I honestly had no clue PCC even had an honors program! It’s not well advertised at all haha. I’ll look into applying for sure because that could be helpful.
I’ve noticed a lot of organizations seem borderline inactive at PCC (the website could just be outdated too) so I’ve been struggling on the involvement front
I do work at Starbucks! I’ve considered the ASU program but I’m also not sure how much longer I’ll want to stay with the company. I will keep it open as an option though!
Some colleges & universities do offer merit scholarships to transfer students while most offer need based financial aid.
Since you were admitted, presumably, as a non-resident to UNC with a merit scholarship award, you should be competitive for admission to most elite colleges and universities in the US.
Princeton now accepts transfers. Might need two years of college coursework–not sure.
SMU in Dallas, Texas offers merit scholarships for transfers.
Focus on elite schools such as the Ivies, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Emory, WashUStL, etc. which are of interest to you as you certainly are a highly intelligent and hard-working student.
Hopefully, writing about your experience at UNC has had a cathartic effect that will help you to reassess your feelings about your future educational plans.
Research/Google schools that offer transfer merit scholarships.
If you qualify for need based aid, then aim for the wealthiest colleges & universities (largest endowments) as they tend to be the highest ranked schools and typically offer generous need-based financial aid.
P.S. I read your prior posts. The decisions of N’eastern in Boston & NYU should not deter you from applying to higher level schools as a transfer student. Those decisions were probably due to yield protection and due to your need for significant financial aid. You need to apply to the wealthiest schools in the country as they are eager to award need based financial aid.
Also, I do not want to discourage you from applying to any other schools mentioned by other posters above; my thought is that your transfer application will be very welcome at the most elite schools in the country such as the Ivy League schools, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, WashUStL, and SMU.
Additionally, I do not want to discourage you from returning to UNC’s business school–but that is as much of an emotional / psychological decision as it is an academic focused factor.
This list of top business schools may be of interest to you (UNC’s Keenan-Flagler is highly ranked):
Ok so I emailed about the honors program and it has been inactive since the start of the pandemic. It doesn’t seem like it’ll start back up anytime soon and all that’s left of it is a few honors courses
Do try and take the few Honors courses if applicable (especially if gen eds or major related).
Well, that’s disappointing!
In the CA CC’s, the honors programs do a lot to help the top students aim for the top UC’s, USC, and other competitive private U’s. I checked to see if the same thing existed at PCC, and the website looked promising… they should probably take that down if they’re not going to run the program!
Not to say you can’t do fine without it, but it would have been a nice resource.
I will be looking to see if there are honors options available for the future courses I have planned!
Thank you! I will try and start looking at all the schools in the coming days (homework permitting) and list some of the basic things I like and dislike to see if that can help narrow down my options!
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