high school. Taking time off again wouldn’t help me decide, I’d be back home with my parents in the middle of nowhere listening to everyone tell me where their friends’ kids went. Nevermind the fact that most of them went to be teachers and nurses and I’m sort of not. -_-</p>

<p>It’s between RIT or transferring. If I do the latter, I basically need input on what schools would be good to consider. I’m mainly interested in the Art Institutes since I know they offer Web Design and they sent me info before but I’d already decided to go to another school. NY, PA, MA, WA, and OR (near WA so like Portland) are in the running for different reasons but I can say that without help from a professional on campus, it’d take a miracle to convince my Dad to let me go anywhere other than PA because he’s manipulative and misses pulling my strings now that I’m away from home. XD But I think I’d talk to an adviser on campus about that and have her talk to my Dad if I were to choose another out of state school.</p>

<p>EDIT: Although to be honest with you, I asked to take this quarter off. Dad became enraged. So now it’s costing me $4,000 out of pocket to take just two courses because I had to withdraw from the one because it was too hard and the Professor would only humiliate people who weren’t up to his speed (meaning if you haven’t built your own computer and can’t understand computer nerd jokes, you’re a total loser and shall be laughed at daily). I’m going to flunk one of the two I have left, it’s been so hard to keep up in that a friend of mine has said that he’s going to withdraw. It’s Programming and our assignments are building on one another and so if you have an error in HMWRK 2, guess what. It’s still there in HMWRK 3. It’s getting impossible to sort it all out so I might have to take an F which would actually help me in changing majors since it’d reflect a strong GPA with Programming as my weakness.</p>

<p>But yeah…I didn’t have any say over whether I got a break or not, Dad pretty much tells me where to go and for what and when and how long. -_-</p>