I am aware that a certain number of credits places one in the transfer category, but I have already checked and the schools I have applied to consider me to be a freshman.
I am aware that I am at a disadvantage in this application round and potentially a future one due to my college gpa that semester, but question is largely if the act of transferring twice will be looked down upon by transfer admissions and graduate schools for the future.
If I did go to said public institution that I’m not entirely happy with, I would take classes the summer before and take an extra class in the fall, which would mean I’d have 8 courses from that school and only 3 from the one I started at by the end of next fall.