Taking a semester break away from college

<p>Hey, I decided that I no longer want to pursue studies at my university for the upcoming Spring 2014 semester. I want to take this semester off and then resume my studies at a community college on the Fall 2014 semester with a whole different major. I'm a freshman, and I realized I made a mistake without thinking about other possible options I could take before enrolling and going to my first university. Is this possible? If so, what would I tell my university? I'm not sure if I would have to fill out a "withdrawl" form or a "Leave of Absence" form. Could any one please inform me on this matter? I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you.</p>

<p>Talk to the consular. Tell them you can’t afford the tuition and want to goto community college. Don’t bother talking about the different major. </p>

<p>Find out what school you want to goto. Find out any limitations they have. For instance If taking both CC and 4 yr uni credits will hurt you. etc. And go on from there.</p>

<p>Thank you very much for the help!</p>

<p>You might want to look into whether you can take a leave of absence. Figure out when you would need to apply to/enroll in community college and what would be involved in transferring credits. It may be that you can take a leave of absence to give this some more consideration for a few months without withdrawing completely from your current university. You likely would need to formally withdraw before you could start community college, but something to consider. A lot of people are unhappy first semester at a university – give yourself options by taking a leave instead of withdrawing if you can.</p>

<p>I don’t know why you would lie to your current university about the issue with your major. In fact, a counselor at your university may be able to help you think through your options (what if they have an option to design your own major, and you could do what you wanted to after all at your current school)? Even if you do decide to leave, tell the truth about why you are leaving – there is nothing wrong with changing your field of study and your college along with it. I can’t think of a good reason to tell them it is tuition related if it isn’t.</p>