My experience is that first year students get more financial aid by far than transfer students at most schools. And tranferring almost always delays your progress on graduation, socializing unless you already know people or are very extroverted and in many cases it also extends the time to decide what you want to do.
So unless one really can’t afford it I would send someone to the four year school and save money by applying for more scholarships within the dept once you are there and then taking comm college classes during summer or even in last year and transfer them back to the,4 year college to graduate from there.
I write this as my humble opinion but with 20 years working at schools as academic advisor and having three kids in private schools.
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