<p>I’m a freshman and I just started college a week ago in csulb. I chose the college having what I wanted in mind, but as of now, I am turning away from that decision. I am being interested in business field instead. Right now, I feel out of place and think I’m not ready for college yet. I want to take what’s called a “gap” year as others do, although I think my situation is little late and be just “dropping” out, I would want to know if it is okay for me to do that and apply again as a new student, and not as a transfer next year. I need to be dropping out the classes as soon as I can in order to get as much refund.
As my interests are turning to business, I want to study in business field during the time I have, perhaps study for real estate license and get a job in sales to gain experience. I don’t want to start the GEs because I feel I’ll be risking my grades and making it hard to transfer later on to better school. Do you think this is a good idea? or am I making a mistake…</p>
<p>Talk to your college GC about how to do this. You won’t be the first. Follow directions on how to leave the school properly so you don’t incur anymore debt and don’t count as a student this year.</p>
<p>Looking at the majors at CS-ULB, there are plenty of business-oriented majors offered there. I don’t see why you don’t switch your classes around to take what you want to study and get started on your degree. Lots of people have a little bit of a rough start – maybe not settling in right away with the social life they hope to have or finding college isn’t exactly what they expected. Your reasons honestly don’t make a lot of sense to me. You can work in sales in the summers while you work on your degree.</p>
<p>@intparent Thank you… But I want to study on what I want to on my own as of now and I don’t want to risk my grades. I feel I should go to better school if I’d want to be in business major and I think I’d have better chance just applying as a new student. Isn’t there lesser chance of getting admitted if you’re a transfer?.. </p>
<p>If you think you are “risking your grades” here but want to go to a better school, why would your grades be better at a stronger school? “Studying on your own” is not usually a recipe for having the self discipline to teach yourself what you need to know in the long run… Dropping out for a couple of years and then applying again without a productive gap year plan probably isn’t going to improve your chances much, if at all. You will be further away from your recommending teachers, and if you need to increase your test scores for a better school, a year or two outside the classroom doesn’t usually help with that.</p>
<p>I’ll be honest with you, OP: I think you’re just having a hard time adjusting to college, just like so many freshmen do. I’m not saying you should stay in college if you really hate it, but let me ask you this: how did you feel about going to college a couple of months ago? If you were excited about it and full of plans, then I think you should stick it out. Presumably there’s a reason you decided to go to college in the first place; don’t let a difficult adjustment period push you into making a permanent decision that might not be the best one.</p>
<p>You probably need to drop out asap. But you need to know the following:</p>
<p>Long Beach had 83K applications with only 7K spots. It is a good California State school that is impacted and is becoming more and more difficult to enter. You can change your major to business at Long Beach but it doesn’t sound like you want to. If you are having difficulty adjusting there, you will also have difficulty adjusting to a “better” college" because you will face the same issues. Additionally, your English skills don’t appear to be strong, so doing “self-study” is not going to help you with your education or a career if you don’t have a diploma. </p>
<p>Long Beach is a commuter college, so most of the students go to class and then drive home on the 405. You might think the classes are too easy because Long Beach is probably not a full steam yet and you’re completing reviews.<br>
Once you leave, you may not be able to return to Long Beach. </p>