Does it matter where you transfer from?

samisab786
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:09:35 +0000

The reason I ask this question is for many reasons,
first, my situation is as such. My mom and dad are separated–my mom lives in California and my dad lives in Rhode Island. I really want to go to a school on the east coast–most of which are hard to get into and expensive. Here is the delio. I am a diabetic, but my mom has made me extremeley dependent on her. She does literally everything for me–so she really didn’t want me to stay in a dorm. I have never stayed away (as in a night over at a friend or anything) from a parent, minus one time at my aunt’s house. I live with her–but I visit my dad during the summers. The big difference between her and my dad is that, because I don’t live with my dad and because he is not as organized as my mom, he is more of a crutch when it comes to my diabetes. I know that by staying with him, I can learn how to handle myself–and if a difficulty arises, he will be there to supervise me. So both my parents and I have agreed that to prepare myself to be alone in a dorm, I should be proficient in the whole taking-care-of-myself business. Secondary reasons are 1) cost, 2) being a minor when I enter college–the latter reason sounds dumb as many 17 year olds do enter college as freshmen, but my mom was really concerned about that–again, that is all a part of the being-dependent-on-her deal.

If I’m going to live with my dad, then I have to go to a school in Rhode Island. I have three options, but I will mention the two that sound feasible. One is going to a small, private university. With scholarship, etc. my tuition went down from about $30,000 to $13,000. It also placed me in its honors program–so I have the benefit of that. It is a mere 10-minute drive from my dad’s house, which is why I am taking that into consideration.

The next option is a community college. It is also about a 10-12 minute drive from the house. The thing is, I was thinking CC is good because it saves a lot of money!..and most of the time, people I know go there with the intention of transferring–so universities know that the student has worked hard to come out of a situation that otherwise permitted him or her to go to a CC (given that the student has done well and demonstrated other exceptional qualities). The lady who works there told my dad there are kids who go to that CC and transfer to schools like Brown. The other option sounds good to me too, so that is why I’ve been having a hard time picking.

If any of you guys could kindly help, I would gladly appreciate it.