Transferring into a college? HELP!

AkiyamaMio
Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:46:20 +0000

Hi, I have posted my concerns about financial aids I received and the cost of the

universities. Up to this point, I have received 17k from CMU, and 10K from UIUC.

However, I cannot afford for both of them. So far I have applied to

CMU, Harvey Mudd, UIUC, Montclair, and a community college in computer science major.

I have found out I would be in a load of debt if I were to attend HM , CMU, and UIUC.

However, they have strong academic programs and are at top tier of computer science

major.

Excluding the possibilities of getting more scholarship/grants from now to my graduation

date 2015, I would be in 80k to 100k debt.

Montclair or CC would provide me with full tuition; however, I would be less recognized.

As of my final decision, I decided to go to a community college.

And, I would transfer out after 2 years.

Give me some advice about transfer.


How much harder is it to transferring into a college than getting accepted as a freshman.
Is it really much harder to transfer into a college from CC than from syracuse, WPI , etc(other institutes)
What are the requirements?(good grade? test score(on what? SAT?))
What do I need to do to get a lot of grant/scholarship?