As a hopeful Civil Engineer transfer I had attended two years of junior college back in my home town. I moved away for the past fall semester, the beginning of my third year of junior college. I initially moved away because there was a lot of negatives surrounding me at home. I had never been much of a party goer and I saw too many of my friends fall into this trap. I figured rather than becoming like all of my close friends, who many have pretty much stopped going to school at this point, I chose to move away, about 8 hours from home.
Being away has taught be a lot about my study habits and just about becoming more self reliant. I currently hold a 3.8 GPA and hoping to get into Berkley, UCLA or Davis. I only need my last semester of physics, chemistry and C++ to complete my core classes. The only problem is that the school I am currently enrolled at, I have talked to people who have taken these classes and have also looked up reviews on these teachers. The result was not good. For both the physics and chemistry class, people reviewed the teachers that I ended up with (As a fairly new student, my registration date was one of the last days) as the worst teachers they had ever had. That their grading scale is very strict, exams are hard, and lectures are not very helpful. So pretty much I’d being having to self teach both physics and chemistry.
However, back at home, I also enrolled to have options and the teachers are got I am familiar with from past semesters. The teachers are great. Good lecture material, exams are based off of teachings and homework. Pretty much how you’d expect a regular class to be run.
My problem is that I don’t want to put my GPA in jeopardy by taking classes with bad professors. I realize a 3.8 is borderline for somewhere like UCLA and Berkeley, but am hoping that it is at least good enough for Davis. I also don’t want to move back home because I just moved away and feel like I would be disappointing myself. Either way I feel like its a lose lose situation. I move home, back to the negativity, but have good professors or I stay where I am and have bad professors, but am still able to enjoy a fresh start to things. Factoring in both school and my overall mental well being I am about 50/50 on what to do.
I was hoping that someone who has experienced something similar or anyone in general who can offer some advice would be very helpful. Thanks in advance to everyone who comments.