Should I plan on transferring colleges?

ucbalumnus
Sat, 18 Aug 2018 00:12:47 +0000

jakijakijaki:

They don’t seem concerned about the cost at all. E.G. “We’ll figure it out.” “You’ll get scholarships.” “Just take loans.” “God will find us a way.”

This looks like a future college money disaster if you and your parents do not think about the money now. Agree with reply #11 to start checking the net price calculators on various college web sites and looking into NY specific grants.

In terms of transferring, if you do not convince your parents to let you go to some college other than the commuter ones, then they may not let you transfer later. So they may be limiting you to whatever colleges are in commuting range in any case, so you may as well choose the four year school you can afford and are willing to graduate from. Planning to transfer would mostly make sense if you start at a community college to save money and then transfer to a four year school later.