<p>i posted a little while ago about having been suspended from my private LAC for mental health issues at the end of my third year, so this just happened a few months ago as i just completed my third year. i have been told that i can't come back in the fall, but they haven't said "no, you can't come back in the spring semester", and to me it sounds like i could. however, after everything i want to transfer. during the past two years at my current school, i've been having these issues, but they got really bad during this past spring semester. i feel like as a small LAC, they can't possibly deal with me anymore even though they say i can come back. i feel like i would fall into the same cycle by returning there. the school is telling me i need to do a, b and c to return, and therefore i feel like they're controlling my life (however, i'd need to do them anyway because the school i want to apply to requires i'm eligible to return to the place i'm trying to get out of, but i'm thinking there could be flexibility since i feel like my LAC sent those requirements for them specifically, being as small as they are). i am thinking about transferring to a bigger school that could provide more, and if i had gone to a bigger school in the first place i probably wouldn't have been kicked out. the bigger school would be cheaper, however, it would likely take me longer than four years to graduate because i currently have a self-designed major, with classes all over the place in all sorts of different subjects, and the big school doesn't have that program. i know that people go to big schools (specifically state flagships, which is what i'm looking at) with all sorts of issues that you can't necessarily get by with at private LACs. i feel like i don't want my degree to even be from the private LAC anymore, and just want out. i feel like i would be happier starting over someplace else, getting my degree and being done with college. but there are those little things i would miss about my LAC that you can't get at other schools, like the sense of community. any advice is appreciated, thank you!! :D</p>
<p>This would be a good issue for you to talk out with your therapist. As you mentioned, there are pros and cons in transferring. The Us we checked generally require at least 60 credits in your major at the school you’re planning to obtain your degree from. </p>
<p>I’d be concerned at what support you can receive at your current U vs wherever you might transfer. At large Us, students are generally not given the level of support as small LACs, so can fall through cracks. </p>
<p>I’d also see about financial consequences of sticking with current U vs transfer and see how whomever is helping finance your education feels about these issues. They have a stake and voice too.</p>
<p>Since you are in California, note that many of the California public universities have limits on the number of units a transfer student can apply with, if any of the units are from four year schools (as opposed to only community colleges). Check each campus to find out its policy.</p>
<p>Note that transfer admission can be quite competitive at some campuses.</p>
<p>OP, as a parent I am seriously worried about you. From your previous threads, it does not seem that the LAC is setting any unreasonable requirements for your return–you just seem to be reflexively resistant to complying with reasonable requirements like completing a course of therapy and establishing that you are in a mental frame of health to re-engage on campus successfully.</p>
<p>You can certainly transfer, if you can afford the additional time and the additional money
that might be involved.</p>
<p>But your mental health issues will continue to get in your way unless you do what you need to do to help yourself.</p>
<p>What do your parents think about your options?</p>