Is this a good reason to transfer?

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<p>I’m from Connecticut and I currently go to UC Berkeley. Out of State tuition plus housing fees come out to to about 50,000 per year.</p>

<p>My family is having a hard time paying that; it is too much money.</p>

<p>Is transferring to a less expensive school a good reason to transfer, or should I just look for scholarships?</p>

<p>Also, does anybody have any recommendations for schools that give transfer merit scholarships, or a school that is very good but inexpensive for me? (I’m not looking at UConn). </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Yes, it is a good reason.
No, your approach is not likely to be successful.</p>

<p>There are very few merit scholarships available to transfers. You need to look at in-state schools and schools with low OOS tuition. The flagship and land-grant universities in the Dakotas are cheap.</p>

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<p>University of Minnesota, Twin Cities?</p>

<p>If you stay, consider cheaper housing like the Berkeley Student Cooperative.</p>

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<p>What can your family afford? Then run some of the college matching search engines for institutions that have out-of-state tuition and fees of X-$10,000 where X is the figure that your family has given you, and $10,000 is a guesstimate for housing and meals.</p>