Understood. That’s the exact problem I ran into at the other community college where they wouldn’t allow me to drop in on classes after graduating, and a good chunk of my credits did not apply for the degree in the major I wanted at UMASS. Middlesex has a specific MassTransfer for engineering students working with UMASS Lowell, so I spoke with UMASS Lowell and got the coursework I need to be accepted. So those are the classes I am specifically taking, and they’ve allowed me to do it surprisingly but they didn’t originally advertise that I could. They want me to become a full time student. I’m only interested in taking two more semesters at most.
Plus probably the largest reason why I didn’t want to go straight to UMASS as a full time student was, in case I decide to pursue a different degree instead and dropped the classes. I’d rather have bad grades not affect the state school I plan on going to. Not sure I will like it and only want to take a semester or two first to find out.