Should I stay or transfer?

ucbalumnus
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:40:07 +0000

Check to see how easily your current school will readmit you later (and with financial aid, if needed) if you withdraw (completing all of the paperwork, not just dropping out without notice), and then attend the community college. If they will readmit you later automatically or easily, then there is somewhat less academic risk to going to the community college for radiology, in that you can return to your current school to finish a bachelor’s degree in something else if you decide that radiology is not for you.

Another option is to complete a bachelor’s degree in something you like at your current school, and then go to community college for radiology if job and career prospects with your bachelor’s degree are unsatisfying. This may be more of an option if you see radiology as a backup plan than as your primary goal.

Some community colleges are heavily impacted, so getting into popular courses (particularly the first course in a sequence) can be very difficult (be ready to sign up as soon as the schedule opens, etc.).