When it's too late and when it's too much: Transfer or Second Undergraduate Degree?

Transfer Students
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<p>I was just wondering if someone has attempted to transfer as a senior, or having fewer than 25 credit hours to fulfill. </p>

<p>For extenuating circumstances, I’ve been in a Criminal Justice major for the last two years (after transferring universities and majors in my freshman year) but I desire to complete BA in Political Sciences, which is not available in my University. </p>

<p>If you consider it's too late, what universities allow pursuing a second undergraduate degree? I have done my research, but I would like to hear other options.</p>

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<p>It’s pretty late in the game to do so, but still, it seems like an awful lot of work to do for a political science degree. Is it too late to add a minor at your school? Or to look at grad school or something similar?<br>
I’m just wondering because it seems like a hassle to spend another four or whatever years earning a second BA.<br>
It probably depends on the university, but I don’t see why they wouldn’t allow it.</p>

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<p>My University doesn’t have a Political Science program, so I can’t obtain a minor. Furthermore, I can’t go to grad school in POLS, since I haven’t taken the requisites nor have the necessary knowledge in the subject. </p>

<p>In the research I have done, I would apply to the second BA as a transfer student, so I would only need to complete the major’s requisites (30 - 40 credit hours), since I have already got most of the general courses. </p>

<p>I only considered the transfer option because it would be a great benefit to have Financial Aid, and it isn’t available for the second BA.</p>

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<p>If you have a decent GPA, and you are positive that you want this other major, go ahead and apply for transfer now. Even if you don’t need 60 credits in Poli Sci in order to graduate, many colleges/universities will require you to complete 60 credits worth of work. Some places require only 30. One that I know of is [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.umuc.edu%5DUMUC%5B/url”&gt;http://www.umuc.edu]UMUC[/url</a>] Start with the public universities in your home state, in many cases they are the most flexible.</p>