Deciding Where to Transfer

happymomof1
Sun, 07 Jun 2020 01:03:55 +0000

Run your numbers here: https://www.finaid.org/calculators/awardletteradvanced.phtml

Talk with your parents about where, exactly, the money would come from. How much can they cover out of pocket or from savings that they already have set aside for your education? How much (if any) would have to come from parent loans for them? How much would they expect you to come up with from jobs of your own?

This fall semester will almost certainly be online. How do you and your parents feel about shelling out all that money just for you to study at home in Zoom? Sort that out too. It may make better sense for you to spend another semester or two at the community college and finish off the transferable coursework - or even a full AA or AS. That would also give you time to explore other options for transfer including articulation agreements that your CC has for your potential major with 4-year colleges and universities. Since you are headed for a psychology major, the quality of the math and bio at your CC don’t matter all that much provided whatever they would transfer as fulfill any requirements for those for your psych major.