Should I transfer? nursing to engineering

happymomof1
Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:49:50 +0000

If you are attending your current university specifically because of your original major, then you are correct. It makes no sense to stay there if your new major isn’t offered. If you know the university you would like to attend instead, contact them TODAY and find out if they can admit you for the second semester. You may be able to start there in January.

If you can’t start that soon, do consider taking a leave of absence from your current college/university for the second semester while you complete all of your transfer applications. That way you won’t be expending any more energy and money in courses that aren’t meaningful for you. Some places may still consider you a freshman applicant if you have less than a full year of credits when you transfer. This can be more advantageous for financial aid. Also, if you have a decent community college near your home, finishing up the first two years of engineering there may be cheaper and more convenient. I know several young people who hated their first institution/major and who transferred to the local community college for the second semester of their freshman year of college. All of them have new majors, new lives, and are off to their 4-year institutions now.