<p>I was accepted to Pitt-Johnstown during fall, but after receiving my financial aid package I decided to withdrawal. I will graduate from high school with a 4.0 gpa but after considering the amount of debts that will accumulate during my 4 years of stay, CC was a better choice. My plan is to obtain an associate’s degree in accounting and complete my required general education classes needed for the first two-years of bachelor’s degree in a Uni. Afterwards, I’ll probably transfer to pitt main or some other college that has forensic accounting program and complete the last 2 years of the bachelor’s degree. It was an extremely hard decision for me to choose a CC over university. My brother attends a private school and my parents expect nothing less from me but after reading about increasing tuition and student loans I changed my mind. Even now I’m trying to decide if I made a good choice. I know that there are slackers who attend CC from high school due to low grades but it all depends on if you make an effort and succeed. By the time I leave CC and transfer credits I won’t have any loans to pay off and it’ll be very satisfying.
Total costs of Pitt-Johnstown is a little over 21k but HA CC is only 2-6k. Completing required general education classes are the same no matter which school you decide to attend. In my part, it’s probably a wise choice to not spend so much in the first two-years of a university trying to complete general courses. The experience of attending school away from home might be the greatest time of your life but it all depends on what choice you make.</p>