I finished up my A.A. degree this semester, and in the fall I’m transferring to a private, four year university. It’s recognized within the cities where I live, but nationally it won’t have much, if any, prestige. I was thinking that I might try transferring to my state’s flagship again after either first semester or a year, but I’m wondering if that would be a dumb idea. I’m just worried because the school where I’m attending doesn’t have as many connections as my flagship, and I’m not sure how that will affect my future success. I have thought about grad school down the line, and again, I’d like go for my state’s flagship since its business school is solid. Should I just ride it out at the school that accepted me?
Maybe you should stay at CC and reapply next year? I’m not sure how the CCs work outside of CA but if it were CA that is what I would tell you to do.
If you are unhappy with the private university, and you are confident that you will be admitted by the flagship, then pick up the phone and call their admissions office and see if there still is time to be admitted for the fall.
If you can’t get in for the fall, take the semester (or whole year) off and apply for admissions for the spring/summer/fall. There’s no good reason to transfer twice with all of the headaches and costs involved.
I’m assuming you didn’t get accepted by the flagship. I would not assume that taking off a year and re-applying will get you any better outcome at the flagship. At the same, going to the private U and then trying to transfer to the flagship will probably add a semester or two to your program given you have already transferred from a CC. If you do well at the private school, you could always go the flagship for graduate school, although MBA programs are expecting you to work first. If the private schools aren’t affordable, have you considered applying to state schools other than the flagship?
Hey all, thanks for the responses. You’re correct that I didn’t get accepted to the flagship, unfortunately. The private college is affordable for my family, thanks to the package that I was awarded. I have thought about taking time off, but my thing is I’ll be 22 in the fall and I don’t want to be 25 when I finish my undergrad. Right now I’m on track to be 23 when I finish up. I do understand that MBA’s require work experience, which is totally fine. I did apply to some state schools, but the schools don’t seem very good and living in a dorm at my age doesn’t seem appealing. It’d be to hard to get an apartment right now. According to an admissions counselor, I was missing a prerequisite so that’s why I was denied.
“According to an admissions counselor, I was missing a prerequisite so that’s why I was denied.”
Then please do let the people at your CC know about that so that they can better advise future students with your major.
I might be totally wrong for your school, but I’ve seen where to be awarded a BA/BS degree you have to finish 60 units (or 2 years) at the school. Make sure you understand your flagships requirements before concocting a plan.
I’ll definitely check into that @redpoodles. Right now I’m leaning towards going to the school that I got accepted to, and do a couple internships while also networking. Like I said, it’s solid instate but I’m just worried if I ever decide to move.
Um, I wouldn’t go straight out trashing the advisor. You do not know what transpired and he did get into one university.
“Like I said, it’s solid instate but I’m just worried if I ever decide to move.”
If you work for a couple of years before you move out of state, it won’t matter where you went to college. What will matter is your work experience.