Match a transfer after one year at college (applying for Fall '24, entered this fall) [MA resident, expect 3.8 first semester college GPA, 2.7 HS GPA, 28 ACT, <$50k, English]

Hi, thank you so much for the nice comments! I appreciate it :slight_smile:

I think I am most interested in Astronomy and space-related things, but the truth is it requires a lot of mathematics and physics which are definitely not my strong suit, I would enjoy covering marine science as well, anything environmental in general. I do think I shouldn’t limit myself, but if that were the case I would need to transfer now as my school does not offer anything physics related, I would come in way behind as a junior transfer I believe.

I honestly am trying to balance my passion and something that will keep me afloat financially. I think technical writing is possibly the best way to do this, but I also would like to follow my passion of creative writing at the same time. I also like songwriting as well but I decided to avoid this route due to the lack of recent musical experience I have. (I considered Music Business as well because it would avoid auditioning, but I really am much more interested in composing songs than the business behind it.) I think technical writing would be better though as it can combine all the things I enjoy about writing with science, which I also like.

Lehigh’s program looks like exactly what I would need, and I can at least give it a shot despite the pricing issues, but JMU looks even better in various aspects and I am definitely adding that to my list!

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