@twoinanddone Thanks for the really great info. I didn’t know urban schools tend to have an open registration policy, seems like a real possibility for me.
One issue with DePaul is that they require half a degree completed there and have less flexibility in terms of courses required, and I already have in the realm of 70 credits to begin with.
Another is that they don’t seem to offer a regular mathematics degree, so I may have to major in CS, which I think is a harder program to later transfer into at other schools.
I also worry about being able to transfer to a better school from DePaul since it’s pretty low ranked. If I got really great grades at DePaul, do you think I’d have a shot at then transferring to a school like UW Madison or Minnesota? (And would grades alone be enough?)
What if rather than going to DePaul I took courses (obviously in this case as a non degree student) at Northwestern or U of Chicago and then applied to UWM/UMN? Since these are so selective I wonder if it would look better
Although I guess just going to DePaul is the more realistic option.
(Sorry for the long post and all the questions!)