Transferring

aunt_bea
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:41:26 +0000

One of the huge reasons a number of students cannot go to college in California is cost. @-)
The California public schools are very expensive for out of state students (UCs=$55K per year, CSU’s=$36K per year.)

The privates are even more expensive (~$60K per year). ^:)^

Maybe your mother couldn’t tell you that CALIFORNIA was just too expensive.
Of course YOU didn’t care about the financial aid because you weren’t the one who would have to repay $200,000! Your mother would have to pay that because there is no where in Hades that would loan **YOU, an unemployed student, **that kind of money!

As a transfer student, it is even more difficult and expensive. You need to either work with what you have in your current university, or search for cheap transfer schools-cuz you aint getting any financial aid money as a transfer.

Don’t blame your mother and try to guilt her about your situation; you went in expecting to be miserable because it wasn’t a California school.

I agree with @Happymomof1, your roommate is not supposed to entertain you. Your dorm is a place to sleep and store your things. Anything else is icing on the cake.

You need to talk to a counselor. My dd went through the same thing her first quarter at her school in CALIFORNIA! Locale, in CALIFORNIA does not change the issue.

She joined clubs but didn’t feel comfortable in those. She learned that her best options were in the volunteer network. Once she started volunteering, she made lots of friends with similar goals. Get out of your shell and out of your dorm room, and study your campus; there should be lots to do. Or, get a local part time job. Otherwise, graduate and look for a job in California, but beware, our cost of living is ridiculously high.