Transfer to Community College??

This is going to be quite long so I hope the people reading this will bear with me!

I am a first year student at a four year university and I am in my first trimester and finishing up actually at the moment. I am thinking after this trimester to move back home and transfer to a community college and not dorm anymore. The reasons behind this decision is:

  1. I am very undecided and I think Community College (CC) gives more time to try more classes and gives more time compared to a rigorous four year.
  2. I will be receiving a full ride for the CC they will pay for everything including school supplies which will save a lot of money. instead of pay $7,500 of loans every year being here and with this scholarship it is partnered with many other 4 years in the city to get scholarships and help with the transition after the community college.
  3. The school I am at now is nice and very expensive but the location is rural and I want to be in a more urban setting and transferring will give me that. and I don’t enjoy forming because I feel trapped and I don’t party so I don’t see the point!
  4. I miss my family, friends, and boyfriend back home which is why I want to move back too. I am depressed and not eating when dorming and being here.
  5. The schooling at the 4 year is good and professors are nice and the people and friends I have met so far are so nice yet I don’t feel I belong here (I can’t explain the feeling…) I just feel empty here and that no one seems to be in my corner.
  6. The 4 year school has less people than my high school and i feel I have seen the same people over and over and I don’t like that…
  7. Since the rural area it seems I am doing the same thing everyday which makes me feel i am not growing here I am just living the same life everyday over and over…
  8. Everything in this suburb is very expensive so getting an apartment is not an option later on in the school year but in the city I can.

Now explaining all of my reasons for thinking about doing this transfer there are things that are making me second guess which are:
-My mom thinks if I leave this school I will regret it so much! and she says if I stay I will learn to like it. (i don’t want to learn to like it I want to like it automatically. I think it will be better for me I don’t know
-I am afraid I won’t make as many friends but I am going to join vegan club and photography club right away in the new college!

  • i don’t want to disappoint my mom or anyone else or make people think that I am a failure.
    -my mom thinks that I am transferring because of my boyfriend and its a downside that my bf does go to the community college I am looking at. But me and my bf decided that if I do transfer we won’t hang out as much and so on. So i don’t know how to make her realize it is not him.
    -in high school I didn’t go to the city that much and my mom said what will change now…but I want to prove to her that it will change.
    -my mom will hate me for leaving this four year college and the school gave me a lot of money.
  • People will think I didn’t give the school a chance but I did and I still didn’t like it. and is it worth it to stay in a dorm if I go home quiet often??
    Now that you have heard my doubts and reasons I would like to know if anyone has done this 4year to 2 year and back to 4year and how was that experience do you regret it?
    Another question is what do you think I should do? I am scared to make a decision and I need some insight from others please help! Thank you!

What kind of financial aid are you receiving right now? If you have loans for $7,500 this year, how much of that is federal loans?

Do you know for a fact that you will have full aid with no loans at the CC? Is that offer still in place even though you have already started college somewhere else?

If you finish at the CC with no debt, how much aid are you going to need in order to finish your education? Will the places you can transfer to give you the kind of aid package you have now, or will you have to work full time and study part time and complete your degree slowly?

Are there any other students on big scholarships like yours at your current college? Or are you pretty much it? Can you fet any help from the counseling center?

Have you spoken with the financial aid office where you are to determine your responsibility for your student loans if you leave at the end of this quarter?