Gumbymom, oh that’s sad to hear, anyways, the goal is to in the end be able to choose from different universities and not just one. In case I change my mind about SLO which is not that likely, then I would probably take a TAG with UCI or UCD which I heard were good for Computer Science.
Ucbalumnus, yeah I will have to look further into assist.org for seeing what classes are available. According to what you found out it seems that Cuesta has an upper hand with one more CPE class, for me it seems clear to pick Cuesta college. Honestly for me, it doesn’t really matter how long I study or which system I will go for, both works for me. If it doesn’t affect my transferability and application, because if it does I have to look into that too. Thanks for letting me know.
The point of taking bachelors free here in Sweden is actually a really good point, and something really interesting to talk about, even my parents and friends etc question why I don’t do that. I would say that it’s hard for someone that doesn’t see how I think, I could explain briefly. I am really tired of Sweden is my honest opinion, I don’t feel any aspiration to study 3 more years here, even if it’s going extremely good for me. It may sound very stupid, but the closer I get to the USA, the further and quicker I get into the process of moving there. The safer and better I feel, because in the end, I want to settle there and work etc. The weird thing is that taking bachelors here is still in the back of my head, but I am just trying to ignore this path and planning my studies in the US instead. I by no means even have closely the money to just throw away, I will be in debt 70 000$ after taking bachelors (CC → Cal Poly) if that’s the road (Education, living expenses, housing and everything included in 4 years). Which is crazy, if I on top of that should get a Master, which should be even more expensive, I will get onto the 100 000$ mark. Sure I will be able to pay it back quickly considering the extremely high salary after a CS master. But it bothers me a bit to think of that I could actually get it almost free if I took another road. In the end, I feel that transferring from a bachelor in Sweden to a master in the US isn’t that easy as people say it is. If we think about a good university then, I’d rather say that I have a higher chance of doing better in the US and actually getting into a really good University which I consider Cal poly SLO to be if I take the CC route. Sure it costs a lot more, but it could actually be extremely rewarding. I see the very very best students from example Sweden getting the chance to transfer to a master in the US and that it’s very unique, otherwise a lot of people would probably do it and I rarely hear about it. Honestly, I am quite scared that in the end I might even be trapped here in Sweden and just regret that I never took the chance in the beginning. It’s really really hard to decide but in the end, I need some convincing from other people, I need to know if my thinking is totally stupid or not from another persons perspective. Just wondering if it’s hard to understand why I really want to go directly to the US and in that case is it even reasonable?
How does it work if I take a TAG? Do I have to read some necessary classes that might be unnecessary for Computer Science at SLO? Becuase I would, of course, want a TAG in case I decide to go for a UC instead, the more choices I have in the end, the better. So is it in that case impossible to both take transferrable classes to SLO and try to have a TAG agreement. Because if I am right, I have to follow a specific class schedule when taking TAG.