Transfer from university to CC, then to another university?

I’m currently 3 weeks into my first semester at Lehigh University and I’m thinking I need to be somewhere else. I haven’t decided yet and I understand it’s early but I’m just curious if it would be disadvantageous to transfer to my local community college at home next semester and then enroll at another 4-year institution in the fall.

Basically, does it matter if I stay at Lehigh the full year or can I leave after one semester?

Lots of people do just exactly that kind of thing.

However, it is more common for people to finish up their full Associates degree at the CC before transferring to the final college/university.

If you know now where you’d rather be, and they don’t take transfers at the semester, it also would be perfectly OK to just take the spring off entirely while you complete your transfer applications.