How hard is it to get junior status?

PickOne1
Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:23:54 +0000

This is not a good time for creative thought or “risking it”. Pick a few good target schools and put together a plan.

You should have a clear path of which classes transfer to one or more colleges you would like to attend. Penn State, for example, likely has a clear list of courses you can take at CC and have transferred to your degree.

Articulation agreement - is there one in PA - and how about your community college advisors - haven’t they done this before ? If not, this whole strategy may not work well … but see my comment on 4 years below.

Co-op say after junior year, after the transfer, would give you a chance to earn money … and get a valuable degree. Or even say at year 3.5 of your 5 year plan … which may take 6 … but if you can make 10K for a good coop and have some contacts at a local employer, that is a good thing financially. Live frugally until you pay off all your loans … you can splurge at 30 … or even later.

Chem II and Chemistry of Materials are sort of different, not sure what the strength of materials class you mention is relative to the material properties itself. I doubt most MEs only take one semester of chem equivalent to Chem I, I just think they would not master enough materials related info to do well in junior year courses.

AITU schools might have transfer scholarships and financial aid, should be pretty clear from their website or you can call.

Montgomery College in MD does transfer a lot of people to University of Maryland, but they have a process described loosely here, that includes dual enrollement in some UMd classes that you would miss if you stay at your CC.

I think you came into CC somewhat weakly prepared, at least SAT wise, for engineering. Have you caught up on all your math sequence courses, have you successfully completed physics 1 and 2 ?

It is nice to think you can complete engineering in 4 years, but honestly that is the exception not the rule, at many schools students require 4.5 years, and may take summer classes … and these are the folks who make it through the first two years in a tougher curriculum than you likely have now (or they have dashed off to other majors).

The transfer and the uptick in difficulty going from a CC to a 4-year school will just make this harder.

Junior year is really tough, you do not want to enter a full load of Junior year courses until you really have everything through sophomore year mastered well. Do not take more classes than your peers who have been at Penn State for example for two years … you will likely not succeed …

Can’t you take Chem II or Chemistry of Materials over the summer or say on-line from say Penn State now, if you need it …

Now if you are really a stellar student at your CC … .you can do what you want …