Transferring from Com. Sci. CCSU to Cog. Sci. UConn- More expensive but worth it?

bernieb
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:05:45 +0000

Hi all! I’m currently a second semester freshmen at Central Connecticut Uni. as a computer science student also in the honors program. I applied to UConn but I was waitlisted, but the financial aid I’m getting here, as well as the honors perks seemed too good to pass up. However, I’m seriously considering transferring because while this school isn’t bad, I can’t see myself as a CS major for the next 3 years because I simply do not have the passion I thought I did for the subject, and I need to keep my GPA up for the honors program and scholarship.
I’m still interested in CS, but I’m also interested in other studies like psych, linguistics, philosophy, etc, so the Cognitive Science prog. at UConn seems like such a good fit.
HOWEVER, I converted my courses here over to the UConn equiv. and a lot of them came out only as generic credits, AND UConn would be much more expensive. I’m currently not taking out any loans and this year I paid less than $500 for room and board. Next year could be similar if I stay.
But, I feel like I’d be a lot happier at UConn, even if I have to end up taking out loans because I’d be studying something that I actually want to study. Would it be worth the transfer? Anyone have any experiences?
I’m not even sure I can get in as a sophomore transfer, but it’s worth a shot because I want to work on this cog sci degree as soon as I can because there isn’t one here. Can anyone maybe chance me as well? 1920 SAT (670 W, 660 CR, 590 M), 3.9 GPA high school (weighted, don’t know weighted), and currently I have a 3.64 in college while in the honors program. I was wait listed before, so I’m hoping maybe I’ll get in this time.
Thanks!