<p>i'm trying to figure out if i should take 6 courses, 19 credit hours, at a community college as a freshman and if it would actually be possible to transfer to CSULB or SDSU as a sophomore.
i'm not absolutely sure, but i might be working as well.</p>
<p>is this too much? should i just not work? or are there any chances of me getting in as a sophomore?</p>
<p>i'm taking:
Color and Design: 2D Design
Drawing and Composition 1
Psychology
Sociology or Anthropology (still deciding)
Speech (I'm on the waitlist though)
Elementary Statistic online</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in graphic design/advertising as well.</p>
<p>I would say if you’re ready, go for it. I haven’t done well in school but if and when I go back, I will be taking 19 hours and possibly holding down a 20 hour/week job. Its really all up to you but I don’t feel like its too much of a courseload.</p>
<p>I’ve done 19 hours with a job around 20 hours a week and ROTC and I hated it (the 19 hours didn’t include labs and whatnot and I was taking 3 science courses… :()</p>
<p>It’s possible, but you also have to ask yourself if you want a life… Also each person is different and each school is different. I was at a tough engineering school and community college may be easier (it may - I’ve never been to one but from how my girlfriend has described her courses - a few of her courses sounded harder than some of mine in terms of how hard it was to get an ‘A’).</p>
<p>Now, for CSULB, it says on their website:
“Lower-division transfer [freshman or sophomore] remains closed for all but two areas. The University will consider lower-division applicants from a limited number of highly-qualified Nursing and Engineering students.”
So, with your intended major of graphic design/advertising - that’s not nursing or engineering, so you cannot transfer until you have 60 transferable semester hours.</p>
<p>It looks like SDSU only takes upper-division transfers (60+ hours) as well…</p>
<p>My best advice to you is to read the websites first, before coming here.</p>