Hi all, I am a student from California that has recently completed 2 years of undergrad at a California Community College, and I planned to transfer to a 4 year school for Fall 2020. I will be honest with myself however, I feel as if I did not put as much thought into the schools I applied to as I should have, and I’m not exactly excited about the school that I admitted myself to to say the least. Also, with the pandemic going on, my entire semester will be online which just adds to the fact that this semester will really just be a repeat of the last semester at my 2 year. I have seriously been considering withdrawing for a semester, and reapplying to schools for Spring 2021, this time with much more focus on where I truly might want to attend.
I had talked to a counselor at the college that I so far will be attending, and she was completely understanding of my situation, and said that taking a gap semester would not be a detriment to me when applying to colleges in Spring, which further has swayed me to consider not going this Fall. However there is still another question I had that I thought I could ask here on these forums. Another major reason I have been thinking about not attending college this fall is because I’ve heard that it is much harder to transfer from a 4 year to another 4 year college, and that community college students get priority when transferring. I was wondering however, if I opt out of my current 4 year college now, will I still have to list it as a place I attended when applying for transfer in the future? In other words, would I be considered a student transferring from a 4 year rather than a community college, even if I end up not attending this 4 year college this Fall?
I guess I should mention that I admitted myself to a CSU for Fall 2020, and I will most likely try to transfer to another CSU in the future (although a UC is not out of the picture).
Thanks for the response, I have made sure that the CSUs that I’ve been looking into take Spring transfers. Recently I have been interested in San Jose State and Chico State. I also really like San Diego State, but I applied for it this Fall and did not get in, which is understandable being as selective as it is. Would you think a CSU to CSU transfer would be difficult?
It’s definitely better to wait and reapply than to try to transfer twice, especially since you don’t seem particularly excited about the classes you’re registered for in the fall. (Why would it be a repeat?)
How many community college credits do you have? If you have closer to the required 60 than the max of 70, you might also take a few more classes at your CC (or actually any CC since they’re all remote) while waiting to transfer in the spring. Even if you go over 70, those additional classes can still satisfy specific requirements if you select classes that articulate.
Oh, by repeat I just meant that it would all be online like the second half of my last semester was. I have 67 units at my community college completed, although I believe if you go over a specific amount, they can still transfer but they will simply be for subject credit. Thanks for your post by the way.
A CSU to CSU transfer would be easier than to a CSU to UC transfer but taking a gap semester would be better and retain your CC transfer priority or just taking a few classes during the Fall semester As suggested above.